Bought this NVME enclosure "Plugable USB C to M.2 NVMe Tool-free Enclosure USB C and Thunderbolt 3 Compatible up to USB 3.1 Gen 2 Speeds (10Gbps). Adapter Includes USB-C and USB 3.0 Cables (Supports M.2 NVMe SSDs 2280 2260 2242)" to see about replacing the "SAMSUNG FIT Plus 128GB - 400 MB/s USB 3.1 Flash Drive (MUF-128AB/AM)" that replaced the 512mb DOM in my QNAP nas. Hoping I can use this to put the system dataset on it, if not then may put TrueNAS on the Fit and keep this connected for the dataset.
This would potentially eliminate having to use "QNAP QM2-2P-384 M.2 to PCI Express Adapter" or I can use that for other uses. A special vdev, vms, etc.
Plugable USB C to M.2 NVMe Tool-free Enclosure USB C and Thunderbolt 3 Compatible up to USB 3.1 Gen 2 Speeds (10Gbps). Adapter Includes USB-C and USB 3.0 Cables (Supports M.2 NVMe SSDs 2280 2260 2242)
with an old
SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB, M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Hard Drive with V-NAND Technology for Gaming, Graphic Design, MZ-V7S1T0B/AM
Until I get my QNAP back from offsite currently playing with it hooked up to my old Q9650 and installing the latest Fedora on it to boot from (USB2) which takes 2-3 minutes....
Fedora shows Average Read rate of 39.3MB/s with an average access time of 0.37msec in the disk benchmark tool.
The internal Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB connected via SATA gets 275.4 MB/s read with a 0.06 msec access time.
Boot time with the below was normal on all three so likely Fedora not optimized for booting via USB2
Q9650 Desktop
USB2
39.3MB/s
37msec
Internal Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB connected via SATA
275.4 MB/s
0.06msec
Precision 5520
USB3
442.9MB/s
0.21ms
USB-C
980.8MB/s
0.15msec
Internal Firecuda 530
3.1GB/s
0.02msec