M.2 4TB cache drive recommendation?

[casperse]

Hi All

 

I think my Cache App drive is failing me, My out of memory problems led me to a failed M.2 drive - cant even run a SMART scan?

 

So I need a M.2 drive that will last me a while, and read & writes are extensive!

Any recommendations? (DK marked with 4TB drives)

 

Digital RED?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 20, 2023 by casperse

[casperse]

Seem the Western Digital is "Build for a NAS" and have 5100 TB writes under warranty = 5.1 PB so this might be my best option.

Looking at the Samsung who failed after 2.1 PB writes.

Any recommendation would be most welcome 🙂

 

Only drawback is that this is gen 3 and they are coming out with gen 5 - but speed isn't everything. reliabilitet is more important

 

Best M.2 NVMe SSD for NAS caching 2023 - NAS Master

Edited April 21, 2023 by casperse

[JorgeB]

That NVMe device still looks good, SMART warning is because it's at 101% predicted life, doesn't mean it's going to fail soon, I have one close to 200% still going, and you cannot run SMART tests on NVMe devices. 

[casperse]

50 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

That NVMe device still looks good, SMART warning is because it's at 101% predicted life, doesn't mean it's going to fail soon, I have one close to 200% still going, and you cannot run SMART tests on NVMe devices. 

Thanks! - I really didn't have the budget to buy one right now, but I thought this was the main reason for my other errors and wouldn't risc it crashing.

Also I dint know that you couldnt run SMART tests on NVMe devices.

 

Thanks JorgeB you just made my day! - I guess you then run with it until it fails or do you have two in a raid 1 setup?

[JorgeB]

I will use mine until it fails, but always have backups.