reliable 2.5" SATA boot drives

[mulot]

Hello,

My modest homeserver needs new mirrored boot drives. I'd like to keep it inexpensive but reliable.
These drives won't see much use outside booting, software updates and a few logfiles. The server has a working UPS so I don't view PLP as a must.
I'm definitely overthinking this considering the price, but still wanted to check so I don't waste time with known errata or unavailable firmware updates.

My local options are:

2x Intel DC S3500 300GB for 45€ each, used, unknown SMART data
2x Samsung 850 Pro 256GB for 30€ each, used, <10k hours, <1 TBW
2x Samsung 870 Evo 256GB for 55€ each, new

I'm leaning towards a pair of the 850 Pros.

 

[Stephan]

840 Pro or 850 Pro both really good. There was a durability test somewhere with SSDs and the 840 Pro just wouldn't die. Maybe look also at Micron 5100/5200 Pro/Max if you can bear ebay et al. SATA, PLP and for boot devices really overkill, but I am that guy. Or maybe mix a Micron and a Samsung for even more resiliency.

Edit: Here is the review of a 840 Pro, which died at 2.4 Petabyte written. The SSD Endurance Experiment: They're all dead Endurance of basically 10.000 drive writes (256 GB * 10000 = 2560000 GB = 2.56 PB). Stellar.