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Hey thanks for the tip, i knew about SLC's but i meant something that is really proven, but also small so you can putt it into pizza-form-factor servers. Somet

by nix23 5y ago

Hey thanks for the tip, i knew about SLC's but i meant something that is really proven, but also small so you can putt it into pizza-form-factor servers. Something like that: https://www.atpinc.com/de/products/industrial-ssds-usb-drive https://www.atpinc.com/de/products/industrial-ssds-usb-drive But available and more then 2GB ;) EDIT: Nice i found something https://www.swissbit.com/de/produkte/produktsuche/produkte/ https://www.swissbit.com/de/produkte/produktsuche/produkte/

chasil 5y ago
I see this listing for Oracle/Sun SLC media. When you say "really proven," do you mean a lifetime of 100k writes, as is normally expected of SLC devices? p.s. I've bought SwissBit before, and had no problems. https://www.ebay.com/itm/165027448860?hash=item266c67081c:g:7AEAAOSwOYlhHwOv https://www.ebay.com/itm/165027448860?hash=item266c67081c:g:...
- nix23 5y ago
  >When you say "really proven," I mean something like: We used them for every esxi servers since ~5 years and never had a problem with it. I just have a really hard time trusting any usb-stick. But thanks the Oracle hint/link is a good one.
  - chasil 5y ago
    Note that the Oracle flash drives are used, and likely won't have the full 100k remaining lifetime. "This item was removed from a working machine."
  - ComputerGuru 5y ago
    I was not going to comment but then you clarified what you were looking for and I can say “we’ve used Sandisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 in 32GB - 128GB in every ESXi server for probably over 5 years without any failures.” I’ve heard they released a bad SKU that they then retracted - I think it may have been the first 3.1 variant, but it’s no longer for sale. The only problem is they are bulky, but I believe there is good reason for that. Does that help?
    - nix23 5y ago
      >Does that help? Yesyes..thanks for the tip, will check them out...or like 10 of them.
  - numpad0 5y ago
    Useful keyword is DWPD(drive writes per day) but I don’t think there are USB sticks rated that way.

by nix23 5y ago

chasil 5y ago

I see this listing for Oracle/Sun SLC media. When you say "really proven," do you mean a lifetime of 100k writes, as is normally expected of SLC devices? p.s. I've bought SwissBit before, and had no problems. https://www.ebay.com/itm/165027448860?hash=item266c67081c:g:7AEAAOSwOYlhHwOv https://www.ebay.com/itm/165027448860?hash=item266c67081c:g:...

nix23 5y ago
>When you say "really proven," I mean something like: We used them for every esxi servers since ~5 years and never had a problem with it. I just have a really hard time trusting any usb-stick. But thanks the Oracle hint/link is a good one.
- chasil 5y ago
  Note that the Oracle flash drives are used, and likely won't have the full 100k remaining lifetime. "This item was removed from a working machine."
- ComputerGuru 5y ago
  I was not going to comment but then you clarified what you were looking for and I can say “we’ve used Sandisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 in 32GB - 128GB in every ESXi server for probably over 5 years without any failures.” I’ve heard they released a bad SKU that they then retracted - I think it may have been the first 3.1 variant, but it’s no longer for sale. The only problem is they are bulky, but I believe there is good reason for that. Does that help?
  - nix23 5y ago
    >Does that help? Yesyes..thanks for the tip, will check them out...or like 10 of them.
- numpad0 5y ago
  Useful keyword is DWPD(drive writes per day) but I don’t think there are USB sticks rated that way.