QNAP TS x53Be + 3rd party PCIE NVMe card extension

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Antoshka
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QNAP TS x53Be + 3rd party PCIE NVMe card extension

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Hi everyone,

I ordered QNAP TS-253Be NAS a few days ago, it's on the way, and I decided to add some extensions to NAS :D
I've already ordered OWC 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1867 MHZ DDR3 SO-DIMM PC3-14900 204 Pin CL11 memory.
And now I'm thinking about PCIE NMVe extension card, but I don't need a QM2 card for 100+$ when NVMe module will cost 80-90$.
So there are two questions:
1) Did anybody already installed a 3rd party PCIE NVMe card? There're a lot of cards for 15-40$.
2) What do you think in general, will 500/1000Gb NVMe module improve performance of NAS if we speak about home NAS (NAS will keep movie collection, photos, backups, installs, torrent client and etc.; NO VM/DB/etc)? In my opinion this NVMe module can be used only for cache due to 1Gb network limitations. I mean that there's no reason to use it as additional storage because I won't get speed improvement, am I right?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Anton.
QNAP TS-253Be: OWC 8GB RAM + WD Red 8TB
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Re: QNAP TS x53Be + 3rd party PCIE NVMe card extension

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Buying a 3rd part card will always be some sort of risk. Is it worth the risk for ~30-50 bucks?
If the card is not on the Qnap site as recommended then there ya go with the risk factor.

I have added several bits to my NAS and my suggestion is get it setup how you want it - then buy the extra bits - hey u might not need them!
Qnap TS-1277 1700 (48gb RAM) 8x10TB WD White,- Raid5, 2x M.2 Crucial 1TB (Raid 1 VM),
2x SSD 860 EVO 500gb (Raid1 QTS), 2x SSD 860 EVO 250GB (Cache), 2x M.2 PCIe 970 500gb NVME (Raid1 Plex and Emby server)
GTX 1050 TI
Qnap TVS-1282 i7 (32GB RAM) 6x8TB WD White - JBOD, 2x M.2 Crucial 500gb (Raid1 VM),
2x SSD EVO 500gb (Raid1 QTS), 2x SSD EVO 250gb (Raid1 Cache), 2x M.2 PCIe Intel 512GB NVME (Raid1-Servers)
Synology -1817+ - DOA
Drobo 5n - 5x4TB Seagate, - Drobo Raid = 15TB
ProBox 8 Bay USB3 - 49TB mixed drives - JBOD
All software is updated asap.
I give my opinion from my experience i.e. I have (or had) that piece of equipment/software and used it! :roll:
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Re: QNAP TS x53Be + 3rd party PCIE NVMe card extension

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Hi, Qnap recommend they card, but another brand is useable only for cache. I allready use one Nvme ssd. The tricky point to fit with short metal backplate, because the other brand designed for pc and has L shape, instead of Qnap straight. They recommend two ssd for read-write cache, the one is my own risk. ImageImageImageImageImage

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The benefit for use QM2 card is the ssd can mountable as primary/priority storage, and all the programs moveable/install there. But you have to use two ssd's to manage raid group and minimum 2x 512gb, because you also need cache volume. So two ssd's and qm2 card is expensive stuff, but same quiet if use only cache.

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Re: QNAP TS x53Be + 3rd party PCIE NVMe card extension

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Could you use both NVMe ports on this card? Or did it only recognise one?

I'm looking to do something similar, and since I'm only after caching this would be ideal, but only if I could use both NVMe slot on it.
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