NVMe: was Building a Linux Computer?

[Eric Oyen]

btw, here's a PCWorld article on the technology.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2899351/everything-you-need-to-know-about-nvme.html

-eric

On May 22, 2018, at 2:30 PM, Steve Litt wrote:

> On Tue, 22 May 2018 13:57:29 -0700
> Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
> 
>> For me, I would get a system that can use a NVMe.  They are about the 
>> same price as an SSD, but make and SSD look extremely slow.
> 
> This is the first I've heard of NVMe. I just read
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVM_Express , and now have some questions:
> 
> 1) Can I replace the spinning platter 2.5" hard disk in my 5 year old
>   laptop with an NVMe device? My research tells me an NVMe must plug
>   into a PCIe slot rather than a SATA slot.
> 
> 2) Do you fstrim NVMe-hosted partitions the same way you do for SSD?
> 
> 3) When you install an NVMe card in a PCIe slot, what device name shows
>   up? Is it sd-whatever, or something else?
> 
> 4) If my desktop has a free PCIe slot, does that mean I can plug in an
>   NVIe drive and use it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt 
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