On 04/03/2017 06:17 PM, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net> said: >> I need a low profile PCI-E card that allows for up to 2 M.2 SSD >> drives that is known to work with the stock kernel in CentOS 7. >> >> Can anyone recommend one? > > I can't recommend a specific one, but any adapter card should work. > However, note that M.2 is not a single "thing" to the computer; the > drive interface can be SATA, PCI-E AHCI, or PCI-E NVMe. The first two > would look the same as a traditional SATA device to the OS, so should be > fine. The third is a different interface; I haven't looked to see if > the CentOS 7 kernel supports NVMe (I suspect it does, but you should > check before buying an NVMe device). I know that NVMe works fine with > recent Fedora. > > Also note when choosing an adapter; the M.2 slot is keyed different for > the different device types, so make sure you get an adapter that matches > your device. > Thanks! I ordered a 2.5" SATA drive and they screwed up and sent me M.2 - I'll be sure to look at the booklet (Intel SSD 5 but there may be more than one variant?)