ixSystems Mini-XL+ - Mirroring Boot Drive

[SoonerLater]

Does the Mini-XL+ have two M.2 slots?

It ships with one NVME boot drive (WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD WDS250G2B0C - Solid state drive - 250 GB - internal - M.2 2280) installed. If there's an empty M.2 slot I'd like to install a second M.2 and set it up as mirror of the original boot drive. My hope being that if the original fails, I can still boot from the second. I would buy the exact same model as the original.

I've scoured the documentation, and the forums, but can't find the answer. Yes, I could just open the case and look, but I'd rather not do that if the answer is readily available here.

 

[wdp]

If the internet ever wants to know the answer, it's no. There is only 1 M.2 slot. If you want to duel boot you would need to utilize 2 of the SATA 2.5" bays and use the M2 for something else.

 

[sretalla]

Why would you even want that...

Just (download and) keep a config backup on your PC periodically (particularly after making config changes) and have a spare M.2 around (if you're really unable to live for a few days without the system) so you can rebuild to a new M.2 and restore the config in the (rare) case of failure.