As someone who runs a business that sells thousands of Raspberry Pis, the idea of encouraging more users to store data on microSD cards is quite concerning to me.
The introduction of the m.2 HAT for the Raspberry Pi 5 has been a game changer, not just in terms of speed, but also in significantly improving disk/filesystem reliability.
I guess all I'm saying is, for the love of God, if you've got a choice and need to store data on a Pi5, please use the m.2 HAT + SSD from Raspberry Pi. Unlike other fruit companies, the prices for the SSDs are quite reasonable.
If you’ve got a choice get something else lol. The m2 hat blocks the cpu heatsink, and doesn’t fit into most cases. It blows my mind why was m2 not just built in already… You can get an n100 mini pc for $100 with more ram and like 5x perf for same price
Even plain USB thumb drives are far more stable than SD cards. I suspect more room for capacitors that enable finishing writes on power out.
I’ve had Samsung SlimFit USB drives with BTRFS last for years on rpi3s and rpi4s.