2 Samsung SM951s on 1 M.2 PCIe Adapter?

[5050]

Looking for a single M.2 PCIe adapter designed to connect two SM951s (1 cMP PCIe slot for 2 SM951s). One SM951 blade would be used as a bootable System SSD and the other as a separate mountable SSD.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Jonathan

 

[bokkow]

What you want would limit these drives severly: PCI-e 2.0 x4 has a max throughput of 2000MB/s. All of these expansion cards are x4 based. And I haven't seen any where a second M.2 card doesnt need a SATA cable or a PCI-e riser cable. Would be nice if there was a x8 expansion card indeed 🙂

 

[IowaLynn]

Looking for a single M.2 PCIe adapter designed to connect two SM951s (1 cMP PCIe slot for 2 SM951s). One SM951 blade would be used as a bootable System SSD and the other as a separate mountable SSD.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Jonathan

One good 1TB unit 🙂 and isn't there an even larger 2TB blade on the near horizon?

The need for distinct separate devises because ____ ?

 

[flowrider]

What you want would limit these drives severly: PCI-e 2.0 x4 has a max throughput of 2000MB/s. All of these expansion cards are x4 based. And I haven't seen any where a second M.2 card doesnt need a SATA cable or a PCI-e riser cable. Would be nice if there was a x8 expansion card indeed 🙂

Yes, BUT - I believe there would still be a problem on a cMP. It appears that those 4 lane cards are restricted to half speed or 2.5GT/s (in slot 2, the 16 lane slot) rather than the full 5.0GTs you get in slot 3, the 4 lane slot). I would suspect an 8 lane card would have the same limitation.

http://barefeats.com/hard200.html

Lou

 

[bokkow]

Yes, BUT - I believe there would still be a problem on a cMP. It appears that those 4 lane cards are restricted to half speed or 2.5GT/s (in slot 2, the 16 lane slot) rather than the full 5.0GTs you get in slot 3, the 4 lane slot). I would suspect an 8 lane card would have the same limitation.

http://barefeats.com/hard200.html

Lou

O yes, you're right indeed, so even if a hypothetical 8 lane card exists this wouldn't be the solution you're hoping for.

Going for one large unit seems to be a better choice!