Concept Product CP135-2 Bay EDSFF E1.S SSD to PCIe 3.0 x8 RAID Mobile Rack Adapter for PCIe Expansion Slot

[icydock_admin]

Concept Product CP135
2 Bay EDSFF E1.S SSD to PCIe 3.0 x8 RAID Mobile Rack Adapter for PCIe Expansion Slot

Product Page: https://global.icydock.com/product_376.html
Any product suggestion or new idea will be highly appreciated!
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Key Features​

• Supports RAID 0 / 1 / JBOD / BIG
• Uses 1x PCIe 3.0/4.0 x8 or x16 slot (PCIe Bifurcation x4, x4, x4, x4 for PCIe 16x and x4, x4 for PCIe 8x is required to access both drives)
• Adapts two 9.5mm height E1.S SSDs within a single PCIe slot space
• Single slot, full-height 3/4 length card specifications
• Includes a 50mm frameless fan for effective heat dissipation
• Sealed space design for maximized cooling efficiency
• Removable SSD caddy design for quick drive maintenance and replacements
• Tool-less E1.S SSD installation for user convenience
• Green/Amber indicators for power, access, and failure statuses
• Red indicator for RAID rebuilding progress
• Buzzer alerts and email notifications during RAID degraded states
• Mute button to silence the buzzer
• Optional two 4-pin headers and one 2-pin header to facilitate the transfer of drive activity signals and RAID rebuilding signals to the system’s front panel LED, ensuring visibility
• Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 up to 32Gbps per SSD
• Active Power Technology (APT): drive activity LED only powers up if there is an SSD installed in the slot

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[RavenWing71]

Please verify your spec sheet. The part about bifurcation either should not apply to this product or should only apply when the card is in JBOD mode.
Please also clarify what you are talking about when you talk speeds. The card is described as being a PCIe 3.0 x8 card, and then later it claims PCIe 3.0 x4 speed. Is that the card or the drives? And you should be able to attain twice the speed when operating in RAID0 mode that you can when operating in RAID1.
As to market, I don't see myself being interested in this product. I use Microsoft Storage Spaces to create RAID-like arrays out of 6 or more drives. I could, in the future, see myself interested in a JBOD only version of this card. I like the way it integrates a pair of E1.s drives, cooling, and bus interface into a single unit. I could see myself, in a future server build, using a faster JBOD only version of the card to populate the PCIe x8 slots of a Threadripper or Epic MB. With that in mind, please ensure that the cooling intake does not end up blocked if you are stacking these cards in adjacent slots.

 

[icydock_admin]

Please verify your spec sheet. The part about bifurcation either should not apply to this product or should only apply when the card is in JBOD mode.
Please also clarify what you are talking about when you talk speeds. The card is described as being a PCIe 3.0 x8 card, and then later it claims PCIe 3.0 x4 speed. Is that the card or the drives? And you should be able to attain twice the speed when operating in RAID0 mode that you can when operating in RAID1.
As to market, I don't see myself being interested in this product. I use Microsoft Storage Spaces to create RAID-like arrays out of 6 or more drives. I could, in the future, see myself interested in a JBOD only version of this card. I like the way it integrates a pair of E1.s drives, cooling, and bus interface into a single unit. I could see myself, in a future server build, using a faster JBOD only version of the card to populate the PCIe x8 slots of a Threadripper or Epic MB. With that in mind, please ensure that the cooling intake does not end up blocked if you are stacking these cards in adjacent slots.

Thank you for your suggestions. We will review the description and make the necessary adjustments. The product is still in the development stage, and your feedback is invaluable to us.

Regarding RAID 0, while overall transfer speeds do improve, the primary limiting factor is the PCIe slot. The number of available PCIe lanes at any given time determines the final transfer speed.