u/nomoreasonable

Hi All,

I wanted to know if anyone is using M.2 nvme SSD in Dell R640 for storage. Are you using BOSS card or some PCI-e nvme expansion card ?, if a PCI-e card, which one, and was it compatible ?

i have read BOSS cards work but in RAID-Only configuration but obky for m.2 SATA SSD, and m.2 nvme SSD won't work without a 3rd party PCI-e nvme card but there is no guarantee it will work..

Thanks..

Hi All,

I'm looking at various options for upgrading my current homelab. I have 3 Dell R620 physical hosts each with E5-2600 v2 CPU, 256GB RAM, and 2 x 1 TB SSD (SATA).

My 1st question is given this CPU (E5-2600 v2) is not on the BCG, can I still deploy VCF9/9.1 using allowlegacycpu=true?

And to futureproof I'm still considering the following options..

1. Upgrading just the CPU with an E5-2697 (also not compatible) for more performance. This server does not support nvme
2. Get different physical hosts with Ice-Lake (on BCG), with nvme

Thanks..