Boot Pi4 from an SSD, not the MicroSD card

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Boot Pi4 from an SSD, not the MicroSD card

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I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as a low power server and it works great.

The only issue is that it tends to get through MicroSD cards quite frequently. I understand these are not designed to be written to quite as frequently and over such a long time.

Is there a way to get the Pi to boot from a regular SSD and bypass the microSD card totally? Or failing that, to boot up from the card then run everything else off the SSD?

Many thanks for any help.
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