Conventional PCI became the standard IO bus during the 1990s, and was followed by newer versions such as PCI-x and PCI-x 2. PCI Express (PCIe) was developed as a serial connection to provide scalable point-to-point connections while maintaining software compatibility with conventional PCI, and has now become a defacto standard. The Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group approved the standard for PCIe over Cable in 2007.

PCIe-C as a single hosted DAS solution offers many options and advantages over the other available technologies. The obvious performance and cost benefits should make this technology high on anyone's selection list. The other options include front end expansion using a PCIe switch and back-end expansion via a SAS bus to JBODs or further RAID systems.

RAIDFLEX-47T08pe PCIe-C 8-bay Tower RAID

RAIDFLEX-47208pe PCIe-C 8-bay 2U RAID

RAIDFLEX-SW-47100pe 1U 9-port Switch

PCIe-C White Paper (to be added shortly)

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