Hey all,
So I have become frustrated that for my server builds I want SSD boot drives, but for whatever crazy reason all the cheap small drives are gone.
I've come to realize I only need about 8GB for an Ubuntu install, but these days it's difficult to find a reputably branded SSD smaller than 128GB and about $79.
What I would ideally have is a couple of cheap 16GB SSD's I can mirror in ZFS and boot from.
I've looked into SATA DOM's but the only reputable brand I can find is Supermicro, and they was some crazy amount of money (~$80) for these tiny little SSD's.
Then there are the countless Chinese brands. Biwin, Supertalent, Kingspec, Kingfast, you name it.
They are the right price, but are they reliable at all? Would you trust them in a boot drive mirror on at a colocation facility hours away where you can't easily and quickly replace them?
What other options are there for tiny (by modern standards) boot SSD's for baremetal servers?
So I have become frustrated that for my server builds I want SSD boot drives, but for whatever crazy reason all the cheap small drives are gone.
I've come to realize I only need about 8GB for an Ubuntu install, but these days it's difficult to find a reputably branded SSD smaller than 128GB and about $79.
What I would ideally have is a couple of cheap 16GB SSD's I can mirror in ZFS and boot from.
I've looked into SATA DOM's but the only reputable brand I can find is Supermicro, and they was some crazy amount of money (~$80) for these tiny little SSD's.
Then there are the countless Chinese brands. Biwin, Supertalent, Kingspec, Kingfast, you name it.
They are the right price, but are they reliable at all? Would you trust them in a boot drive mirror on at a colocation facility hours away where you can't easily and quickly replace them?
What other options are there for tiny (by modern standards) boot SSD's for baremetal servers?