On 16/12/2020 22:25, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:33:07 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:31:44 -0000 (UTC)
>> bob prohaska  wrote:
>>
>>> The gist is that published specs aren't necessarily a reliable guide.
>>> Eventually it'll likely get clarified, but for now, in the 2.5" 1 TB
>>> class of drives, SMR is difficult to reliably avoid.
>>
>>  At that size either you use an SSD (NVMe for preference) or you're
>> penny pinching.
>
> Price difference between HDD and SSD are fairly close. eBuyer is flogging:
> - 2.5" WD Blue 500GB SATA for £37 (probably CMR)
> - Samsung 500GB SATA drives for £63.00
>    or a PNY [never heard of em] 480GB SATA drive for £40.
>
>
Yes. I've run this desktop now on SSD for as long as a spinning rust
disk used to run and its SMART errors are well in hand.

Unless you want super high capacities, I see no point in spinning rust
at all. I've 6GB of rust in my server, yes, but I would be happy to
replace it with SSD when it starts to fail, if the price were similar.



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