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hippy

If I wanted to do the same kind of upgrade (more storage with enterprise spec. reliability) to my Dell Inspiron laptop PCIe, NVME, m.2 there's only Micron and Kioxia on Scan and I've never heard of those brands. Is there even any point doing that to a laptop or should I just continue backing stuff up and waiting for failure?

https://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/solid-state-drives/enterprise-m2-pcie-nvme-ssds#t76.f47=1.6TB-4TB

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ectoplasmosis in reply to @hippy

Micron and Kioxia are huge enterprise SSD manufacturers, along with Solidigm, Memblaze etc.

Most enterprise M.2 drives are of a different, longer, form factor than that of consumer drives, and most laptops can’t accommodate them.

They’re also more power-hungry and hotter than consumer drives.

Stick to high-end consumer drives in laptops.

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hippy in reply to @ectoplasmosis
Thanks.

This was the first google result I got. Is one brand bettr than another or do you have to deep dive into their endurance properties to pick?

https://www.mrmemory.co.uk/ssd-upgrades/dell/inspiron-notebook/7391-2-in-1

Maybe I'd be better off using an external drive in a cooler and/or stronger caddy. It's just annoying having to remember another thing to carry around.

Crucial
Life Expectancy: 1.5 million hours (MTBF)
Endurance:
```
500GB - 110TBW
1TB - 220TBW
2TB - 440TBW
4TB - 800TBW
```
Kingston
Endurance:
```
512GB: 400TBW
1TB: 800TBW
2TB: 1.6PBW
4TB: 3.2PBW
```
Samsung 970
Life Expectancy: 1.5 million hours (MTBF)
Endurance:
```
250GB - 150TBW
500GB - 300TBW
1TB - 600TBW
2TB - 1,200TBW
```
Samsung 980
Life Expectancy: 1.5 million hours (MTBF)
Endurance:
```
250GB - 150TBW
500GB - 300TBW
1TB - 600TBW
2TB - 1,200TBW
```

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