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Ram gets X8 expensive and SSD also more... Check MU. This is because such increase in chips power is not accompanied

SSD isnt much of a story with AI other than loading a model and giving letting the GPU and memory do all the actual training and inferencing work. I dont get the hype.

You can move the ancient data to another drive. I have a 2TB SSD for the primary geth install but I added a second cheap 2TB mechanical hard drive to store the ancient data (which would free your (709G).
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To move the Geth `ancient` database folder to another location (e.g., a larger HDD) to free up space on an SSD, stop the Geth service, move the `ancient` folder, and restart Geth using the `--datadir.ancient` flag. This moves rarely used historical data, which can reduce primary disk usage significantly. 
Steps to Move Geth Ancient Data
1. **Stop Geth:** Ensure the Geth service is completely stopped to avoid data corruption.
2. **Locate Ancient Data:** The default location is typically `<datadir>/geth/chaindata/ancient`.
3. **Move the Folder:** Move the `ancient` folder to the new location (e.g., `/new/path/ancient`).
4. **Update Configuration:** Start Geth with the flag pointing to the new location: geth --datadir /path/to/data --datadir.ancient /new/path/ancient \[other options\]
5. **Verify:** Check that Geth starts properly. Once confirmed, you can safely delete the original `ancient` folder to free up space. 

No, they make NAND and SSD.

I prefer those atm due to NAND and SSD stortage and the imho upcoming HDD shortage:
SK Hynix (HY9H @ Frankfurt), Micron (MU), Samsung (SMSN @ London), SanDisk (SNDK), AMD, Intel (INTC), Kioxia (KI5 @ Frankfurt, 285A @ Tokio), NVIDIA (not kidding). Maybe adding some more WDC and Seagate (STX).
Just check DRAM (e.g. 96GB DDR5 6000 mhz), SSD prices (e.g. 16, 30, 32 TB) and HDD prices at your local price comparison website. DDR5 SD-RAM is more or less sold out or only available for 4x the price of November 2025.

Maybe 2 days to setup and test and in summary one day for maintenance in several years. I wouldn’t run anything else on the same machine. I can recommend an UPS for power outages. I would also buy a really good SSD because cheap ones don’t like the amount of data written on it.

I have a 2009 iMAC that still runs great although I did replace the hard drive with SSD

It's crazy how we didn't know that SSD drive makers would moon. You could have missed the initial AI craze, and still made a shitload of money there. Shit seems obvious looking back at it now.

buying $mrvl
they provide most of the SSD controllers to all the major manufacturers + they're acquiring some AI company, price hasn't moved much so this will print fellas, who's already in?

SSD, RAM, AI chips need SLV and GLD.

The only share of Sandisk I own is an old 480GB SSD in my desktop

YOU WILL NEVER OWN AN SSD AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY

Consoles are taking it in the teeth right now due to tariffs, the weakening dollar, and hardware skyrocketing in price. All that talk of consumer ram and SSD prices going up in price due to AI demand? Its the same stuff that powers video game consoles. Microsoft is in for a world of hurt and them throwing more money at OpenAI is part of the problem.

use SSD, that will help