One and a half Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 4 hours ago, debt_collector said: Do the M.2 NVMe SSD drives also introduce noise into the system or are they better than standard SSD drives? Would an HDD still be a better choice in a NAS drive for Music? I'm looking at the M.2 as well for a new server. There's no metal enclosure and the dedicated connector doesn't really allow modification. The only M.2 Ive seen is like half RAM stick, maybe a metal case is available, havent looked as yet. The upside is the M.2 leaves a footprint like RAM, avoids the inertia of a traditional SSD, although would house the OS, which carries traffic, kinda stuck with that in any case. AS Profile Equipment List Say NO to MQA Link to comment
One and a half Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 hours ago, debt_collector said: And how will an M.2 SSD drive compare with a HDD for music storage? HDD still the better option? M/2 is quick and the 'pipe' is quite wide. Problem is the capacity, if the libary is small < 265GB , the M.2 would work, with 6000+ albums, photos, text files and pdf, in the current music library is approaching the limit of a 6TB drive, have just ordered two 10TB drives for expansion, these are regular 24/7 3.5in drives. Electrical noise for a big drive like that is best kept on another machine which is the current practice, and deploying isolation methods, EtherRegen /Basske /Optical on the Network cable are alternatives to installing the music files inside the server. I have wondered why the Innuos/Lumin of the world only offer such a 'small' internal drive for the library. Management is an important key issue here, backups are mandatory, to backup those files took 2 1/2 days via USB3 on a fresh 10TB portable drive. A single point of failure of a drive in a music server is not wise choice. AS Profile Equipment List Say NO to MQA Link to comment
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