Good to know, but I don't think that'd work out for me without some juggling and a new HBA. My X10SL7's on-board HBA is limited to SAS2, and it's full anyways (along with most of the SATA). Meanwhile, all the PCIe slots sit there twiddling their thumbs.@BlueLineSwinger if you can swing it, and have the setup I'd go with 4x SAS3 800GB HGST drives, much much higher performing.
@Savant, ever get a chance to perform any testing?
how are you mounting the drives, if i may ask?Are these (the PE3110) suitable for use as a SLOG? I realize it is waaay more space than is usually needed, but it has PLP and a 1.3 DWPD. While the write speed isn't the best, it seems hard to beat at that price point. I bought one that should be here tomorrow, and am debating whether or not to buy a few more to use as a pool instead of just a SLOG.
As slog I was going to use an onboard m.2 slot (that does fit the 110mm length), if I end up buying some for a pool my plan was to use one of the m.2 to u.2 converters. Perhaps something like this? U.2 (SFF-8639) and SATA 7+15 Pin to M.2 SSD Adapter up to 110 mm Sizehow are you mounting the drives, if i may ask?
It occurs to me you may have been asking about the physical drive mounting rather than the interface. If I end up making a pool I don't think an adapter + the 110mm can physically fit in a normal 2.5" bay drive sled, so I'm not sure outside of mounting on a card or some sort of Franken-drive sled.how are you mounting the drives, if i may ask?