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If you need PLP use an enterprise drive. That's what they're for.


Well, I don't need PLP.

I just need to know when the data is written and when it isn't.


If stuck with consumer drives, you can add cheap PLP via riser cards that have a supercapacitor. Here's a post on the TrueNAS forums that tested one out.[1]

[1] https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/x4-pcie-to-nvme-ad...


PLP = Power Loss Prevention


I've seen lost completed FUA writes on enterprise drives quite a few times.




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