I wish they release an extra tall cover to fit low profile GPU for AV1 encoding (like ASRock Intel Arc A380 LP).
Minisforum MS-01 PCIe Card and RAM Compatibility Thread
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Which is absoluely fine. I just want to add more NVME storage and I have a few of these already. Just needed to make sure before I buy.
Thanks.
Never had an issue with X710 and generic 10G modules, also never had issue with 10G DAC's (Cisco, HP, Generic, etc etc)..
You should be fine...
Maybe it depends on the vendor/integrator of NIC, but it seems that some people had to resort to patching the EEPROM to unlock their X710s to work with generic modules. That's why I decided to ask
Build in Intel NIC has already unlocked for SFP+ modules.
So it seems like one should be able to put 5 NVMe drives (with the card linked by @Chi-TownWarrior) and with PCIe 3.0 they should all have enough bandwidth to fill up 10 GBit ethernet connection. That would mean I could replace my complete home server (incl NAS) with it as soon as 4TB or 8 TB go further down in price.
Samsung MZQL215THBLA-00A07 - 15.36TB SSD U.2 NVMe 2.5-inch 7mm PM9A3 PCIe 4.0 x4 - just in case a person was wondering what that part number is. NewEgg has one for $1100ish from a one review third party. AcmeMicro will order as many as you like for $1200ish (no returns/special order).
I just need 3 more of them and a new credit card before I can finish my new cluster. Whisparr here I come!
I just need 3 more of them and a new credit card before I can finish my new cluster. Whisparr here I come!
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I've tried virtio-gl with a couple of Linux desktop VMs, and it's still laggy with tearing. For a daily-driver Plasma/Wayland desktop experience, I really need to get full iGPU passthrough to work. I got so desperate for a spare desktop computer that I ended up installing kde-plasma-desktop directly onto a Miniforum UM780 Proxmox host node.
So I, for one, would be super interested to know if you ever get full passthrough to work on the MS-01
I ordered off their website on the 5th & it's arriving Tuesday. I think lead time is ~8 weeks at the moment. I wish I'd waited - there were no 12900H barebones when I ordered, but they're in stock now, still at the earlybird price.
Mine is due for delivery next Monday, managed to get a bare bones 13900. Was wondering about the SSD - I have a Crucial P5 Plus but was wondering if it's worth investing in a T500 SSD instead.
(Or if there are any other recommendations for a drive and if it's worth the getting a new one).
(Or if there are any other recommendations for a drive and if it's worth the getting a new one).
I too, am curious about SSD compatibility. The Minisforum website specifies only M.2 SSDs up to 2TB. Earlier in this thread someone mentioned that this was due to the need for single-sided drive, but as far as I know there are 4TB single-sided SSDs available.
Does anyone smarter than me know what this may be due to?
For higher capacity (and virtualisation) it's better to go for enterprise SSDs (can get it cheaper from ebay). @JaxJiang mentioned earlier that it can fit 3.8TB 22110 M.2 SSDs like PM983.
I want to use U.2 drive for running proxmox and VMs and use 4 M.2 22110 NVME SSDs in zfs raid 1 for storage (2 in-build + 2 from pcie card).
Can someone suggest PCIe card that fits Dual NVME 22110 SSDs like this (https://amzn.eu/d/a5V0SnS) and works?
Can someone suggest PCIe card that fits Dual NVME 22110 SSDs like this (https://amzn.eu/d/a5V0SnS) and works?
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Your.gonna need something that has an Asmedia pcie switch chip on the pcie card as the x8 lanes don't support bifurification. There are loads on Amazon, just make sure to choose one that doesn't need external power. Hopefully Asmedia will soon bring out pcie 4.0 switch chip.
What was the issue with the QNAP card in the video? I'm planning on pairing one of these MS-01 with a QNAP 16 bay TL series expansion unit, that comes with a qnap pci-e card. It has 4x ASMEDIA 1164 4 port SATA controllers on it (and hopefully a pci-e switch). Otherwise my backup plan is an LSI 9400-16e which has a single SAS3216 controller instead of 2x SAS3008s with a swith chip.
A couple of M.2 mirrored for VMs, a U.2 for high volume temporary data use, and 20gb link hooked up to the storage vm . If it all works out should be a sweet little all-in-one home server.
Side Note: I ordered when it said preorder for 15 March but got a shipping notice yesterday, so I guess I got an allocation from the first batch?
A couple of M.2 mirrored for VMs, a U.2 for high volume temporary data use, and 20gb link hooked up to the storage vm . If it all works out should be a sweet little all-in-one home server.
Side Note: I ordered when it said preorder for 15 March but got a shipping notice yesterday, so I guess I got an allocation from the first batch?