nvme m.2 in an ML110 G10

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#295634 11-Apr-2022 12:52

Hi all

Has anyone managed to get NVME working via an add on card in an ML110G10?

I know there is a M.2 to sata card from HP, but its still sata speeds and the fans run just a little louder

I am assuming fans will run loud regardless of add on card.

Any wisdom?

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#2899818 11-Apr-2022 12:53

NVME runs hot so having a passive heatsink on it can help with cooling. But server hardware spins the fans hard regardless. You could look at BIOS settings to tinker with the curve.

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#2899873 11-Apr-2022 15:26

I use a ML110 Gen 10 as my desktop. It has a NVIDIA 1050 Titanium GPU and a double NVME m2 PCIE adapter with a 1 TB SSD and a 500 GB SSD.

No problems and even booting from the larger m2.

Got the adapter from PBTech.

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#2899892 11-Apr-2022 15:39

If you want something officially supported for booting the server, have a look at the HPE NS204i-p. I was very impressed with it when using for the first time recently.

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#2899897 11-Apr-2022 15:48

Dynamic:

If you want something officially supported for booting the server, have a look at the HPE NS204i-p. I was very impressed with it when using for the first time recently.

At US$ 1,415.99 from Tiger Direct (even with two 480 GB drives)?

Perhaps NZ$ 30 from PB Tech for a dual PCIe adapter.

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#2899916 11-Apr-2022 16:09

Dynamic:

If you want something officially supported for booting the server, have a look at the HPE NS204i-p. I was very impressed with it when using for the first time recently.

This is what I want, look at that price tag though!

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#2899919 11-Apr-2022 16:10

freitasm:

Dynamic:

If you want something officially supported for booting the server, have a look at the HPE NS204i-p. I was very impressed with it when using for the first time recently.

At US$ 1,415.99 from Tiger Direct (even with two 480 GB drives)?

Perhaps NZ$ 30 from PB Tech for a dual PCIe adapter.

Thanks very much, is this the adapter you have? And you can boot from it no worries?

I assume I can't do a raid 1 haha

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#2899924 11-Apr-2022 16:14

Dynamic:

If you want something officially supported for booting the server, have a look at the HPE NS204i-p. I was very impressed with it when using for the first time recently.

How loud do the fans get? Exeed has it for $1200 plus GST

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#2899927 11-Apr-2022 16:22

Zal:

freitasm:

Dynamic:

If you want something officially supported for booting the server, have a look at the HPE NS204i-p. I was very impressed with it when using for the first time recently.

At US$ 1,415.99 from Tiger Direct (even with two 480 GB drives)?

Perhaps NZ$ 30 from PB Tech for a dual PCIe adapter.

Thanks very much, is this the adapter you have? And you can boot from it no worries?

I assume I can't do a raid 1 haha

I didn't buy online so I don't have a record of the specific model but the same description. And yes I just changed the boot order in the settings.

I was very surprised the GPU worked too. Great machine.

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#2900095 12-Apr-2022 01:27

PCIe to NVMe M.2 adapters have no active circuits on them - they just change the locations and layout of the pins from the PCIe ones to the M.2 ones. An M.2 NVMe port is just a PCIe x4 port in another form. And PCIe lanes are able to be extended many meters before any problems will occur. So any adapter should just work.

If the BIOS can boot from NVMe devices, then it should be able to boot from NVMe devices on an adapter - they would have to add lots of code to specifically prevent that, which means it is very unlikely they would even have considered doing it. My old Asus M5A97EVO motherboard (2012) does not have any M.2 ports on it, but boots NVMe just fine from an adapter. I also have an adapter on a truly ancient motherboard (Gigabyte M85M-US2H from 2009), and that can not directly boot NVMe as it was made before NVMe existed. But it was fairly easy to get Grub to boot on a hard drive and then boot to the NVMe SSD.

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#2900116 12-Apr-2022 08:07

Good to know, thanks very much.