General discussion • Best storage option for Rpi5 for usage as NAS and torrent box

Hi, I want to buy Raspberry Pi 5 and use it as an always on seedbox as well as NAS for backups of personal files (documents, no audios or videos). I will not use it for video recording or anything else transfer speed demanding. My internet connection speed is 100Mbps. The main priority for me are a stable connection and the longest lifetime possible without any memory failures.

I have found three possible solutions:

• MicroSD 1TB or 1.5TB SanDisk Ultra MicroSD card with up to 150MB/s read speed; write speed lower. It would cost 85 or 160 Euros respectively.
• USB 1TB or 2TB SSD with SATA III. It would cost 55 or 100 Euros respectively.
• PCIe 1TB or 2TB SSD. It would cost 70 or 105 Euros respectively plus additional 20 Euros for the PCIe hat. As I understand the speed will be limited to PCie 3 x1 at most.

Do I understand correctly that the most limiting factor here is my internet speed? Which of those three variants would you prefer for the long-term stability?

Statistics: Posted by ipo32jr — Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:56 am

---