Look I’m looking at getting some of these drives to play around with, they look like a SAS interface but that definitely not the whole truth.
Are they NVMe drives with SAS interface that work with normal SAS Cards or it something totally different?
Could i use say one of them M.2 SFF-8643 to 4X SAS SFF-8482 to run the drives?
PCIe Gen4 x4
Most you can do is 1 drive cabled to 1x M.2 slot
Realistically, you need a MoBo and CPU that supports bifurcation and a multi drive adapter card.
Else, you could run an HBA but one that can handle that speed and iops will destroy any dreams of being on a budget
I believe the CD8-R uses a U.2 Connector to provide the PCIe interface. U.2 is just a connection(like M.2), and NVMe != SAS/SATA in terms of compatibility.
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They use NVMe over U.2, which can be adapted to M.2+Power (often SATA) or PCIe.
Be aware these drives need airflow, else they complain about being too hot.
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Cheers for the info.
I’ve ordered up a M.2 to U2 interface SFF-8639 to play with, single drive.
I’ll do a bit of testing on it,
tbh i’ve got about 20 x 3TB SAS drive was looking at a way to used them, plus a system drive on the CD8. Going to build a backup server for PCs plus my Jellfin.
I’ll probably use a PCIe Card(s) With 10 drives = CD8 once i’m happy with hardware setup.
Just wasn’t sure about my thinking.
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My PC has 4x 12TB spinning rust as the dump for less used bulk and two fast SSDs for projects I am currently working on.
For normal 1080p30 media at home, I don’t think you need a CD8-based storage server
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