From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Oct 22 13:53:38 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D51DA1AF60 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:53:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@midsummerdream.org) Received: from p3plsmtpa09-01.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa09-01.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.193.230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "Bizanga Labs SMTP Client Certificate", Issuer "Bizanga Labs CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 783881572 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:53:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@midsummerdream.org) Received: from titania.midsummerdream.org ([107.197.157.90]) by p3plsmtpa09-01.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with id YDtV1r00C1xJNYB01DtWWF; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 06:53:30 -0700 X-Sender: oberon@midsummerdream.org Subject: Re: PCI-E SSD cards Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Rob Rati In-Reply-To: <56256A8B.3070104@sneakertech.com> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:53:31 -0400 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <00F597A9-A1E6-4AD5-8218-F51393DC8CD6@midsummerdream.org> References: <56256A8B.3070104@sneakertech.com> To: Quartz X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:53:38 -0000 I have some SATA ports free on an add-on controller card that I could = use, but I didn't know about brackets for mounting a normal sata drive = in a pci slot. I ended up ordering: = http://www.microsatacables.com/m-2-x-2-to-sata-iii-dual-port-adapter-with-= pci-e-bracket/ Which allows 2 m.2 cards that support SATA. I also ordered 2 m.2 128G = cards. Rob On Oct 19, 2015, at 6:11 PM, Quartz wrote: >> I was looking at adding an ssd for a zil and/or l2arc to my zfs pool >> but all my hard drive bays are full. I have free pci-e slots, so I >> started looking at using that instead of a physical drive. Does >> anyone have any experience with these ssd pci-e cards in FreeBSD? >=20 > Your bays are full, but are you using all the sata ports on your = board? You can get simple brackets that let you mount a normal sata = drive in a pci slot (no connection to the actual slot connector). If = your slots are all spoken for, you could combine a bracket with a = generic sata card in another slot (assuming you have multiple slots = free). > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20