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    NVMe - make the most of your PCI-e Slots (How-to config Supermicro boards for AOC-SLG3-2E4T et al)

    The Supermicro AOC-SLG3-4E4T card works fine with my Supermicro X11SPi-TF motherboard :D. Problem solved!
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    Pinning files to a performance tier of a ReFS formatted volume in Server 2019

    I did some testing in the meantime and can confirm that Get-FileStorageTier doesn't work on tiered ReFS volumes in a standalone server (Server 2019 Datacenter version 1809, OS build 17763774, latest updates installed): PS C:\Windows\system32> $StorageTier = Get-StorageTier -FriendlyName...
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    Pinning files to a performance tier of a ReFS formatted volume in Server 2019

    I have a standalone server (2019 Datacenter) with 6 SAS HDD disks (4x 6TB, 2x 8TB) and 4 NVMe disks (4x 1TB) => we are NOT in a storage spaces direct (S2D) scenario. All disks are in 1 storage pool, in which I created a 2-way mirrored performance tier (NVMe) and a 2-way mirrored capacity tier...
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    NVMe - make the most of your PCI-e Slots (How-to config Supermicro boards for AOC-SLG3-2E4T et al)

    Thanks for the info, makes me optimistic for my X11 board. It does have x4x4x4x4 bifurcation. I ordered the card and will report back (after my holidays :))
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    NVMe - make the most of your PCI-e Slots (How-to config Supermicro boards for AOC-SLG3-2E4T et al)

    I'd like to report that the Supermicro AOC-SLG3-4E4R card fitted in slot 6 of a Supermicro X11SPi-TF motherboard doesn't work in my setup. Intel DC P4510 (1TB) NVMe drives connected via the BPN-SAS3-826EL1-N4 backplane of my Supermicro SC829HE1C4-R1K02LPB chassis to ports NVME0, NVME1 and NVME2...
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    OS drives Windows Server 2012 Essentials

    Hi, I bought Windows Server 2012 Essentials (currently running WHSv1) and will build the server with the following hardware: Chassis: Norco RPC-4220 MB: Supermicro X9SCM-IIF Memory: Kingston 8 GB Dual-Channel Kit (2x 4GB) ECC DDR3 DIMM SDRAM KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230V2...