Concept Product CP158-4 Bay Removable M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe 5.0 Adapter Card for Dual PCIe Slots (PCIe Bifurcation Required)

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Concept Product CP158
4 Bay Removable M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe 5.0 Adapter Card for Dual PCIe Slots (PCIe Bifurcation Required)

Product Page: https://global.icydock.com/product_437.html
Any product suggestion or new idea will be highly appreciated!
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Key Features​

• Supports 4 x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs (2230/2242/2260/2280/22110)
• Uses 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot (PCIe Bifurcation x4, x4, x4, x4 for PCIe 16x is required to access four drives)
• Occupies 2 PCIe slot spaces but requires only 1 x PCIe x16 interface
• Removable tray design enables tool-less drive access without opening the chassis
• PCIe interface provides power and data transfer to reduce cable clutter
• PCIe 5.0 x4 interface per drive for up to 128Gbps high-speed data transfer
• The included thermal pad conducts heat from the SSD to the aluminum heatsink lid
• PCIe 6-pin power input for clean power delivery and cable management
• Ideal for server, workstation, embedded system, and IPC environments

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[alex]

Are possibe same, but with hybrid support M.2/E1.S?
Product is really good! And when ETA about its will be full released?

 

[PM-Peter]

Are possibe same, but with hybrid support M.2/E1.S?
Product is really good! And when ETA about its will be full released?

Hi Alex,

Thank you for sharing you thoughts about this product with us. We will evaluate the feasibility of making it E1.S SSD compatible.
However, this product is still in evaluation and development process, so we are not able to provide an ETA yet.
Regarding M.2 NVMe SSD/E1.S SSD compatibility, it would be helpful if you could share your thoughts on our CP114 (E1.S SSD PCIe Adapter Card) and CP125 (2 Bay E1.S SSD PCIe Adapter Card) with us. When paired with our CP154 (M.2 NVMe SSD to E1.S SSD Converter), customer will be able to install M.2 NVMe SSDs in these E1.S SSD products.
Also, would you consider our MB204MP-B (4 Bay M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Adapter Card)? Why or why not (i.e. not rear-accessible, not compatible with 22110 M.2 NVMe SSD or E1.S SSD…)?

 

[alex]

MB204MP-B is nice, but have very strange design because:
Most of DC SSD have form factor 22110 nor 2280/2240, as result - its can be used only in workstations (nor servers).
If we will be using it with HEDT motherboards, for example AMD EPYC motherboard on 1 socket and 7 PCIe, integrated fan will be have a LOT of problems for taking in-take airflow (when its installed in near slots) and because its PCIe 4.0/5.0 SSDs - its will be hot as ****. If use only 1 card, or use some sort of spacing, maybe its will be use.

CP154 is great product, no reason for commenting - its 100% ready for buy. Because allow to install normally M.2 drives in E1.S slots without any troubles.

CP158 very interesting because have x16 connection and dual slot. Its allow to use for example in ultra compact workstation and place it in GPU-designed slot (because most of it have Full height dual slot) - some workstation on Ryzen may not use dGPU and use only iGPU, so PCIe 5.0 x16 slot is can be used for fast storage.

Im hope you will not be count this as advertisement, but - are you not planning to make something like HighPoint SSD7749e, BUT in more compact design? (because SSD7749e very very long 11.6"). Will be very nice to have PCIe Dual Slot AIC with hot-plug options from rear and good server like (not blowers!) active fans integrated.

P.S. if you can, please add for all PCIe based cards in specification sections - extra field: PCIe form factor. For example: PCIe HFHL (SS), PCIe HHHL (SS), and etc... (for example, for CP158 its will be "PCIe FHHL (DS)" aka Full Height, Half Length (Dual Slot) )

Thx

 

[PM-Peter]

MB204MP-B is nice, but have very strange design because:
Most of DC SSD have form factor 22110 nor 2280/2240, as result - its can be used only in workstations (nor servers).
If we will be using it with HEDT motherboards, for example AMD EPYC motherboard on 1 socket and 7 PCIe, integrated fan will be have a LOT of problems for taking in-take airflow (when its installed in near slots) and because its PCIe 4.0/5.0 SSDs - its will be hot as ****. If use only 1 card, or use some sort of spacing, maybe its will be use.

CP154 is great product, no reason for commenting - its 100% ready for buy. Because allow to install normally M.2 drives in E1.S slots without any troubles.

CP158 very interesting because have x16 connection and dual slot. Its allow to use for example in ultra compact workstation and place it in GPU-designed slot (because most of it have Full height dual slot) - some workstation on Ryzen may not use dGPU and use only iGPU, so PCIe 5.0 x16 slot is can be used for fast storage.

Im hope you will not be count this as advertisement, but - are you not planning to make something like HighPoint SSD7749e, BUT in more compact design? (because SSD7749e very very long 11.6"). Will be very nice to have PCIe Dual Slot AIC with hot-plug options from rear and good server like (not blowers!) active fans integrated.

P.S. if you can, please add for all PCIe based cards in specification sections - extra field: PCIe form factor. For example: PCIe HFHL (SS), PCIe HHHL (SS), and etc... (for example, for CP158 its will be "PCIe FHHL (DS)" aka Full Height, Half Length (Dual Slot) )

Thx

Hi Alex,

Thank you for your detailed reply. Your feedback is precious to us, and we will make sure to take it into consideration during our product development process.

Should you have any question, please feel free to reach out to us.

 

[RavenWing71]

I was trying to remember how to get to these forums to suggest a dual slot ExpressSlot card, and low and behold, I find CP158. So, here's another vote of interest.
I would likely be placing it on something like the GigaByte MC13 series MB. It's a microATX Server/Workstation motherboard for the EPYC 4005 series CPUs. It only has 2 slots, a PCIe 5.0 x16 and a PCIe 4.0 x4. So, the CP158 would help maximize its storage potential for use as a headless server.
You might give consideration to Alex's suggestion. If you leverage the CP154, you can make the CP158 card have 4 E1.S slots instead of proprietary M.2 trays. This kills 2 birds with 1 card.