# The comptatibe 2.5 Gb/s

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**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [December 22, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.freenas-community.org/t/the-comptatibe-2-5-gb-s/262 "2022-12-22T17:01:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bruce5051](https://forum.freenas-community.org/user_avatar/forum.freenas-community.org/bruce5051/32/114_2.png) [@Bruce5051](https://forum.freenas-community.org/u/Bruce5051)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.freenas-community.org/t/the-comptatibe-2-5-gb-s/262/2 "2022-12-23T19:00:10Z")

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Hi @rodrigue7800be,

Maybe check this post:

> [@Antec Three Hundred Two](https://forum.freenas-community.org/t/antec-three-hundred-two/120/2):
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> To the last question first, USB sticks have been discouraged as boot devices since the release of FreeNAS 9.3–with that release, the boot device became a live ZFS pool, resulting in USB sticks dying quite frequently. Some users have had good lifespans with them, but they die much faster than they used to. Thus, a SSD is going to be the better way to go. Yes, 128 GB is overkill, but it allows plenty of space for wear leveling, and they’re cheap. Now, to the case. I don’t have any experience …

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