Samsung 960 evo PCI-e-M2 - OK for new Unraid Server

[huntjules]

Just finalizing my build for my Unraid, Plex, with a windows 10 VM for Security software/downloads. its shut in a cupboard and only needs power and network.Thinking of adding the following components, appreciate thoughts, especially with M2-PCI SSD and Adapter to be sure they are fully supported by UnRaid please.. as if I'm spending the dosh I want fast read and write for massive video transfers between drives/shares :-)

 

• 2 x Asus HYPER M.2 x 4 MINI M.2 Hyper Interface Adapter - new
• 2 x Samsung 960 EVO M.2-2280 256GB PCI Express 3.0 x4 - new for Write cache
• Gigabyte B250M D3H Kaby Lake Micro ATX Motherboard(main interest in has 1 x M2 and 1 x PCI-3 4 channel for SSD Cache & 6 onbaord Sata/6Gbps for traditional storage drives (WD Reds below) - new
• Intel Core I7-7700 3.60GHZ Socket 1151  - new for H.W Plex transcode & playing 4K content
• Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200 2400MHz DIMM C16 Memory Kit - new
• 4 x WD Reds for Parity and Storage - existing
• 6 x Hot swap 3.5 bays for WD Reds - existing
• 450 watt PSU - existing

 

Cheers, Julian

 

 

 

 

Edited March 23, 2017 by huntjules
typo error

[Carmico]

nice, very similar to my config

[DZMM]

I've been using a sm961 nvme drive for a few weeks with no issues.

 

 

I'm using mine as an unassigned drive with four VMs running concurrently.  There's a video showing how to pass through the drive to a VM for slightly better performance, but the improvement didn't seem compelling to me for the hassle and also it would mean the drive would be only available to one VM at a time which doesn't fit my setup.

 

Speed improvement moving from an ssd running the VMs has been close to how it felt when i moved from my first ssd a few years ago.

 

 

Edited March 23, 2017 by DZMM

[HellDiverUK]

NVMe has worked fine since 6.2.  I've tested various models, 950 Pro, SM961, ADATA SX8000, and they've all worked fine apart from the temp display isn't always available in unRAID.

Edited March 23, 2017 by HellDiverUK

[huntjules]

On 3/23/2017 at 1:14 PM, DZMM said:

I've been using a sm961 nvme drive for a few weeks with no issues.

 

 

I'm using mine as an unassigned drive with four VMs running concurrently.  There's a video showing how to pass through the drive to a VM for slightly better performance, but the improvement didn't seem compelling to me for the hassle and also it would mean the drive would be only available to one VM at a time which doesn't fit my setup.

 

Speed improvement moving from an ssd running the VMs has been close to how it felt when i moved from my first ssd a few years ago.

 

 

Thanks buddy

[huntjules]

On 3/23/2017 at 0:11 AM, Carmico said:

nice, very similar to my config

@Carmico Do you know the write speeds of your Samsung 960 M.2 evo's by chance please?