Thanks for the comments @Scott_H @Greg_White
@umbra yes I should have mentioned that (will edit in a bit). TL;DR: General use case Linux/Fedora-only machine,
I’ve only used Samsung and WD SSDs on my machines (“fleet” of 2 FWs in the household for now, and previously various ThinkPads going back decades). From what I’m reading so far about the P44 Pro it might be time to give that a try.
One point that I noticed in the reddit thread you linked; this message says
Solidigm has their own windows drivers that boost performance
Gives me a little pause, as I’m old enough to remember Winmodems. OK, stretching this more than a bit, but since Windows isn’t in the picture here, I’m more concerned about how well it behaves/performs with Linux, and a Windows focus is a weak negative signal to me. As in, “we chose to put resources on the Windows driver instead of the firmware”.
But not a blocker, it’s not like any other manufacturer (aside from Intel, apparently, in the past, before they unloaded that business) caters that much to Linux at least for non-datacenter SSDs.
Keep them (the comments) coming folks! @Loell_Framework , if it’s ok I’ll go ahead and remove [Solved], I meant this as a RFC thread so there’s no specific “solution” I’m looking for.