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Recommended best M.2 NVMe SSD for cache on Synology DS920+ - Enquiries - 01-08-2023
Hi, I have just purchased the Synology DS920+ NAS and have populated it with 4 x Seagate Ironwolf 14TB drives. I wish to add two M.2 NVMe SSD drives for read/write cache. Can you please recommend the best value SSD drives for this purpose. My budget for this purchase is around £300. My 4 x Seagate 14TB drives are set up with SHR configuration with the one drive redundancy. Thanks for your help in this matter. I would also like to mention that I love your YouTube videos (very helpful and informative).
Best Regards.
Geoff Woodham.
RE: Recommended best M.2 NVMe SSD for cache on Synology DS920+ - ed - 01-09-2023
When choosing NVMe for caching you need to look at reliability ratings such as DWPD/MTBF. Here are a few on the list
https://nascompares.com/answer/nvme-m-2-list-with-endurance-dwpd-mtbf/
Caching means a lot of read and write operations, unlike regular storage situation.
You would need to look at models with 0.5DWPD and above
970 pro – 0.66DWPD
Synology SNV3400 – 0.68DWPD
Seagate FireCuda 510 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate IronWolf 525 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate Firecuda 530 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate PS5 Game drive – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate FireCuda 520 -0.9 DWPD
WD Red SN700 – 1.0DWPD
I hope this helps.