Comment on Why make 250GB m.2 disks instead of 1TB
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 days ago
I can’t tell if you’re arguing in favor or against smaller capacity drives but personally I’d like to see smaller sizes on the market for devices that don’t need a freaking terabyte of storage. When I was shopping for a small mini PC I use as a router I couldn’t find anything smaller than 256 GB so I settled for booting Alpine Linux into RAM (“diskless”) from a USB drive.
Earlier this year I needed a SSD for a PC I was going to use as a router. The smallest drive Microcenter had was 256 GB, which was massive overkill. It was also priced at $19, so I was like whatever and bought it.
With the massive increases in price for flash memory, maybe we’ll start seeing smaller drives again.
I got a miniPC 5 years ago that had a 128GB SSD in it that I used like that. When I went to get a second one last year, the same price point came with 1TB. I got it and swapped out the storage and stuck it in an external case.
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 2 days ago
Agreed. Was looking for a micro SD for my Raspberry Pi and can’t find anything in local retail stores beneath 128GB which seems like overkill for my use-case.
And same for bootable flash drives. I hate having to use 64GB instead of a 8GB which are no longer easy to find in local retail stores. I’d settle for 16GB at this point!
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 days ago
Exactly! It just feels so wasteful. I imagine it’s to sell a higher capacity at greater cost for higher profit.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can make a ventoy drive with multiple isos on it. I have a 120gb sata SSD with USB adapter full of various isos.
fuzzy_tinker@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I look for high endurance drives which are intended for use with pi’s, dash cams, etc. they tend to come in smaller sizes due to the endurance requirements.
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 1 day ago
That’s actually what I went with. A Samsung Pro Endurance and specifically for the reason you cited since it’ll be on 24/7. But 128GB was the smallest my local store had. It was only $20 USD.
I’m sure Amazon has them in smaller varieties, but I rather go to brick and mortar.
I feel I could have gone much lower for capacity and cost and it would have been a better choice for this purpose.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Really? Are you excluding places like staples, and office depot? And walgreens?
I see walgreens sell 16gb microsd cards for $70.
You can get them small. You just gotta agree to get ripped off.