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Offline hamster_nzTopic starter

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Storage Scaler: 16 x M.2 SATA III SSD Expansion Card
« on: July 01, 2021, 11:51:49 pm »
Mounting 16 x M.2 SSDs in a PCI slot (using an external RAID controller)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/storage-scaler/storage-scaler-16-x-m2-sata-iii-ssd-expansion-card

The story behind the prototype doesn't inspire me with confidence.

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The Storage Scaler prototype has gone through a number of iterations from the original idea. It began with soldering wires to breadboards to test our idea of being able to use m.2 SATA SSDs. Once we figured out the circuit design our next item was to design the base PCB, to which we soldered on wires and surface mounted m.2 headers. This step further confirmed our design and our idea had a possibility of working.  Next we went through a number of iterations with our fabricator, which taught us an immense amount of the actual fabrication process and using off the shelf cables...
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Re: Storage Scaler: 16 x M.2 SATA III SSD Expansion Card
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2021, 08:56:57 pm »
The breadboard thing was probably just powering the drives up? Since all the comm is done externally, it shouldn't be too bad... I assume the only chip on that board is a DC/DC converter.
If you need a few NVME slots you can get these things too: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32974085672.html

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Do I need a RAID card or HBA?
➢ Yes, the data signal comes from the SFF-8643 port which must be connected to a separate controller.

Will this support NVME M.2 SSD’s?
➢ No, this card is only compatible with SATA SSDs.
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Re: Storage Scaler: 16 x M.2 SATA III SSD Expansion Card
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2021, 04:17:21 pm »
This is for that crypto bullshit I guess?
 

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Re: Storage Scaler: 16 x M.2 SATA III SSD Expansion Card
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2021, 08:31:51 pm »
If you're serious about data storage then have a look at
https://www.backblaze.com/

They have an insane amount of storage (a 19 digit (base10) number).
They also build their own storage servers and have open-sourced enough of their design to have a look at.
 

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Re: Storage Scaler: 16 x M.2 SATA III SSD Expansion Card
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2021, 12:26:32 pm »
Stuff like BackBlaze is completely different - you ain't going to get 6GB/s throughput from it, and good luck getting any throughput if your intertubes link is down.
 

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Re: Storage Scaler: 16 x M.2 SATA III SSD Expansion Card
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2022, 01:22:15 am »
Does anybody know what's the name of this M2.5 screw support used in M.2 interfaces? I want to buy a few but my ALIfoo is not working  :-[
 

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Re: Storage Scaler: 16 x M.2 SATA III SSD Expansion Card
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2022, 02:12:05 am »
Does anybody know what's the name of this M2.5 screw support used in M.2 interfaces? I want to buy a few but my ALIfoo is not working  :-[

The correct screw size is 2.0 x 3mm (CM2x3-3.3).
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Re: Storage Scaler: 16 x M.2 SATA III SSD Expansion Card
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2022, 01:29:07 am »

Thanks for the correction. Seems what I need is called a Broaching Nut:

https://www.inserco.eu/en/fasteners-for-electronics-applications/fasteners-for-pcb/

No sign of such thing on Aliexpress through...
 

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Re: Storage Scaler: 16 x M.2 SATA III SSD Expansion Card
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2024, 08:05:32 pm »
Sata M2 SSDs obsoleted by nVME. Not worth scooping up M2 SSDs, even if heavily discounted.
 


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