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Aren't SSDs being phased out by NVMe (not the sata one, the real NVMe one)?

NVMe is just an interface specification. An SSD is an SSD regardless of the interface used.

Yeah, but I clearly remember there are 2 types of NVMe drives, the old sata based one, and the "new" one.

Ah, I think I see where you're confused. You're probably conflating the M.2 form factor with NVMe[0], which is sorta incorrect. NVMe drives can come in a variety of physical interfaces, of which, M.2 is one, but M.2 drives can be either SATA or NVMe. (or USB?)[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVM_Express

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2

That's the thing! Then I, indeed, did "conflate" NVMe with M.2!

Thx!

I doubt it as long as sata based HDDs are still a thing. There’s gotta be some market for sata SSDs. I’ve been considering replacing a NAS ZFS HDD array with SSDs. The HDDs are 4TB and some 2TB 2.5” SSDs are starting to become reasonably priced. I don’t need 4TB drives.

For my NAS uses the lower reliability of and SSD is not much of a concern. I still have a working intel SSD that is the first or second intel consumer drive they produced, it’s over a decade old.

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