No 16 NVMe Ports? Every PCIe Slot Splits Into Four of Them
carrigmat · x · 2026-08-27
Answering the 'my board has no 16 NVMe slots' objection, the author notes every PCIe slot can be split into 4 NVMe ports via adapters. The same thread also addresses drive-wear fears: weights are copied once and read forever, and modern SSD read lifetimes are effectively unlimited.
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