News - ASUS Hyper Express SATA Express enclosure previewed

[HEXUS]

Contains a RAID 0 array of SSDs, a host agnostic controller and a SATA Express interface.

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[DemonHighwayman]

If these things are running a raid 0 stripped array I'm guessing the price will be extortionate with them basically containing 2 ssd's and a raid controller ! There is enthusiast level then there is insanity.

[LSG501]

really don't see the point in this particular product.... if I wanted a raid 0 array of 'current gen' ssd's I'd just plug it straight into the motherboard, using the m.2/msata would make it even more expensive.

[crossy]

really don't see the point in this particular product.... if I wanted a raid 0 array of 'current gen' ssd's I'd just plug it straight into the motherboard, using the m.2/msata would make it even more expensive.

Biggest plus I can see with this is that it gives someone who's got a nice new Asus motherboard with the SATA Express connectivity something to use with that new connection - rather than having to wait for Samsung, Micron, Sandisk, etc to come out with their SATA-Express products.

Plus are there many mobo's out there with multiple mSATA/m2 connections that can also RAID them? Ones I've seen (not that I've looked particularly hard) that have the plug-in connections can't RAID them.

Then again, I'm content with the speed of current SATA drives - would much prefer to see more focus on capacity than headline speed.

[kingpotnoodle]

Biggest plus I can see with this is that it gives someone who's got a nice new Asus motherboard with the SATA Express connectivity something to use with that new connection - rather than having to wait for Samsung, Micron, Sandisk, etc to come out with their SATA-Express products.

Bit pointless though given that 2x SATA-III drives connected to any motherboard could achieve that kind of performance if in RAID-0. The only thing this will do is condense it a little into 1x 2.5" slot rather than 2, so maybe useful for tiny cases.

[crossy]

Bit pointless though given that 2x SATA-III drives connected to any motherboard could achieve that kind of performance if in RAID-0. The only thing this will do is condense it a little into 1x 2.5" slot rather than 2, so maybe useful for tiny cases.

Agreed - I wasn't trying to claim this was a highly desirable product - merely trying to point out that it's not a pointless one (at least in the short term). Although when "proper" SATA Express high speed drives are available then the desirability of the Hyper Express is going to be a bit more questionable.

By the time I get a SATA Express-supporting board I'm pretty sure that those "proper" drives will be available.

EDIT: your "tiny cases" comment just struck a cord. Wonder if this'd be a way to use "legacy" drives in a future SATA Express supporting NAS box. Then you'd be able to get larger capacity, although not sure why you'd want SATA-Express on a NAS. Idle musing...