Re: From SSD to NVME

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Stefan Monnier wrote: 
> >> That is a SATA SSD, not an NVMe.
> > Interesting, thanks.  Apparently either it was misrepresented to me, or I
> > misremembered.  That explains some stuff.
> 
> The switch from SATA to the NVMe interface/protocol happened basically
> at the same time as the switch from the 2.5" (and mini-pcie) to the M.2
> format, so it's a common mistake to consider that for an SSD, "M.2 =>
> NVMe" (the implication is currently true in the other direction, tho,
> AFAIK).

Not at all. We have many servers with U.2 and U.3 format disks,
which look like classic 2.5" SSDs but use NVMe PCIe connections.

I suspect there are few desktops (mostly 'workstation' class
machines) and no laptops using U.2.

-dsr-