Trying to purchase a single HoneyBadger from Liqid is like pulling teeth, and now Highpoint has released an 8-port PCIe4 M.2 Card through normal channels.
Has anyone tried out this card, and/or compared it to the HoneyBadger LQD4500?
The Liqid devs said they modified the Switch firmware code to make allow it to handle NVMe I/O better and achieve higher IOPS and bandwidth than a normal PLX chip; however Microsemi and a few others released specialized storage switches last year, and I get a feeling this uses one of them.
I also feel like one of these cards with 8x Samsung 980, or even Sabarent Rockets would be a more compact, cheaper solution than a U.2 chassis and stack. Would make a perfect in-chassis storage for AI workloads, or a shared storage server for DBs, VMs and workstations.
Highpoint: SSD7540-overview
Amazon: Amazon.com (USD $1,264.24 - 26JAN2022)
Has anyone tried out this card, and/or compared it to the HoneyBadger LQD4500?
The Liqid devs said they modified the Switch firmware code to make allow it to handle NVMe I/O better and achieve higher IOPS and bandwidth than a normal PLX chip; however Microsemi and a few others released specialized storage switches last year, and I get a feeling this uses one of them.
I also feel like one of these cards with 8x Samsung 980, or even Sabarent Rockets would be a more compact, cheaper solution than a U.2 chassis and stack. Would make a perfect in-chassis storage for AI workloads, or a shared storage server for DBs, VMs and workstations.
Highpoint: SSD7540-overview
Amazon: Amazon.com (USD $1,264.24 - 26JAN2022)