ESXI boot SSD

I've read that an SSD can be a big advantage because if the system runs out of RAM then ESXI will use up the spare space on the boot drive as the "page file", which offers far better performance than a USB stick/SD card.

I can only fit 16gb in the system and I only have 8gb now, so it's likely I'll run out.

Also my motherboard doesn't have an internal USB port, so booting from a pen drive won't be all that easy. (Unless I hack together something to fit on the USB headers for the front USB ports?)

USB2 only as well...
 
Thinking about it, I can't trust a flash drive enough to boot from it. I've had at least 5 die on me in as many years. I'd rather spend £30-60 on an SSD than save £55 and have to fix it in a years time.
 
Hmmmmm, I guess booting from a USB drive would also give me the advantage of keeping a SATA port open, my board only has 5 of them so that'd be a good idea!

Think I'm going to do it, cheers guys. :)

Even though I hate the things... It's worth noting that I've only ever bought flash drives from good manufacturers, like Crucial, and they've all died in a matter of months.
 
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