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  • Greg100 - Monday, January 7, 2019 - link

    Yes... we need more SATA SSDs :(
  • DanNeely - Monday, January 7, 2019 - link

    Within a NAS they're actually still a reasonable option. 2 of them would be fast enough to saturate even a 10gb network connection; and all the prosumer/SMB NASes I've seen with SSD caching have had 2/4 hot swap 2.5" bays not m.2 slots. It's possible that next generation models may offer an m.2 NVME slot instead for size reasons; but because m.2 doesn't support hot swap I wouldn't hold my breath. U.2 and both Intel and Samsung's stick SSD designs do; but nothing in those form factors has trickled down below enterprise products yet, so I'd not expect them in a prosumer device anytime soon.
  • piroroadkill - Monday, January 7, 2019 - link

    Well, in a NAS, yes, they would naturally be SATA, and have to be to be practical. Hell, even all the enterprise solutions are still mostly SATA 6Gbps... I don't think I've even seen SAS 12Gbps SSDs myself yet.
  • Greg100 - Monday, January 7, 2019 - link

    so you can look at:

    Western Digital Ultrastar DC SS530 15.36TB
    Seagate Nytro 3330 15.36TB
    Toshiba PM5-R 15.36TB
    Samsung PM1643 15.36TB

    all SAS SSDs
  • Greg100 - Monday, January 7, 2019 - link

    Samsung PM1643 and Toshiba PM5-R even 30.72TB
  • boeush - Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - link

    Seriously. At 500+ MBps (note the capital 'B') sequential data rates, we're talking 4+ Gbps network (realistically, more like 5+ Gbps, once you take overhead and contention into account), just to carry one drive's traffic.

    Most home/office networks these days are still at or below 1 Gbps...
  • CheapSushi - Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - link

    Then upgrade your home / office network. 2.5G and 5G NICs are relatively cheap now, especially from Aquantia. You don't even need a dedicated switch.
  • r3loaded - Monday, January 7, 2019 - link

    This press release is useless without prices!! :D
  • UltraWide - Monday, January 7, 2019 - link

    I agree 100%
  • leexgx - Monday, July 8, 2019 - link

    i find the data recovery a bit useless on a nas HDD/SSD as it's going to be apart of a raid array so it be useless on its own

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