Configure array of U.2 drives for SSD pool instead of SATA SSDs?

geerlingguy commented 6 months ago

In my quest to max out the 10G link for my editing pool, I would like to investigate using an array of U.2 NVMe drives instead of the Samsung QVO SATA SSDs I'm currently using.

Parts I would need:

Some sort of U.2 drive (maybe contact Kioxia? I might have a PM6 around...)
An SFF-8654 74pin to 2*SFF-8639 68pin Cable — SlimSAS to U.2 (or two if I do 4 drives)
An SSD Mounting Bracket to hold the drives in the back

If I did this upgrade, I'd likely yank the 4x SATA SSDs so I can keep those drive bays clear for future HDD vdev expansion.

geerlingguy commented 6 months ago

I did contact Kioxia, and they may send over something a bit more substantial than the PM6! Heh.

geerlingguy commented 4 months ago

Mmm... CD8-R 15TB x2 installed, will test performance soon. The 4x SATA SSDs now live in my Pi 5 backup NAS, which has a full replica of the HL15.

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