Alright guys, I'm in the process of assembling a relatively high spec Freenas box using a set of E5-4655V3's and all flash storage. Due to the current lack of PCIe x16 NVMe HBA availability, I have several unused 1.2TB 2.5" Intel 750's laying around which I would like to incorporate into this system.
While driving through a particularly remote stretch of TX highway today I stumbled across the following:
Intel S2600WT2 Server Board for Xeon Processor E5-2600 Family 24 DIMMs 10x SATA | eBay
Every box I've built to date has used a SM motherboard, so the Intel products and naming schemes are relatively unfamiliar to me. Based on the information I was able to gather via cellphone, it looks like this board (S2600WT2) will support at least 4x NVMe drives (possibly with an AOC/or the Intel NVME hotswap kit).
I noticed on Intels site that a "S2600WT Family" will support up to 8x NVMe devices:
Intel® Server Boards
My questions are these:
1. Other than the proprietary FF, why was this board so cheap... what did I miss?
2. Is it safe to assume that the "S2600WT2" is part of the "S2600WT" and will support up to 8x NVMe drives? If so, does this require that I use V4 processors?
Flame suit on for both buying while driving and lazily asking you guys to spoon feed me info
Thanks,
Craig
While driving through a particularly remote stretch of TX highway today I stumbled across the following:
Intel S2600WT2 Server Board for Xeon Processor E5-2600 Family 24 DIMMs 10x SATA | eBay
Every box I've built to date has used a SM motherboard, so the Intel products and naming schemes are relatively unfamiliar to me. Based on the information I was able to gather via cellphone, it looks like this board (S2600WT2) will support at least 4x NVMe drives (possibly with an AOC/or the Intel NVME hotswap kit).
I noticed on Intels site that a "S2600WT Family" will support up to 8x NVMe devices:
Intel® Server Boards
My questions are these:
1. Other than the proprietary FF, why was this board so cheap... what did I miss?
2. Is it safe to assume that the "S2600WT2" is part of the "S2600WT" and will support up to 8x NVMe drives? If so, does this require that I use V4 processors?
Flame suit on for both buying while driving and lazily asking you guys to spoon feed me info
Thanks,
Craig