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Daviey 4 days ago

No SATA :(

self 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I bought the 32 GB emmc module for it, for the root filesystem. I have a 500 GB nvme drive for everything else. I believe an nvme-to-sata riser will work, but I don't have one to test with (plus you'd need to power the sata drive with something else).

taneliv 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

What is your project where 2 x NVMe is not suitable for storage?

Daviey 4 days ago | parent [-]

I'd like a decent RISC or ARM SBC for a NAS.

dlcarrier 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

There's M.2 cards with PCIe to SATA bridges, which are great for a high-capacity low-speed NAS setups, especially with mechanical hard drives. Be sure to research the chipset before buying one, as some are notorious for poor driver support.

If this is a practical application, I would recommend sticking with ARM for this generation, as RISC-V is still in early development. In a year or two we should start getting more standardized RISC-V processor implementations, with broader support.

taneliv 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah, cool. I'd like the same, but with ECC RAM, so the options are even fewer.

Have you looked into what someone suggested here, splitting the NVMe to some SATA ports? It didn't sound like a horrible solution, but I have no experience.