After reading "Supermicro X10SDV-12C-TLN4F+ Review – 12C Xeon D with SFP+ 10GbE", I found it's perfect match the hardware requirement of Azure Stack PoC. The only issue is how can I put 4 drives into the small chassis like Supermicro CSE-E300.
Then Amfeltec PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for 4 M.2 SSD modules shows up on my radar. I have to say the "Carrier Board" is not cost effective at all (USD540 incl. shipping and handling). But in order to put 4 NVMe drives into CSE-E300 seems I have no other option here.
Yesterday I got the package from Amfeltec.
Previously I used a Intel 910 800GB SSD, which can give me 4 200GB SAS SSD. However 800GB capacity is a little bit small to run Azure Stack PoC. So I decided to replace it with 4 480GB SM953 NVMe drives (They are still on the way).
Plug the carrier board into the SuperMicro x16 Riser. I have to remove the FAN from the carrier board because of the size of CSE-300.
Then I plug in the PCIe Riser into CSE-300. I also insert two NVMe drives on the carrier board to validate its function.
Power On the machine. System recognized both of the two 960GB NVMe drives.
Then Amfeltec PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for 4 M.2 SSD modules shows up on my radar. I have to say the "Carrier Board" is not cost effective at all (USD540 incl. shipping and handling). But in order to put 4 NVMe drives into CSE-E300 seems I have no other option here.
Yesterday I got the package from Amfeltec.
Previously I used a Intel 910 800GB SSD, which can give me 4 200GB SAS SSD. However 800GB capacity is a little bit small to run Azure Stack PoC. So I decided to replace it with 4 480GB SM953 NVMe drives (They are still on the way).
Plug the carrier board into the SuperMicro x16 Riser. I have to remove the FAN from the carrier board because of the size of CSE-300.
Then I plug in the PCIe Riser into CSE-300. I also insert two NVMe drives on the carrier board to validate its function.
Power On the machine. System recognized both of the two 960GB NVMe drives.