I wonder if there is a nptocable difference between a HDD and SSD. Did someone already test it? I run it off a good SSD but wonder if a HDD would be enough.

  • ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com
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    5 months ago

    It depends on the load on the disk. My main docker host pretty well has to be on the SSD to not complain about access times, but there are a dozen other services on the same VM. There’s some advisory out there that things with constant IO should avoid SSDs to not wear out the read/write too fast, but I haven’t seen anything specific on just how much is too much.

    Personally I split the difference and run the system on SSD and host the bulk data on a separate NAS with a pile of spinning disks.