Mini server out of 13" motherboard

[Artem_Pronichkin]

@Adrian_Joachim

For a nas case the most logical thing that comes to mind is another ssd, asuming you can find some space for it.

You could also put the main ssd in there and use the x4 slot for something more interesting but we are quickly getting back into cable spaghetti 3000 territory.

This sounds tempting. However, it’s surprisingly hard to find a definitive answer on what works and what does not. For instance, this thread says that the secondary M.2 slot is E keyed, and based on my understanding, this rules out all kind of storage devices (both mSATA and NVMe.) But I’m not an expert here.

@Adrian_Joachim

There are also straight up m.2 to usb3 adabter and stuff, no need to invlove mini pcie.

I would be grateful for some examples. So far, I coudl only find A+E keyed cards that convert to either USB 2.0, PCIe x1 or Mini-PCIe. None of that seems ideal.