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External Drive enclosure for Intel SSD DC P3700 Series

Clay_D_Intel
New Contributor

I looking for a single-bay drive enclosure for Intel SSD DC P3700. I need to pull 1 drive for our server and ship an external drive enclosure that a off-site computer can access the SSD via a USB connection.

The Intel SSD connector appears to be keyed slightly different that a normal internal SSD. I have tried a couple of external enclosures but the connectors do not match up:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MG9GNC5/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Amazon.com: StarTech.com 2.5" USB-C Hard Drive Enclosure – USB 3.1 Type C – with USB-C and USB-A Cable – USB 3.0 HDD Enc…

Can you recommend an external drive enclosure?

Thank you.

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Hi cwdavis4,

We understand your situation regarding the Intel® SSD DC P3700 Series with the USB enclosure. We would like to inform you that the enclosure you informed does not support NVMe* and that is why you can't see the SSD.We can not recommend you a specific USB enclosure. However, you need a USB enclosure that supports NVMe* and also supports the U.2 SSD's connector. Please let us know if you have further questions. Regards,Junior M.

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Hi cwdavis4,

We understand your situation regarding the Intel® SSD DC P3700 Series with the USB enclosure. We would like to inform you that the enclosure you informed does not support NVMe* and that is why you can't see the SSD.We can not recommend you a specific USB enclosure. However, you need a USB enclosure that supports NVMe* and also supports the U.2 SSD's connector. Please let us know if you have further questions. Regards,Junior M.

Hi - thank you for the reply.

Do you know of any industry solutions for a "USB enclosure that supports NVMe* and also supports the U.2 SSD's connector" ? Not a recommendation - but does this exist?

If so - I will continue to search. I contacted a couple vendors (Startech, etc) - but they do not have a solution for this.

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Hi cwdavis4,

Thanks for the reply. Since this is not a common configuration, we are not aware of any such adapter. Regards, Junior M.

SPolk
New Contributor

Hi,

I'm no expert, but NVMe drives are basically PCI express devices. No company to date has developed a PCIe to USB bridge chip. However, you can uses a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure to achieve something close to what you want. If your customer can get a Thunderbolt 3 laptop or desktop then this will work.

U2 to PCIe adapter:

https://www.startech.com/ca/HDD/Adapters/u2-pcie-adapter-nvme-ssd~PEX4SFF8639 U.2 to PCIe Adapter for 2.5" U.2 NVMe SSD | HDD Adapters | StarTech.com Canada

Thunderbolt3 enclosure:

https://www.akitio.com/expansion/node-lite Node Lite - Thunderbolt 3 PCI Express Expansion Chassis | AKiTiO https://www.akitio.com/expansion/node-lite

If you want something smaller, a SONNET fusion drive is pretty nice:

http://www.sonnettech.com/Product/fusiontb3pcieflashdrive.html Fusion Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Flash Drive | Sonnet

Cheers,

Stephen