CentOS - Apr 2017 - M.2 PCI-E card

On 04/03/2017 06:17 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net> said:
>> I need a low profile PCI-E card that allows for up to 2 M.2 SSD
>> drives that is known to work with the stock kernel in CentOS 7.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend one?
>
> I can't recommend a specific one, but any adapter card should work.
> However, note that M.2 is not a single "thing" to the computer;
the
> drive interface can be SATA, PCI-E AHCI, or PCI-E NVMe.  The first two
> would look the same as a traditional SATA device to the OS, so should be
> fine.  The third is a different interface; I haven't looked to see if
> the CentOS 7 kernel supports NVMe (I suspect it does, but you should
> check before buying an NVMe device).  I know that NVMe works fine with
> recent Fedora.
>
> Also note when choosing an adapter; the M.2 slot is keyed different for
> the different device types, so make sure you get an adapter that matches
> your device.
>
Thanks! I ordered a 2.5" SATA drive and they screwed up and sent me M.2 
- I'll be sure to look at the booklet (Intel SSD 5 but there may be more 
than one variant?)

4.4.2017, 4.21, Alice Wonder kirjoitti:
>
> Thanks! I ordered a 2.5" SATA drive and they screwed up and sent me
M.2
> - I'll be sure to look at the booklet (Intel SSD 5 but there may be
more
> than one variant?)
Intel 5 series SSDs use SATA interface, so the discussion about NVMe
support doesn't apply in this case. You can use an adapter like this to
mount it in a 2.5" drive slot: http://preview.tinyurl.com/lm4952g

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> Intel 5 series SSDs use SATA interface, so the discussion about NVMe
> support doesn't apply in this case. You can use an adapter like this to
> mount it in a 2.5" drive slot: http://preview.tinyurl.com/lm4952g
Links like
http://amazon.com/dp/B00ITJ7U20
or http://amazon.com/dp/B00PY11SYM
might last longer (for archived mail list purposes) than auction site links,
which are typically inaccessible 90 days or less after the listing ends.