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Râu Cao ⚡ | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0xtr You don't actually need anything close to NVMe performance for storing blocks. And since you're not rewriting blocks all the time, any cheap SSD or NVMe will suffice.
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0xtr | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That’s fair but I do want to run a lightning node, BTCPayServer, maybe a cashu mint, etc on it so I want it to be able to handle some workload more than just the bitcoin node itself
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0xtr | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 TIL about the WD firmware upgrades. I have two 4TB WD Reds in my Jellyfin setup 👀