On 5/28/21 8:16 AM, [email protected] wrote: > On 5/28/21 7:13 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 06:11:51PM -0600, [email protected] wrote >>> On 5/27/21 3:05 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: >>>> It was nice to have a newer "hot backup" (XPS8940) to switch over to >>>> quickly when an older machine started locking up occasionally. Now I >>>> need a "hot backup" for the newer machine that I ordered last October. >>>> Dell Inspirons seem to top out at 12 gigs ram, so I'm looking for an XPS >>>> model in order to get more ram as the bloating of linux continues. All >>>> current XPS models seem to have 256G or 512G M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State >>>> drives in the base configuration. Questions... >>>> >>>> * do NVMe drives function well under Gentoo (driver issues, etc)? >>>> >>>> * how long do they hold up (wear and tear)? >>>> >>>> * can I simply disable them if I run into problems? >>>> >>>> If someone can suggest an alternate supplier to Dell, that ships to >>>> greater Toronto, at similar prices, I'd be willing to take a look at >>>> them. >>> >>> Checking out XPS8940 (about 1799.00CAD) it seems to me expensive. They did >>> not mention if the NVME is Gen. 3 or Gen. 4 >> >> I don't know what happened between last year and now, but Dell's >> XPS8940's now all seem to come with NVME (expensive) and fancy-shmancy >> Nvidia (i.e expensive) video. Also, reading the specs on the website >> *V-E-R-R-R-R-Y* carefully, I see that the XPS machines come mostly with >> *ONLY* 256 or 512 gig solid state drives; no SATA drive. On the other >> hand a $600 CAD (on sale) Inspiron desktop with... >> >> * 10th Gen Intel® Core# i5-10400 processor >> * Intel® UHD Graphics 630 with shared graphics memory >> * 12GB ram >> * 1TB 7200RPM 3.5" SATA HDD > > Anything with spinning disk "is obsolete" they are trying to give it way > because nobody is buying them (you can buy them for few dollars), don't > expect it to last long.
In a remote location I have ATOM-box 500GB SSD running asterisk, hylafax and is a backup unit; it is running 24/7 since 2014. The only thing I changed few times is the External Power supply few times.
