Why do I need 128GB when 8GB will do fine? I have so many USB drives I wouldn’t even have to buy one. Microcenter gave me a free 32GB USB 3.0 flash drive last t

Why do I need 128GB when 8GB will do fine? I have so many USB drives I wouldn’t even have to buy one. Microcenter gave me a free 32GB USB 3.0 flash drive last time I went. Amazon has $4.99 16GB USB 2.0 flash drives from SanDisk. I’m sure you could find cheaper chinese brands. The FreeNAS community recommends 5+ year old server hardware running refurbished or used enterprise SAS drives. Performance is not an issue when you never want to shut it down.