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On 5/27/21 3:05 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> All current XPS models seem to have 256G or 512G M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid |
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> State drives in the base configuration. Questions... |
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> * do NVMe drives function well under Gentoo (driver issues, etc)? |
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I've not had any problems with them. They do show up as a different device: |
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/dev/nvme0n1p# |
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Where # is the partition number. I think /dev/nvme0 might be the first |
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NVMe controller as the only NVMe (card?) that I have is /dev/nvme0n1. |
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> * how long do they hold up (wear and tear)? |
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I've been using the inexpensive ~> cheap one that I have for more than |
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18 months. I'm using a partition on said NVMe as a cache for my ZFS |
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pool. I've not yet seen any symptoms of problems. |
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I will say, that you want to make sure the system has PCIe that's 3.0 or |
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better to take advantage of the full speed. -- My existing NVMe is in |
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a PCIe-16x slot to NVMe adapter card. It only uses 4x lanes, but the |
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other are physically occupied holding the card. |
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I'm building a new system, to replace the 5+ year old XPX w/ PCIe 2.0 |
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that has the card and I'm replying from with a newer system with quite |
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similar, save for PCIe 3.0. The speed difference between the NVMe in |
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the systems is insane with the faster PCIe bus. |
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> * can I simply disable them if I run into problems? |
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That depends. |
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If they are used for part of the operating system, as in your boot / |
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root drive, then simply disabling them will be ... problematic. If |
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however, you are using it as a non-essential drive, or not using it at |
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all, then sure, you can disable it. |
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Grant. . . . |
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