does anyone make a multi NVME nas or external enclosure?

[raz-0]

I've reached the point where I now have some NVMEs hitting the spare parts bin with plenty of life on them that are faster than 2.5" SSDs, and I'd like to get some use out of them. Does anyone make the equivalent of a 4 bay NAS you can just JBOD a few m.2 NVME drives? Or even just a multi drive USB enclosure? Best I've found is the OWC 4 bay enclosure for ~$250, a rocketek two bay USB enclosure for $130, a sabrent two bay usb enclosure for $120, and a ********** hot swappable open air two slot USB thing for $140.

I'm guessing I'm SOL, but figured I'd ask the [H] hive mind.

 

[kirbyrj]

Well, certain QNAP boxes can take this 4xNVMe card. IIRC, QNAP is somewhat more flexible with NVMe in general where Synology forces you into using them as a cache system.

You could put that in something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/QNAP-TS-677-1600-8G-US-High-Performance-IP-SAN-10G-Ready/dp/B0773X6PGC

Certainly pricey with everything.

 

[raz-0]

Yeah that certainly adds up.

 

[lopoetve]

Alternative - pick up a cheap mobo and 120G SSD for boot, then use them in that. Especially if it's an older HEDT setup that can take a 4x card - or any ATX board with the single-slot M2 adapters.

 

[raz-0]

Alternative - pick up a cheap mobo and 120G SSD for boot, then use them in that. Especially if it's an older HEDT setup that can take a 4x card - or any ATX board with the single-slot M2 adapters.

Other than size, that'd probably be the sane thing to do if I was intent on doing a NVME nas seriously at this point. At this point, I'll probably just snag another single external enclosure and hang one off my mesh router(s).

 

[TheSlySyl]

You could have fun using something like this and keeping them internal somewhere.
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16...eeff9&pd_rd_wg=zEafs&pd_rd_i=B084HMHGSP&psc=1

Although, absolutely do NOT pay $200 for it, holy shit is that a price increase. It's supposed to retail for $70

 

[daglesj]

So for your NVMe NAS you got better than gigabit ethernet?

 

[tived]

There is a 8x NVME card out there, I think high-point