On 2020-10-02 17:16, Linux-Fan wrote:
David Christensen writes:
The Fujitsu might do PCIe/NVMe 4X M.2 or U.2 SSD's with the right
adapter card.
Been there, failed at that:
https://www.reichelt.de/pcie-x8-karte-zu-2x-nvme-m-2-key-m-lp-delock-90305-p256917.html?&trstct=pos_3&nbc=1
I added two SSDs, a Crucial P5 SSD 2TB, M.2 NVMe and a Seagate FireCuda
510 SSD 2TB M.2 PCIe (all ordered together) and started the server.
Nothing was recognized at the OS level but opening up the 1U case showed
a fault indicator LED at the PCIe slot where I had added the new card.
Perhaps a different brand adapter card would give better results.
Rather than a new VM server and a new workstation, perhaps a new
workstation with enough memory and fast local working storage would be
adequate for both purposes.
Maybe; I will get some prices for comparision... In terms of the base
model price I do not expect there to be much difference between the
server and the workstation with the same computation power, but if the
workstation allows custom HDDs while staying under warranty it might be
much cheaper.
Buying a new major brand server/ workstation with all the parts
installed at the factory is going to be expensive.
As other readers have mentioned, a small business that builds to order
should have better prices and may offer "quiet" systems.
In addition to U.2 drives, Intel makes server systems:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/servers/server-chassis-systems.html
And, Intel seems to be related to the Clear Linux distribution:
https://clearlinux.org/
I would expect an Intel server with Intel drives and Clear Linux should
be a good combination. Perhaps you should research Clear Linux and/or
ask the community.
David
