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    CWWK N305 4x2.5GBit - 4x M.2 Expansion Board - How to enable PCIe bifurcation?

    Hello everybody, after seeing the review of the CWWK N305 (seems to be the CW-AL-4L-V2.0 N305 tall-fin Unit - with 6x USB2 and 2x USB3) I ordered one with the shown M.2 Expansion Board (CW-ADLN-4PCIE V0.6). I would like to install 5 M.2 Drives. So far I installed Proxmox on the first drive that...
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    NVME on IBM system x3550 M4

    Hi, I have the above system with dual 8 code xeon's, and was wondering if it supports pcie bifurcation. I know the life slots and risers qualify as this, but I was hoping to purchase 2x x16 pcie to x4 nvme cards, so I could drive them direct. Also, I've see u.2 drives on eBay that can be plugged...
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    Bifurcation x4 into two times x2

    I have two Optane nvme drives I use as a log devices for TrueNAS. The drives both use only PCIe x2 connectivity. Is there a way to attach two of these drives to a single PCIe x4 slot on the motherboard? Maybe there are simple adapters (although I do not think the mainboard supports bifurcation...
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    External PCIE Bifurcation

    Hello all, So I recently got it into my head after seeing NVIDIA open up GPU passthrough for GeForce cards that I wanted to try something a little unusual, though perhaps not so much on this forum. I'm a 3d artist and do a fair bit of rendering but am also an avid tinkerer and like messing...
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    m.2 PCIe adapter in Supermicro Super X9DRD-CNT+

    i am planning to get 5 servers Supermicro | Products | SuperServers | 2U | 6027R-CDNRT+ to make ceph storage cluster and i would like to know if i can connect m.2 pcie adapter (with 4 m2 connector) to a single pcie lane the motherboard supports 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16 (FHHL), 2x PCI-E 3.0 x8...
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    ASUS HYPER M.2 x16 and Dell R820

    Hello All, Been a bit of a lurker for a while on here, I had a question I was wondering if anyone knew the answer to. I have a Dell R820 and the ASUS HYPER M.2 x16. As of right now I have just a single nvme drive populated into the card and another on a separate card. I have the two of these...