The limiting factor is the speed of the slowest link. Disk speed, LAN speed, and internet speed (if accessing it from outside your LAN).
As others suggested, a USB-3 SSD will work great for you. Even my Pi-based "work disk" is one of these. Rock solid. Oh, and get an ASMedia-chipped adapter. The JMicron devices have issues. I have a ton of the StarTech USB3S2SAT3CB and Kingston A400 SSD (low power rqmts). You may need a powered USB-3 hub to add multiple SSDs, depending on their power requirements.
NVME is faster than SSD. But, you won't benefit from the additional speed (and expense) in your application And, there have been some people having issues with it. I'd suggest NVME not the best option for you for a first go.
As others suggested, a USB-3 SSD will work great for you. Even my Pi-based "work disk" is one of these. Rock solid. Oh, and get an ASMedia-chipped adapter. The JMicron devices have issues. I have a ton of the StarTech USB3S2SAT3CB and Kingston A400 SSD (low power rqmts). You may need a powered USB-3 hub to add multiple SSDs, depending on their power requirements.
NVME is faster than SSD. But, you won't benefit from the additional speed (and expense) in your application And, there have been some people having issues with it. I'd suggest NVME not the best option for you for a first go.
Statistics: Posted by bls — Wed Feb 07, 2024 1:59 am