Is it possible to use a P3608 in an Ubuntu 16.04 server, and have it run as a single drive (in this case 1.6 TB) while taking advantage of its full IO capabilities?
We are starting with a fresh hardware & software build, and while the other drives seem to be recognized fine, the P3608 gets split into two (2) 800MB nvme devices - which I know is possible, but does not take advantage of the P3608's real capabilities in this configuration.
When I run "lsblk -di", I get the following (drive type column added for clarity):
| Drive Type | OS NAME | MAJ:MIN | RM | SIZE | RO | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel S3610 1.6TB | sdb | 8:16 | 0 | 1.5T | 0 | disk |
| Intel P3608 1.6TB (showing as single 800 MB Drive) | vme1n1 | 259:1 | 0 | 745.2G | 0 | disk |
| Supermicro SATADOM 32 GB Drive | sdc | 8:32 | 0 | 29.5G | 0 | disk |
| HGST HE8 8TB Drive | sda | 8:0 | 0 | 7.3G | 0 | disk |
| Intel P3608 1.6TB (showing as single 800 MB Drive) | nvme0n1 | 259:0 | 0 | 745.2G | 0 | disk |
If we were running Windows, I know there are several tools that would address this, but what about in Ubuntu? Is there support for other Linux distributions other than Red Hat/SUSE?
I am running 4.8.0-22-generic version of the kernel.
Also, server hardware configuration consists of the following:
CPU: Intel E5-1650 V4
Memory: DDR4 256 GB (32x8)
Intel C612 chipset
PCI-E 3.0 x16 & x8 slots
Thanks