Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs] system-requirements: mention that SSDs with PLP should be used

[Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com>]

(missed reply-all, so resending)

On 20/03/2024 10:30, Fiona Ebner wrote:
> Am 20.03.24 um 09:56 schrieb Aaron Lauterer:
>> Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer@proxmox.com>
>> ---
>>  pve-system-requirements.adoc | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/pve-system-requirements.adoc b/pve-system-requirements.adoc
>> index bc3689d..4db5358 100644
>> --- a/pve-system-requirements.adoc
>> +++ b/pve-system-requirements.adoc
>> @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Recommended System Requirements
>>    (BBU) or non-RAID for ZFS and Ceph. Neither ZFS nor Ceph are compatible with a
>>    hardware RAID controller.
>>  ** Shared and distributed storage is possible.
>> +** SSDs with Power-Loss-Protection (PLP) are recommended for good performance.
>> +  Using consumer SSDs is discouraged.
>>  
>
> Having PLP might correlate with having good performance, but it's not
> the reason for good performance and good performance is not the reason
> you want PLP. 

Disagree, PLP is the biggest reason for good performance compared to
consumer SSDs and it's often the main reason people buy them, as one
can make consumer SSDs safe without PLP, it just gets damn slow.