Question Is there any risk in just using a single SSD for EVERYTHING ?

[AgilesRem]

now this question gets thrown alot and i have googled it myself but i need second opinions

i basically wanted to buy a 2tb ssd for everything and i mean everything,games,OS,files,pics and videos and just partitioned it 500gb/1.5tb [i wanted to buy a 4tb for 'safer' measures but at this time they are still out of reach]

so is it '"safe'" to do so and is it technically save me up some money? or is it just downright better to just buy a 500 gigs-ish dram ssd and hdd for games [im also thinking about buying 2 ssd's for redundancy,but im not too technical about that stuff and i realised its actually more expensive to do so]

 

[USAFRet]

okay lets say i have like an hdd backup where would be the 'safest' place to store it since i dont have any offsite place or whatever,can i really just chuck it in a wardrobe or something with extra paddings?

Somewhere where it is unlikely to "fall".

But....2 of those, in different places, would be better.

 

[USAFRet]

okay lets say i have like an hdd backup where would be the 'safest' place to store it since i dont have any offsite place or whatever,can i really just chuck it in a wardrobe or something with extra paddings?

But...you have to evaluate your personal environment.

A space in my sons college dorm room is significantly "less safe" than a desk drawer at my mother in laws house.

 

[geofelt]

Fire proof strong boxes are not expensive. Not a bad thing for local storage if you can secure it from theft.
Reliability from reviewers is ancedotal.
Puget systems has statistics .
Here is a 2021 report on the most reliable hardwaare.
The samsung 870 evo had zero failures:

Most Reliable PC Hardware of 2021

Here at Puget Systems, our goal is not only to provide the fastest workstations possible, but the most reliable as well. As a part of our constant drive to offer only the highest quality components possible, we track and regularly review the failure rates for each part we carry. Today, we want...

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and... 2tb sells for less than the transcend 230S on amazon

 

[AgilesRem]

Fire proof strong boxes are not expensive. Not a bad thing for local storage if you can secure it from theft.
Reliability from reviewers is ancedotal.
Puget systems has statistics .
Here is a 2021 report on the most reliable hardwaare.
The samsung 870 evo had zero failures:

Most Reliable PC Hardware of 2021

Here at Puget Systems, our goal is not only to provide the fastest workstations possible, but the most reliable as well. As a part of our constant drive to offer only the highest quality components possible, we track and regularly review the failure rates for each part we carry. Today, we want...

www.pugetsystems.com

and... 2tb sells for less than the transcend 230S on amazon

im gonna have to think about those storage boxes,do those small pelican cases works aswell like ones for guns and i'll just stuff em full of foam or whatnot

also i choose the 230s because its actually like 30 bucks cheaper brand new where i live

 

[CountMike]

okay lets say i have like an hdd backup where would be the 'safest' place to store it since i dont have any offsite place or whatever,can i really just chuck it in a wardrobe or something with extra paddings?

Yes, why not, just put it in a box so it doesn't get physically damaged. HDDs are resilient when not running, typically 90Gs+

 

[AgilesRem]

But...you have to evaluate your personal environment.

A space in my sons college dorm room is significantly "less safe" than a desk drawer at my mother in laws house.

Somewhere where it is unlikely to "fall".

But....2 of those, in different places, would be better.

i think having more than 1 backup would overwhelm me and if i did go with the offsite mantra i would just downright forget it even though i visit my bf pretty often

so yes if i did go with backups i would just have to shove them in like a storage box and hide them in my wardrobe or drawer

 

[AgilesRem]

Yes, why not, just put it in a box so it doesn't get physically damaged. HDDs are resilient when not running, typically 90Gs+

i do have paranoia over the 'hdd is strong but a bump could cause the disk to go haywire' its probably stronger than just a bump but its one of the reasons i dont want to have a backup hdd just laying around

 

[CountMike]

i do have paranoia over the 'hdd is strong but a bump could cause the disk to go haywire' its probably stronger than just a bump but its one of the reasons i dont want to have a backup hdd just laying around

Retail packaging box would be best way. If it survived trip from factory, ships,planes and specially courier delivery, it could live thru armagedon.

 

[AgilesRem]

Retail packaging box would be best way. If it survived trip from factory, ships,planes and specially courier delivery, it could live thru armagedon.

yeah i dont think i'vee seen a retail packaging for an hdd for like a decade now

they only came with a box and like stuffy packaging,or if im lucky those transparent clamshells