SSDs in Your NAS - Power Consumption, Speed, Price, Durability, Noise and More

Video Chapters
00:00 - The Start
01:21 - SSD vs HDD NAS - Price per TB
03:13 - SSD vs HDD NAS - Capacity
04:46 - SSD vs HDD NAS - Durability
07:54 - SSD vs HDD NAS - Noise and Power Consumption
11:38 - SSD vs HDD NAS - Performance (Network)
16:12 - SSD vs HDD NAS - Conclusion

[josemachado]

Your channel is underrated. Very good stuff found here, and excellent comparisons! Well done!

[ErnieJohnsonCA]

The intelligent approach is a hybrid setup.
I run SSD NAS for files that are rapidly and frequently accessed throughout the day, but have an HDD pool for larger, less frequently used and archvied project files. I also run a strictly HDD based NAS for remote backups of the hybrid system.

[garyrichards]

Will be worth it when SSD sizes are above 10tb and prices drop !!

[werecow]

Great video Robbie. In the last year I've upgraded my storage with spinning drives so I'll have to wait a few years until the ROI is a bit better on SSDs. Would love the reduced noise/power though as my 2 Synology NAS sound like a cicada disco.

[InspectorGadget]

I've been using a "dis-used" small(ler) 8-bay NAS for a dedicated Apple Time Machine replacement.
That was about 4 years ago, still going strong. (read: no issues, no problems, still 100% health according to the NAS)
I did make sure not to use a QLC SSD, and thus opted for SLC (that was more common back than) so it was the smaller capacity (8x 500Gb's) and noticed quite a big performance using SSD's as a bonus.
In all, SSD's can be used in most confidence, depending on the application.

[ARCIFINII]

I have been using a DS620Slim with 6*2TB for 7 years and absolutely no regrets. Just waiting for bigger SSDs to upgrade my server too

[makatron]

Currently running 12tb hdd, and now planning on moving to a NAS with SSD for cache.

[KenoticMuse]

For most people, their hot storage is probably 5 - 10 TB, and you can use SSD's for that at pretty economical prices. Usually, it's the cold storage that still need to use HDD's. That kind of hybrid makes sense for most people, because you can quickly access your frequent files on your SSD's, and then wait a bit longer to access non-urgent files at lower prices on your HDD's.

One thing I wish we can get rid of is RAID, and I hope that the move toward SSD's with built in data integrity check (as long as the SSD's have power) will make RAID less necessary.

[s.patrickmarino]

I use SSDs in the NAS that I use for incremental backups. My thought that I don't need to worry that much about the write wear. Read wear is not so much of a thing. An HD would however spend a great deal of time just spinning, waiting for something to do. For this use case, I would think that an SSD would be far more stable over time.

[Cybernetic_Systems]

I have a 2 unit Nvme SSD array on my NAS, just for my self hosted applications. It made a significant difference to the overall perforce of my spinning disk arrays.

[bikerchrisukk]

When the price parity is equal, I'm definitely going SSD. But for now, I'm not willing to spend £250 on a the cheapest SSD I can find, instead of slightly under £100 on a dedicated NAS HDD. Of course if I spontaneously become a video editor, that'll change!

Great video BTW, though sad there were no seagulls! 😀

[pfitz]

I have the same Synology 4 drive NAS. My goals are not to max out some benchmark tests. For me in real world use and I find HDDs perfectly acceptable. SSDs are still too expensive per TB of storage in NAS use.

[raya]

Can you do a test with 4 x 4TB SSD's in SHR2, pull one drive to simulate a failure and replace with a blank SSD to auto rebuild. How long does a rebuild take in comparison to HDD? How long does the scrubbing take in comparison to HDD?

[dxtjvbrnxdwojf]

SSDs are more expensive initially but you will have to replace them less often. My 5 HDDs in my NAS are all at old age/pre fail status after only about 2 years. Thats expensive to have to replace all your drives every couple years. Going forward im going all SSD for this reason.

[beosliege]

HDD noise can be calming / comforting :)

[DustinShort]

every youtuber really needs to recalibrate their SSD pricing assumptions. They've skyrocketed in price the last couple months. The SATA crucial BX500 (which is garbage compared to the MX500) is pushing $100/TB when it was under $40 6 months ago. Quality SSDs used to be $50/TB for PCIe 4.0 with the top tier being at most $75/TB. It's nearly double that cost now. Worst parts is all the flash mfg have stated they are cutting back production due to low demand specifically to drive up prices...which is hte exact same thing the industry has been investigated and fined MULTIPLE times in the past already and they're just out here announcing the price fixing.

[robn]

I'm impressed by the well behaved seagulls during the noise level tests.

(How many takes did it require?)

[ckckck]

Would like to see the HDD with cache as well since that's the band-aid many people will go for over the next five years.

Nice video.

[djheckler]

I tried consumer grade SSDs (Samsung, WD, etc) in my NAS for recording security cam footage, well within DWPD and TBW but all died within a month. Switched to enterprise SSD (Intel D3) and been running without issues. Also added benefit has power-loss protection which consumer grade do not.

[AlistairBrugsch]

Love the Sonic level card-style thumbnail!