I'm in going to get a samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2 PCIe SSD. But need an PCIe adapter, is there a good one that works with unRAID?

 

//Peter

Any adapter should work as they are transparent to unRAID, I've used one of these before:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Lycom-DT-120-PCIe-Adapter-Support/dp/B00MYCQP38

Most PCIe NVMe adaptors are passive if they’re single slot.

The few available multi slot ones (like asus) require sub-controllers and lane control.

I would personally opt for one with a heat sink or ability to mount a fan near etc as NVMe devices can get quite hot


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I use an Asus one.  It's nothing but a PCB connecting the PCI-E slot to the M.2 socket, there are basically no components on it other than the ones to control the LEDs.

any standard 1 to 1 adaptor should be transparent since its just electrically connecting -. only when it does 2 nvm slots into 1 pcie

it would need some chip doing the routing (such as avago/plx switch)

 

by the way, and sorry for a bit threadjacking...

has anybody experience with pcie- bifurcation ? I like to use a supermicro x16 pcie slot adaper on my x16 slot (x10sra mainboard) and utilize 2 nvm with x8 each. in this scenario it would still be a passive adaptor,, and just the lanes are electrically split up, correct ?  unraid would initialize 2 physically seperate slots upon booting up the machine ?

 

TIA

cheers

any standard 1 to 1 adaptor should be transparent since its just electrically connecting -. only when it does 2 nvm slots into 1 pcie
it would need some chip doing the routing (such as avago/plx switch)
 
by the way, and sorry for a bit threadjacking...
has anybody experience with pcie- bifurcation ? I like to use a supermicro x16 pcie slot adaper on my x16 slot (x10sra mainboard) and utilize 2 nvm with x8 each. in this scenario it would still be a passive adaptor,, and just the lanes are electrically split up, correct ?  unraid would initialize 2 physically seperate slots upon booting up the machine ?
 
TIA
cheers

Hi!

Something like this would be required

https://www.asus.com/Motherboard-Accessory/HYPER-M-2-X16-CARD/

It’s a 16X card with a controller to bifurcate/split the lanes up

HTH


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39 minutes ago, miniwalks said:

https://www.asus.com/Motherboard-Accessory/HYPER-M-2-X16-CARD/

 

thanks. my first idea was the supermicro aoc.

hey, i like the asus with a fan. price almost the same but supports 4 nvm.

not on the validaded part list by supermicro but worth a try still. cool