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r/Proxmox on Reddit: Whats a good entry level enterprise SSD?
August 26, 2022 -
Hi!
Looking to buy a pair of 1tb SSDs for proxmox for a RAID 1 setup. What are some good entry level enterprise grade SSDs that I can expect a few years of worry free use on? I dont know much about the differences between enterprise & consumer SSDs, but I've read enough to know that I should care to use the better disks for the long term.
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So, I know a guy... If your setup can accommodate SAS3, these will likely outlive you. Full PLP.
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For home? Buy consumer, monitor them, replace them if they die. It is far, far cheaper for the same amount of storage. At the most buy NAS drives, which I do recommend for mechanical drives, but yeah SSDs I still go with consumer. I’m an IT pro/sysadmin/contractor/former enterprise admin and use my cluster for my business, plus I’m a dealer who can purchase enterprise drives at wholesale. I still don’t bother and I average a replacement every couple years which is an insane saving. Just make sure your data is backed up and anything critical has redundancy. Enterprise drives are for enterprise, don’t waste your money.
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Can I use consumer SSDs with Proxmox?
You can, but you should not for VM, ZFS, or Ceph storage. Consumer SSDs lack power-loss protection, so under Proxmox's frequent sync writes their IOPS can collapse from tens of thousands to a few hundred with multi-second stalls. Use enterprise SSDs with PLP.
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r/Proxmox on Reddit: Advice for Enterprise sata ssd
May 12, 2024 -
I need some advice, which Sata SSD do you recommend for Proxmox? I want to buy 3 Sata ssd. I currently have 4 VMS and 4 containers running on Proxmox
Samsung PM893 MZ-7L39600 MZ7L3960HCJR-00A07 960GB
Micron 5300 MAX MTFDDAK960TDT 1AW1ZABYY 960GB
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I can vouch for the Samsung PM893, they've been reliable for me for about 2 years in my homelab as well as multiple years at work heavy workloads. Forgot to add ... I'm also currently taking a look at the Kingston DC600M Series since I've heard only good from them.
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Make sure to buy one with plp, power loss protection.
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r/Proxmox on Reddit: Intel Enterprise SSD help for Proxmox OS and VMs
September 23, 2022 -
I am finally in a position to buy 2nd hand enterprise SSDs off Ebay for my Proxmox setup and have these set up as a ZFS mirror (this is for the OS and VMs; storage is on separate HDDs).
I am looking at used Intel DC SSDs on Ebay, primarily S3510 as I can get 2 x 800GB within my budget. However, I am unsure if I should go for these or another model viz. S3610, S3700, S3710. Going for one of these latter ones will mean that I get a smaller sized SSDs for about the same price. (reasons for considering the other ones is that I read that S3510 is good for heavy read and not heavy write, and I understand ZFS is write heavy; also the TBW of these latter ones is much higher than the S3510 and that may result in my getting a more longer lasting 2nd hand SSD).
So, in short - should I go for a larger (800GB) S3510 or go for a smaller sized (400/480GB) S3610, S37x0?
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id pass on used SSDs
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Any storage media can fail at any time, for any reason, with or without notice. However, I would take look at new (consumer) SSD disks. I use Samsung Pro drives. When you choose look at drives that have good DWPD and TBW numbers. This article with tips might also help: https://www.vmwareblog.org/shopping-ssds-several-tips-help-make-right-choice/
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