Samsung may end SATA SSD production soon

https://www.techradar.com/computing/storage-backup/looking-for-a-cheap-ssd-dont-wait-samsung-could-stop-producing-budget-models-soon

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xyse53•36m ago

I've noticed there aren't a lot of reasonable home/sb m.2 NVME NAS options for main boards and enclosures.

SATA SSD still seems like the way you have to go for a 5 to 8 drive system (boot disk + 4+ raid6).

poly2it•20m ago

How well does buying PCIe to M.2 adapters work for a custom NAS? Slot-wise you should be able to get 16 M.2 devices per motherboard with for example a Supermicro consumer board.

wtallis•7m ago

Can you point to a specific motherboard? 16 separate PCIe links of any width sounds rather high for a consumer platform.

rpcope1•13m ago

It seems like it's rare to find M.2 with the sort of things you'd want in a NAS like PLP, reasonably high DWPD, good controllers, etc. and you've also got to contend with the problem of managing heat in a way I had never seen with 2.5 or 3.5 drives. I would imagine the sort of people doing NVMe for NAS/SAN/servers are all probably using U.2 or U.3 (I know I do).

zb3•29m ago

Fsck this cartel.. I hope China will fill these gaps and help restore normal prices.

Flavius•12m ago

You will be down-voted to hell for this comment, but luckily their down-votes can't stop China. Tariffs can though...

Neil44•20m ago

Samsung makes fast expensive storage but even cheap storage can max out SATA, hence there's no point Samsung trying to compete in the dwindling SATA space.

tart-lemonade•12m ago

I can't say I'm surprised, but I am disappointed. The SATA SSD market has basically turned into a dumping ground for low quality flash and controllers, with the 870s being the only consistently good drives still in production after Crucial discontinued the MX500.

It's the end of an era.

8cvor6j844qw_d6•5m ago

If Samsung (maybe) ends SSD production and Crucial existing the consumer business, what is the next best alternative for SSD products?

I thought Samsung was the de facto choice for high-quality SSD products.

iooi•4m ago

SATA, not NVMe, they will still be making SSDs.