IcyDock Beta Test Program for NVMe M2 enclosure

[Netwerkz101]

Beta Test IcyDock Product:
Concept Enclosure: How to make NVMe M.2 SSD Hot Swappable

Saw this originally on Reddit:
r/homelab - Join the ICY DOCK M.2 Hot-Swap Enclosure Beta Test Program

 

[brianmc]

Sorry but Icy Dock is just terrible. I don't think that'll work just putting m.2 in a U.2 carrier board. NVMe "hot swap" requires chipset and firmware as well which the m.2 drives won't have and the systems won't have in most cases.

In the SATA days Icy Dock was OK except for some signaling issues in older PCB designs. With NVMe they're struggling to adapt as the world changes around them.

 

[Myth]

I tested with supermicro h11 board and they are not hot swappable, I had to spend 13$ to return it.

 

[acquacow]

Sorry but Icy Dock is just terrible. I don't think that'll work just putting m.2 in a U.2 carrier board. NVMe "hot swap" requires chipset and firmware as well which the m.2 drives won't have and the systems won't have in most cases.

In the SATA days Icy Dock was OK except for some signaling issues in older PCB designs. With NVMe they're struggling to adapt as the world changes around them.

Actually, a lot of the nvme stuff hot-swaps just fine, at least for the enterprise stuff.

 

[Evan]

Only upto 2280 support, no 22110 that would be useful for more enterprise m.2