TS-464 - Recommended M.2 NVMEs - and Heatsinks?

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After 10 yrs 24/7, my TS-453 Pro just died (Intel J1900 degradation). I have just received a new TS-464 8G.

I plan to install a pair of 1TB M.2 NVME SSDs for caching.

  1. Can anyone recommend stable and reliable SSDs for this purpose (good TBW)? Knowing that the PCIe lane performance is limited on the TS-464, I guess it’s pointless going for a high performance model?

  2. Space for NVME heatsinks in the chassis looks limited. Anyone with experience…? Are they strictly necessary, what type?

I will be upgrading the RAM (it’s not soldered) to a 16 GB (2x 8GB) Crucial kit. Running QTS, with 4x 4TB Seagate Iron Wolf in Raid 10.

Thanks for any advice.

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Hello,

in my TS264/TS364 i use WD Red SN700 with heatsinks “be quiet MC1”.

I use the SSD only for volumes

SSD-Cache is not a good idee

In my TS-264 i use 40 GB (8 + 32 ) and in my TS-364 i use 20 GB (4 + 16 )
40 GB (8+32) is the best idee.

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2 things. Caching is broken in QTS. Not sure if Hero is available for your NAS. There have been issues with Crucial memory lately-lots of counterfeit stuff.

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OK, thanks for the heads-up :+1: I’ll have to look into that…

If I buy Crucial RAM, I’ll buy it direct from Crucial UK. Looks like 8GB DDR4 2666 SODIMMs are very difficult to find. The 8GB stick which came with the NAS has a security sticker between it and the motherboard - so I don’t want to void the warranty :roll_eyes:

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We recommend that a heat sink be installed, and you can use a flatter type/model for it. Thank you.