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Date:      Fri, 14 Apr 2023 08:07:20 +0200
From:      Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
To:        Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>, egoitz@ramattack.net, Freebsd fs <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>, Freebsd hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: M2 NVME support
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On 4/13/23 18:43, Freddie Cash wrote:

> If you want the best performance, and money isn't a restriction, then 
> you'll want to look into servers that have U.2 (or whatever the next-gen 
> small form factor interface name is) slots and backplanes.  The 
> drives cost a lot more than regular M.2 SSDs

But, being "enterprise" drive, this is perhaps justified.
Actually they can even cost less than (slower) SATA "enterprise" drives.
Of course you'll need to add the cost of a controller, which you have 
almost always "for free" for SATA.

  bye
	av.



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