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All-SSD storage servers: The good, the bad, and the NASty

The low power consumption of your all-SSD NAS becomes pointless once you factor the prices of their storage drives into the equation. Sure, you can get all-SSD NAS devices in the $300-$400 range, ...
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I thought SSD caching would speed up my NAS, but here's what actually helped

The basic idea behind SSD caching is simple: the NAS stores frequently accessed data on the SSD so it can serve it faster the next time. That means caching can help, especially when you are repeatedly ...

I tested the LaCie Rugged SSD4 - and it's blindingly quick, I found that speed comes at a cost

If you connect it to a USB4 port with 40Gbps mode, you can achieve read speeds of over 4,000MB/s and write speeds in excess ...