Netgate 8200 connection questions
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@stephenw10 said in Netgate 8200 connection questions:
Yes it is possible to fit two NVMe drives and install to them as a zfs mirror:
Got my 8200 now
Just a quick Q: M.2 SATA won't work, right?
I ordered 2 of those, but now I think not a match?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZYPV5RW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1If not, any recomendation?
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@MacUsers said in Netgate 8200 connection questions:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZYPV5RW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
Indeed m.2 SATA won't work they must be NVMe.
I don't have any specific recommendations there, I have tested some Intel Optane drives but they are 16GB. The cheapest I could get to test with!
There are some threads in the Netgate hardware section with drives others have used. By aware of this bug detailing some drives that caused issues: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15110
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Not sure why Netgate had to choose a motherboard with such an uncommon configuration as pretty much 99% M.2 NVMe drives are all M-Key type
I'm giving this a try now.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09P58BJ2L/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?th=1 -
@MacUsers said in Netgate 8200 connection questions:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09P58BJ2L/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?th=1
Pretty sure that's also M keyed. Pretty much anything that fits the B keyed slot will be M+B keyed. I don't think I've ever seen a B key only SSD.
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You are righ!
now I see: judging by this pin-out:
looks like pretty much nothing available
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Never heard of 'em, but that's the only thing I could find in Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0DL5WYGJ1/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A14U8PTXJ71BWF&th=1
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@MacUsers said in Netgate 8200 connection questions:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0DL5WYGJ1/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A14U8PTXJ71BWF&th=1
Hmm, me either.
There is a recent recommendation here: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/195962/netgate-6100-replacement-128gb-nvme-drive
Not in the UK though.
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Yeah, I was looking in that post as well......... I couldn't find anywhere to buy Innodisk from.
BTW, do you know how to get to the BIOS? I'm on Mac and pressing
ESCis not entering BIOS setup at all.-S
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There is no conventional bios setup in blinkboot. The only options there are the efi boot device table and the reset and pxe hotkeys.
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Another disspoinment - the GiGimundo disk I have been sent (by Amazon) is actualy a K-Key only. Either the picture in the listing is worng or I was genuinely sent a worng item by warehouse staff. But I now believe the former is the case.
But that makes a lot bigger concern: if a B+M key cannot be sourced, what happens if the HDD fails, especially after the warranty. We will be left witha very expensive paper-weaight, I suppose.
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@MacUsers said in Netgate 8200 connection questions:
if a B+M key cannot be sourced
More then enough :
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MR5O5YS/ref=sspa_dk_hqp_detail_aax_0?sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9ocXBfc2hhcmVk&th=1Note : both are B+M keyed drives, the image tells me so, and it's written in the sales text.
If they send you something different, X keyed, suggest that they pause building boosters and give more love to the shipping department
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That's SATA not NVMe. Must be an NVMe drive in 8200 / 6100 / 4100.
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This should work: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C64DVYZ9
I haven't tested it though.
I can say that the 16G Intel Optane drives work well and are readily available used since nobody wants them any longer.
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@Gertjan
There is hardly any B+K NVMe availabe in UK that can be reasonably sourced; plenty of SATA availabe though. I'm looking for one eversince I got my 8200.-S
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@stephenw10 said in Netgate 8200 connection questions:
This should work: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C64DVYZ9
Thanks!
I'm goinna give it a try. Hopefully the picture and listing is correct.-S
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Mmm, I'm pretty sure it will boot but I have no idea if it will hit the reboot issue.
