@vague @falken fanxiang isn't a scam brand, but they do "build to a price point". It'll be the right size but the quality assurance before product ships may be less robust than a SanDisk, for example.

A big name brand may be less risk of failure but it isn't a guarantee. As with every storage medium one should make backups of anything important.

We are all in a cost crunch where we get to evaluate if an increase of risk is worth the dollars saved.

@just_one_bear @vague everything on the intended server backs up to the main house ZFS array, if the worst happens.
I'll torture test it a bit before switching root!