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.
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.
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...
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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 30.72TBboeush - 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!! :DUltraWide - 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