The web page says they are built to order and are listed under concept products, they are still vapourware?Fair enough, i dunno what possible reason they had for choosing that form factor, my point was just if they already did the engineering to modify the pinouts on one of their devices minisas hd connections, which at least in my mind means that to create more enclosures now would just be a matter of a new manufacturing run.
As to the 8 ports not 16, now that you point it out, I'm almost wondering if there is another configuration with different trays that double up for NVME and do the right connections, that would make way more sense than 7mm nvme drives
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just found this
Sintech U.2 SFF-8639 NVMe SSD to PCI-e 4X 3.0 adapter with Cable for Intel 750
as a cheap alternative to funtin adapter.
only $40 and we can use regular pci-e slot and no problems with cooling.
Sintech U.2 SFF-8639 NVMe SSD to PCI-e 4X 3.0 adapter with Cable for Intel 750
as a cheap alternative to funtin adapter.
only $40 and we can use regular pci-e slot and no problems with cooling.
arghh modded my entire chassis top (took out a piece for the NVMe drives on their original FunTech Adapter)..... but this would have been so much cleaner.. for same price grr
Eight NVMe M2 SSDs in RAID on X399 Threadripper Reach 28 GB/s
Two ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 cards combined with eight Samsung 960 PRO/EVO SSD show IOmeter transfer speeds in a excess of .... 28375.84 MB/s. That's the funky thing about Threadripper RAID, the platform has so many PCIe Express lanes that is actually is capable of pushing such numbers.
Two ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 cards combined with eight Samsung 960 PRO/EVO SSD show IOmeter transfer speeds in a excess of .... 28375.84 MB/s. That's the funky thing about Threadripper RAID, the platform has so many PCIe Express lanes that is actually is capable of pushing such numbers.
I ordered a couple of ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 cards from a seller on Ebay, to test it in my ESXI server. I had thought the card was only compatible with Intel M.2 SSDs, but that guru3d article showed that, atleast, Samsungs work also.
Sorry for the thread necromancy, but I've been thinking about this sort of stuff recently, and visualized a very skeezy solution.
1x Amfeltec hextuple M.2 Squid host adapter card (I like to call it the Beast Squid)
SQUID Carrier Board™ Family PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for 6 M.2 or NGFSS (NF1) PCIe SSD modules - Amfeltec Corporation - innovative hardware products for all kind of computers, computer peripherals, communications equipment, and similar electronic products.
6x M.2 extenders for clearance away from the Squid (double sided means less clearance to the next PCIe slot, so most M.2 cable adapters won't fit, barring maybe that Intel M.2 to U.2 cable)
NGFF M.2 PCIe M-Key extension card with 20CM cable - Sintech adapter card and test tool
6x M.2 to SFF-8643 adapter cards (mostly offered with the SFF-8643 connector facing the M.2 connector like the Startech one, though there are some others that offer the connector pointing out from the board or away from the M.2 end)
M.2 M-Key Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 Adapter
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018GHPU6W
Your choice of how to cable from SFF-8643 to either SFF-8643 or to U.2 directly to reach your SSD's.
For example, an IcyDock quad NVMe cage for an ODD bay hosting 4x2.5 U.2, uses 4x SFF-8643 on the backside
MB699VP-B_ToughArmor Series_U.2/M.2 SSD CAGES_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure
IcyDock is also contemplating new NVMe bay cage concepts
CP055_NEW CONCEPT PRODUCTS_CONCEPT PRODUCTS_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure
CP067_CONCEPT PRODUCTS_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure
CP081_ALL CONCEPT PRODUCT_CONCEPT PRODUCTS_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure
Since the Squid comes in both x8 and x16 edge connector flavors, using an x8 connector would allow you to use the PLX switch to oversubscribe/fan out your PCIe connectivity to up to 6 downstream devices (6x4=24 PCIe lanes total).
Is this semi-reasonable, if you can handle being over-subscribed on the host PCIe interface?
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To be honest, it would be very interesting for Amfeltec or someone else to build a highly oversubscribed PLX based host card. PLX chips max out at 96 lanes, which would suggest one could build a Squid card with an x16 edge connector feeding 20 SFF-8643 ports (bonus points if they can do that in a HHHL sized card).
Another oddball card that would be a nice to have, would be a half height to full height PCIe to PCIe riser adapter card, with a PLX chip and an M.2 slot spliced in. Something based on Startech's PCI to PCIe half height adapter as a design pattern
PCI to PCI Express Adapter - PCI/PCIe Adapter Interface Card | StarTech.com
or their x1 to x16 adapter
PCIe x1 to PCIe x16 Slot Extension Adapter | StarTech.com
this guy does custom PCIe bifurication risers, and illustrates the concept, though I would try to move the M.2 area out beyond the PCIe connector area to reduce the stack height
PCIE Bifurcation
but ideally with the Amfeltec adaptable edge connector from their Squid cards, so that bottom connector could switch between x4/x8/x16, with a top being an x16 connector for the raised half height card. Why you might ask? There are plenty of PCIe cards that are half height that come with both half and full height brackets (quad NIC's and low end GPU'S for example). Such a riser card would effectively allow you to expand an occupied full height slot populated with a half height card. The M.2 slot would be good for a boot drive or similar.
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The custom PCIe bifurication riser card guy now has a web shop
About Us
and appears to be dabbling in custom PLX expansion riser cards
PCIE Bifurcation
1x Amfeltec hextuple M.2 Squid host adapter card (I like to call it the Beast Squid)
SQUID Carrier Board™ Family PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for 6 M.2 or NGFSS (NF1) PCIe SSD modules - Amfeltec Corporation - innovative hardware products for all kind of computers, computer peripherals, communications equipment, and similar electronic products.
6x M.2 extenders for clearance away from the Squid (double sided means less clearance to the next PCIe slot, so most M.2 cable adapters won't fit, barring maybe that Intel M.2 to U.2 cable)
NGFF M.2 PCIe M-Key extension card with 20CM cable - Sintech adapter card and test tool
6x M.2 to SFF-8643 adapter cards (mostly offered with the SFF-8643 connector facing the M.2 connector like the Startech one, though there are some others that offer the connector pointing out from the board or away from the M.2 end)
M.2 M-Key Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 Adapter
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018GHPU6W
Your choice of how to cable from SFF-8643 to either SFF-8643 or to U.2 directly to reach your SSD's.
For example, an IcyDock quad NVMe cage for an ODD bay hosting 4x2.5 U.2, uses 4x SFF-8643 on the backside
MB699VP-B_ToughArmor Series_U.2/M.2 SSD CAGES_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure
IcyDock is also contemplating new NVMe bay cage concepts
CP055_NEW CONCEPT PRODUCTS_CONCEPT PRODUCTS_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure
CP067_CONCEPT PRODUCTS_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure
CP081_ALL CONCEPT PRODUCT_CONCEPT PRODUCTS_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure
Since the Squid comes in both x8 and x16 edge connector flavors, using an x8 connector would allow you to use the PLX switch to oversubscribe/fan out your PCIe connectivity to up to 6 downstream devices (6x4=24 PCIe lanes total).
Is this semi-reasonable, if you can handle being over-subscribed on the host PCIe interface?
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To be honest, it would be very interesting for Amfeltec or someone else to build a highly oversubscribed PLX based host card. PLX chips max out at 96 lanes, which would suggest one could build a Squid card with an x16 edge connector feeding 20 SFF-8643 ports (bonus points if they can do that in a HHHL sized card).
Another oddball card that would be a nice to have, would be a half height to full height PCIe to PCIe riser adapter card, with a PLX chip and an M.2 slot spliced in. Something based on Startech's PCI to PCIe half height adapter as a design pattern
PCI to PCI Express Adapter - PCI/PCIe Adapter Interface Card | StarTech.com
or their x1 to x16 adapter
PCIe x1 to PCIe x16 Slot Extension Adapter | StarTech.com
this guy does custom PCIe bifurication risers, and illustrates the concept, though I would try to move the M.2 area out beyond the PCIe connector area to reduce the stack height
PCIE Bifurcation
but ideally with the Amfeltec adaptable edge connector from their Squid cards, so that bottom connector could switch between x4/x8/x16, with a top being an x16 connector for the raised half height card. Why you might ask? There are plenty of PCIe cards that are half height that come with both half and full height brackets (quad NIC's and low end GPU'S for example). Such a riser card would effectively allow you to expand an occupied full height slot populated with a half height card. The M.2 slot would be good for a boot drive or similar.
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The custom PCIe bifurication riser card guy now has a web shop
About Us
and appears to be dabbling in custom PLX expansion riser cards
PCIE Bifurcation
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FWIW, I tried a Hyper M.2 card on my WS X299 SAGE (which has PLX chips) and I could not get it to work properly, no matter what I did. Ended up returning it and I'm going with 2x M.2 drives, in 2.5 enclosures, and using the U.2 ports + cables. Not a cheap solution, since the cables and enclosures aren't cheap, but pretty frustrating to not be able to get more options on such a beefy motherboard, in how to use my PCIe lanes…
Has anyone used AOC-SLG3-2E4R-F? It's a 16 x card that just looks like a much more compact version of the previous iterations. May have been used in certain chassis to optimize space efficiency. It would actually be perfect for me and just want to know if there's any reason I shouldn't get one to add two Intel P3700 to a SuperMicro X10 board.
When you say you have the same board, what are you referring to? I'm using X10SRW-F which supports bifurcation in each slot. Are you referring to the AOC I posted?
Oh wow. Thats some specialized stuff right there. Never seen that before. Mine looks like this:
AOC-SLG3-2E4R | Add-on Cards | Accessories | Products - Super Micro Computer, Inc.
AOC-SLG3-2E4 | Add-on Cards | Accessories | Products - Super Micro Computer, Inc.
AOC-SLG3-2E4R | Add-on Cards | Accessories | Products - Super Micro Computer, Inc.
AOC-SLG3-2E4 | Add-on Cards | Accessories | Products - Super Micro Computer, Inc.