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Model: SAMSUNG T5 EVO Portable SSD 8TB, USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Solid State Drive, Seq. Read Speeds Up to 460MB/s for Gaming and Content Creation, MU-PH8T0S/AM, Black
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This was added to the cart automatically when I added 8tb.
I suggest you continue in the purchase process and you'll discover that's just the discount from normal pricing that it's accounting for. The price is still $399 (or $359 edu).
No, not at all. Plex media goes on old, slow spinning rust (HDDs). You want to buy a 22TB or so HDD or set of HDDs, not SSDs. Never SSDs for media storage; that's absurdly expensive for no greater purpose.
Your opinion, not a fact. I have been using SSDs for my Plex library and other media as storage for a number of reasons, I was more or less asking the durability and speed of this drive.
Your opinion, not a fact. I have been using SSDs for my Plex library and other media as storage for a number of reasons, I was more or less asking the durability and speed of this drive.
Sorry, but there is zero benefit to having plex media on a fast SSD. Even the highest bitrate movies at highest quality are incredibly slow compared to a hard drive, much less an SSD. Think about how high quality media was traditionally played : cdrom/blue ray rom media. Super, super slow. Even with multiple clients, there is zero reason to do this.
If you have reasons please share.
Now there are reasons to have plex metadata and plex database (ie the plex application program and %appdata%, in windows terminology) on an SSD, but media? No.
I've run plex for a decade shared out to many friends and family. All perfect on a NAS at under 100MB/s Ethernet, which is yet another obvious constraint (even a slow hard drive is far faster than Ethernet).
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Your opinion, not a fact. I have been using SSDs for my Plex library and other media as storage for a number of reasons, I was more or less asking the durability and speed of this drive.
Unless you're going for a quiet setup, there is 0 benefits on putting the media files on SSD. For Plex, you would want your metadata to be on the SSD. That will actually help with loading all the metadata you would see on your screen. I would recommend just having the metadata on the SSD by itself and your actual media files on rust drives.
Seems like a good deal! QUESTION: I have the Samsung EVO SSD and been looking for an external backup drive for it and my old drive (I build my systems) and always had the mindset of doing HDD. Is the SSD safe enough against failures using as a backup? I still want an internals secondary SSD mirroring drive.
How is the 8tb drive for reliability? I'm looking to store my movie collection on it, and would like it to view them while stored on the external drive.
A few of the amazon reports indicate overheating, and slowdown of the drive. Is that because of the SSD type?
Which SSD type is best for reliability?
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How is the 8tb drive for reliability? I'm looking to store my movie collection on it, and would like it to view them while stored on the external drive.
A few of the amazon reports indicate overheating, and slowdown of the drive. Is that because of the SSD type?
Which SSD type is best for reliability?
If you're just storing movies, a 20TB drive (HDD, that is) will be considerably cheaper, just as fast, and will store far more movies. Is there a reason you're focused on SSD for media store?
If you're just storing movies, a 20TB drive (HDD, that is) will be considerably cheaper, just as fast, and will store far more movies. Is there a reason you're focused on SSD for media store?
I want to keep the drive portable and not have to worry about bumps and drive damage.
I will eventually also get a bigger external HDD for proper backup.
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4TB $179.
2Tb $170.
All on Samsung's store pages, after student login.
I don't see any 8TB free with 8TB purchase or anything like that at the moment.
10% off via the usual suspects...
4TB $179.
2Tb $170.
All on Samsung's store pages, after student login.
I don't see any 8TB free with 8TB purchase or anything like that at the moment.
10% off via the usual suspects...
-$255.00
Portable SSD T5 EVO USB 3.2 8TB (Black)
-$255.00
-$255.00
Portable SSD T5 EVO USB 3.2 8TB (Black)
-$255.00
If you have reasons please share.
Now there are reasons to have plex metadata and plex database (ie the plex application program and %appdata%, in windows terminology) on an SSD, but media? No.
I've run plex for a decade shared out to many friends and family. All perfect on a NAS at under 100MB/s Ethernet, which is yet another obvious constraint (even a slow hard drive is far faster than Ethernet).
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A few of the amazon reports indicate overheating, and slowdown of the drive. Is that because of the SSD type?
Which SSD type is best for reliability?
A few of the amazon reports indicate overheating, and slowdown of the drive. Is that because of the SSD type?
Which SSD type is best for reliability?
I will eventually also get a bigger external HDD for proper backup.
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