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To make matters even more confusing, apparently the image is pretty much exclusively associated with a random youtube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC2OK8fWtezOpU6W7sdLupBQ (found via google reverse image search)

I have been wondering for a while now why the the little image in the bottom right corner of every video is a cartoon of a guy with a cat on his head? It's funny, and I like it... but I have always wondered why this image was used? @LinusTech

Are you talking about the socket for the SSD? That is M.2 (M) 2280

@Antony Leung While that does help, the hidden problem is that not all M.2 ports are equal. Since I am looking to plug SSDs into the ports (specifically: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9396/samsung-sm951-nvme-256gb-pcie-ssd-review) I need ports that art not only PCIe Gen3 but have space to fit the SSD's in the board. @Electronics Wizardy While that is an option, a RAID solution is much cleaner and more reliable. RAID 1 offers realtime backup, minimal configuration, and is seamless. Delayed backups are usually good, but often require a lot of time to setup properly. Thanks, I wasn't really sure about that. P.S. There will be ongoing backups to a NAS as well; however, restoring from a RAID 1 volume is much faster.

Some background: I am looking to create a system that boots and runs as quick as I can get it to go, while still maintaining redundancy. Through research I have found that a M.2 based SSDs in RAID 1 setup will be the best option (all though it will require a little extra effort to setup, due to Windows RAID drivers) The problem is that I am having trouble finding a board the has 2 M.2 connectors (PCIe Gen3) and support for Intel Xeon Processors. (I need the 40 PCIe Lanes support - Other than that it doesn't need to be Xeon) Ideally, the board will also support ECC and be either ATX or EATX, but those factors are more negotiable. Another related question is: Do the PCIe lanes in dual CPU board stack. (So 2 CPUs with 16 lanes each would give me 32 lanes)