Just thought I'd share a new piece of tech I found while doing my weekly browse on AliExpress. I was quite intrigued when I found a PCIe to 5x M.2 SATA3 adaptor for $59.00.
Link: US $59.0 |JEYI JMS585 X16 PCIE 5 m. 2 SATA expansion card turn PCIE3.0 SATA RAID array card 5*ssd 5*ngff 5*m.2 softraid card big power NEW-in Add On Cards from Computer & Office on Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group
From the specs, it's using a JMicron JMS585 controller which offers: PCIe Gen3x2 to SATA 6Gb/s x5. There's little to no information on the controller and OS support, but I'm guessing it should support Linux out of box.
While I was initially excited, on a second look I'm unsure why JEYI used a x16 slot. Ideally I'd prefer an x8 slot or to have notches (like the 1U NVMe adaptors) for universal slot support.
Link: US $59.0 |JEYI JMS585 X16 PCIE 5 m. 2 SATA expansion card turn PCIE3.0 SATA RAID array card 5*ssd 5*ngff 5*m.2 softraid card big power NEW-in Add On Cards from Computer & Office on Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group
From the specs, it's using a JMicron JMS585 controller which offers: PCIe Gen3x2 to SATA 6Gb/s x5. There's little to no information on the controller and OS support, but I'm guessing it should support Linux out of box.
While I was initially excited, on a second look I'm unsure why JEYI used a x16 slot. Ideally I'd prefer an x8 slot or to have notches (like the 1U NVMe adaptors) for universal slot support.
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