Non-bifurcation - pcie switching adapters for NVME?

[SAK]

For boards that don't support bifurcation of pcie slots, I see that there are non-bifurcation cards available. I guess they are like some sort of switch for pcie?

Multi-NVMe (m.2, u.2) adapters that do not require bifurcation

Just wanted to share some information with the wonderful folks on STH forums. I stumbled on this about nine months ago by accident digging in aliexpress. There are adapters being sold by two Chinese domestic market companies that allow multiple NVMe drives on the same slot without requiring...

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Are these OK to use with TrueNAS? Has anyone used them? Thank you!

 

[jgreco]

Yes, they're fine. They just look like PCIe devices.