[HowTo] SATA SSD in WatchGuard FireBox x750e
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Question: Did you leave the CF card out ?
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Sorry for the delay in my response, didn't notice your post until just now. Yes, I removed the CF card after installation.
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You can actually buy a PCIe x1 flexible riser instead of soldering though that means less sense of achievement when it's done. ;D
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How has this worked out for you? has it been stable? I'm considering this same mod except with the flex riser that was mentioned.
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A flex riser would totally work! But there arent too many wires needed, soldering doesnt actually take a whole lot of time.
It was running fine and dandy right until the 2.2 upgrade, see my post here…
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that is a lot of work
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Nice! I acquired two X750e Cores and I'm about to do the same project. Can you post the pictures?
Edit: Never mind, I see them now that I registered… Thanks.
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Im going to be adding SATA to my x750e as well but I'd rather use a pcie x1 to x1 or x4 to x4 riser like these
http://m.ebay.com/itm/301191310064?nav=SEARCH&varId=600255740261I feel as though its just a cleaner solution. I know I'd still have to solder the power cord but that's inevitable without changing the power supply
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Anyone gotten this to work in PFsense 2.2?
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How has this worked out for you? has it been stable? I'm considering this same mod except with the flex riser that was mentioned.
hi, did you tried with the flex riser cable?
what sata adapter card did you use?
everything worked?
I'm considering using an hdd instead of CF because I want to use ntopng which is not available on nanobsd…and I understood that a PATA drive is too slow...right?
everything would work correctly in an x550e too, right?what about this kind of solution to avoid soldering and everything else:
it's one PCI-E 1x to 1 PCI-E 16x connected by a USB 3.0 cable and with SATA power output available
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Thought I'd share this with everyone in this forum, it may be interesting for some (though for most, a bit of an overkill). I wanted some more storage available on my Firebox x750e, but didn't like the idea of installing a very expensive IDE SSD (with a very low throughput), or a bigger CF card. CF card just aren't built for a lot of IOPS, and wear levelling isn't really strong on those things either. I wanted a solution that will last for years.
Needed:
- Firebox x750e (this guide may be compatible with other fireboxes as well. Also, this guide assumes you already flashed the bios. Not sure if it works without flashing the bios first… Pretty sure it doesn't.)
- Small PCIE SATA controller (needs to be supported by pfsense. I used a Si3132 card)
- SATA SSD
- SATA power connector
- CF Card for installation
- Null-modem cable
- small gauge wires
- soldering iron
- some sort of plastic card, such as a customer loyalty card
- a few screws
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Have you tried of the SATA controller doesn't fit the PCI-Express x4 slot right next to it ?
Normally a PCI-Express x4 is backwards compatible to lower speed devices.
That way, you must not soldered anything, just the Sata power cable to the powersupply.Grtz
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