Get ultra-fast data access by adding a PCIe M.2 SSD to your existing computer. This adapter lets you add a high-speed, 4-lane M.2 SSD (PCIe-based), such as a Samsung 950 Pro or Samsung SM 951, to a PC with an available x4 PCI Express expansion slot. You can mount the PCIe M.2 drive directly onto the adapter, giving you an easy and convenient way to improve your system performance and expand overall internal storage.
Boost your system speed and performance
The expansion card lets you take full advantage of the fast performance and compact size of PCIe M.2 internal solid-state drives. The adapter connects directly to your computer motherboard to support an M.2 PCIe-based SSD (NVMe or AHCI) through ultra-fast x4 PCIe. The adapter is compatible with PCIe 3.0 motherboards and is also backward compatible with PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 1.0. With the M.2 PCIe based drive in place, the adapter gives your computer a significant speed boost.
Supports PCIe M.2 SSDs
The adapter supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe (M Key) and PCIe-AHCI M.2 SSDs including 2242, 2260, 2280, and 22110 drives. The expansion slot adapter supports the most common drive sizes including 110 mm, 80 mm, 60 mm and 42 mm.
Easy to install
The expansion card is equipped with a full-profile bracket and includes a half-height/low-profile bracket, for installation in small form-factor computers.
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I came across this post which suggests that because the two 6 Gb/s SATA ports are Marvell instead of Intel, the Samsung SSD can't take advantage of the 6 Gb/s AHCI speed (whereas it can for the 3 Gb/s ports, which have Intel controllers). GeForce 419.17 WHQL driver download. Will increase the bandwidth on the SATA controller from 3 Gbit/sec to 6 Gbit/s. For a regular HDD that is not really very important. We review the.
I have a HP Proliant DL380 G7 with said array controller and 6 INTEL SSDSC2KW4's, set up in Raid 5.
Normally I have never had problems with SATA drives in servers, but this one has me baffled.
I have installed ESXi 6 on it, and this usually goes quite OK. Sometimes i get to install a couple of virtual computers, but suddenly it tells me that the Drive status has failed (to a variable amount of disks), and the array has gone offline. I can go, take the disk out, and put it in again, and it works fine.
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This usually happens when i transfer some GB of data to it. If it has ex. a router running that does not write much to the SSD's, it can be stable for over 20 days without caring to much.
Anyone experienced anything like this? Or on general basis have some tips on how to proceed?
2 Answers
You're not supposed to do this.
The HP Smart Array P410i RAID controller is not compatible with every SSD. You can't just toss some consumer drives into the server and expect them to work. HP protects/guards against that by restricting third-party drive use in their servers.
The drives have NOT failed, but they definitely are not meant to be used with that controller.
Reasons why:
I have a pair of DL380 G6's for home labs and am fed up with HP's requirement of HP-branded drives only. In server #1 are 2 system drives and QTY 14, 4TB Seagate drives. RiLO constantly reports at least 3 drives as overheated when they are not. I verified this using HD Sentinel.
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I am proposing to purchase QTY 2, 7 SATA port controllers and am going to build my own power cable using HP P/N 463184-002 (Spare 514217-001). Cut one end off and solder a connector to power the drives. After removing the back plane of the second drive cage all of the drives will be accessible from the rear.
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I'll try to post pictures and perhaps a video on YouTube when finished.