Kubuntu on M2 PCIe disk?

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 at 00:59, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> Home built; has an ASUS 970_PRO_GAMING_AURA MoBo; AMD proc.

*Googles* -- OK.
>
> > Does it have an M2 interface?
>
> Yes - PCIe, but the manual doesn't say which one. I'm assuming 3 since a
> bit old...

Yes, looks like SATA SSDs will fit but not work:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/asus-970-pro-gaming-aura-not-recognizing-m-2-sandisk-x400.2647288/

> That's what I was thinking originally but (1) I noticed that M2 PCIe has
> a much faster interface speed than SATA, but (2) there seemed to be many
> problems with M2s so thought I'd better ask.

Compatibility is a minefield with these.

After I bought my Thinkpad X220, I found its WWAN card slot can
support an mSATA SSD, so I bought a used one cheap & now I have 2
drives in a small executive-type ultraportable. This is great.

I recently helped a friend buy a cheap big beast -- he wanted a 15.6"
screen. We found a decently-priced Thinkpad W510. Just one generation
older but its WWAN slot doesn't support SATA disks at all.

> Will try the HD boot/run + large database on the M2.

That seems a bit back-asswards, TBH.

SATA SSDs are cheap now. Even a small one is enough for a Linux root
partition: 64GB is plenty. I got a 120GB one free that is in my
girlfriend's MacBook Pro. I upgraded a friend's Core i3 Win10 laptop
with a 500GB SSD a couple of months ago, which cost about €50.

I'd say the ideal would be:
/ on SATA SSD
/home on hard disk
/nvme or /db or something additional like that for your NVMe drive.




>
> Thanks.
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