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#324799 27-May-2026 19:13
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Just need a smallish SSD, thinking of 128GB or so, to stick Home Assistant on (for a VM NAS install). Will need to put it in a USB caddy, so if it comes in that all the better. 

 

Please DM me if you have anything suitable. 

 

TIA.

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  #3495990 27-May-2026 19:59
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Might be able to scrounge something; where in the country?



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  #3495991 27-May-2026 20:00
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SomeoneSomewhere:

 

Might be able to scrounge something; where in the country?

 

 

Sorry, should have said: Palmerston North. 

 

Thanks!

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  #3495993 27-May-2026 20:06
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Are you looking for a USB SSD? I might have something.




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  #3495996 27-May-2026 20:37
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Thanks, but I've read that for this purpose, which involves 24/7 read/write as it's running HA, I'm best to stick to something like a laptop drive as opposed to one designed for tasks like file transfer. Nor something I've done before, so relying on what I've read! 

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  #3495998 27-May-2026 20:59
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You are looking for a high usage SSD. These will cost more.

 

The one I have is a Toshiba 1TB SSD.




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  #3496005 27-May-2026 22:22
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Are you talking about non-NVMe?

 

I have a bunch of them (128Gb M.2) (Tauranga)




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  #3496007 27-May-2026 22:42
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Well, the Toshiba SSD I mentioned is non-NVME.




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  #3496023 28-May-2026 06:46
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Or are you wanting a 2.5" SATA SSD.... 

 

 

 

 




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  #3496034 28-May-2026 08:48
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We've got a few 250Gb 2.5" SATA SSDs spare.  $30 for one including shipping nationwide.  $20 per additional unit.




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  #3496167 28-May-2026 12:40
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HomeAssistant will run on an MicroSD card so you certainly don't need to be ultra fussy about what the SSD is. 

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  #3498784 30-May-2026 16:37
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions - helpful to get some clarity on what I need.

 

To answer a couple of questions: yep I'm after a 2.5" SATA SSD rather than M.2 NVMe or a USB drive. I need something that goes in a basic USB enclosure/caddy and s standard 2.5" SATA is the easiest and cheapest option.

 

Re the comment about HA running fine on a MicroSD - that's true for a basic Pi-style install, but in my case it's running as a VM on a Synology NAS, and the advice I've had is to move it off the main NAS drives onto its own dedicated storage. The NAS drives are HDDs and HA does a lot of constant small read/writes, which causes chatter and isn't great for the drives long-term.

 

That 250GB 2.5" SATA SSD sounds perfect - will DM you.

 

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  #3498786 30-May-2026 17:24
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Having run many old 120-250 gig SSDs in USB cases, the best advice I can give you is don't bother with the sub $10 ones or even the ones from orico or similar that are basically the same thing with a brand on them.

 

Used them for a while for the downloading drives on the torrenting machine and had no end of silent file corruption and drives disappearing from the PC till unplugged and replugged in. Same SSDs on the ports of an LSI card work perfectly.




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