M.2 8x4 Silent PCIe 4.0 PCIe Card
8 st M.2 NVMe SSD platser på ett PCIe 4.0 x16 kort. Montera dina egna M.2 NVMe SSD:er. Upp till 64TB lagringsutrymme. Upp till 30GB/sek överföringshastighet. Kompatibel med Mac, Win och Linux.
Add up to 64TB of SSD Storage In One Card Slot!
Ultra-fast Gen4 SSD Data Transfers
Speed or capacity? Not too long ago, you had to make a choice between the two. The problem is, for many professional workflows, both are critical. Everyone knows M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs offer great performance, but limited capacity. Hard drives offer great capacity, but very slow speeds by comparison. What if you could create increased SSD capacity? We make it possible — the Sonnet M.2 8x4 Silent Gen4 PCIe® Card enables you to mount up to eight NVMe SSDs into a single x16 PCIe card slot and combine their capabilities for ultra-performance. This card can transform your workflow.
Are you an Adobe® After Effects user? Imagine being able to perform 4Kp60 work in 32-bit linear, or even 4Kp24 with high channel count EXRs (or effects in 8K) where your computer’s onboard storage couldn’t keep up! Sonnet M.2 8x4 Silent Gen4 PCIe Card makes it possible.
Sonnet Silent Cooling Thwarts Thermal Throttling
Sonnet designed the M.2 8x4 Silent Gen4 PCIe Card with an effective passive cooling solution – instead of relying on fans that can get loud, Sonnet silent cooling effectively presents thermal throttling, enabling SSDS to maintain sustained peak performance without a peep.
Connect Eight SSDs Through One Cable
Got a Thunderbolt connection, but no PCIe card slot? Sonnet M.2 8x4 Silent Gen4 PCIe Card is ideal for use in our Echo I Desktop PCIe Expansion System. The combo effectively enables you to add up to eight SSDs to any Mac (M series or Intel), Windows, or Linux computer with Thunderbolt ports.
Easy System Integration
Integrating a Sonnet M.2 8x4 Silent Gen4 PCIe Card into your system is easy — NVMe compliance ensures the necessary drivers are installed automatically. The M.2 8x4 uses your computer’s operating system’s built-in drive formatting utilities to format the SSDs. SSD health monitoring is supported through S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) data reporting, too.
Key Features
- Add up to 64TB Ultra-fast Storage: Mounts up to eight 8TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 or Gen3 SSDs (sold separately) in an x16 PCIe slot. Higher-capacity SSDs will be supported when available.
- High-performance PCIe Interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16 host bus interface plus x48 PCIe 4.0 switch; x16 slot bandwidth is available to all x4-connected SSDs.
- Superior Performance: Achieve sustained four SSD RAID 0 speeds up to 30,000 MB/s.
- RAID Support: Supports macOS, Windows, and Linux RAID 0, 1, and 10 support.
- macOS Boot Support: Supports booting from single (non-RAIDed) attached SSDs.
- No Thermal Throttling: Custom silent cooling solution enables installed SSDs to maintain consistent high performance during very large file transfer operations without the use of fans.
- Thunderbolt Compatible: Use in Sonnet Thunderbolt expansion systems to connect up to eight SSDs through one cable with performance up to 2800 MB/s.
- NVMe Compliant: No drivers required.
- S.M.A.R.T. Operation: Supports S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) data reporting.
Mac Compatibility
- Mac Pro 8,1 (2023)
- Mac Pro 7,1 (2019) – Use x16 PCIe slot (slot 3, 4, or 5) for best performance
- Mac Pro 5,1 – Use x16 PCIe slot (slot 2) for best performance
- macOS 10.13.6+
- macOS Ventura compatible
Windows Compatibility
- Windows computer with available full-length, full-height x16 PCIe slot (PCIe 4.0 slot preferred; PCIe bifurcation not required)
- Windows 11 and 10
- Windows Server 2022, 2019
Linux Compatibility
- Linux computer with available full-length, full-height x16 PCIe slot (PCIe 4.0 slot preferred; PCIe bifurcation not required)
- Linux Kernel 5.0+
Thunderbolt Compatibility
- With card installed in a Thunderbolt expansion system with full-length x16 PCIe slot
- Any Mac, Windows, or Linux computer with Thunderbolt
Power Requirements
- When seven or eight SSDs are installed on the M.2 8x4 Silent Gen4 PCIe Card, connecting the included 6-pin PCIe auxiliary power cable between the computer’s and the card’s power connectors is required (optional when up to six SSDs installed).
Form Factor
- Full-length, full-height computer card
Internal Connectors
- Eight M-keyed (NVMe) M.2 sockets
- 6-pin PCIe auxiliary power connector
SSDs Supported
- Single-sided and double-sided M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSDs
- M.2 NVMe SSDs Compatiblity PDF
- Western Digital PCIe Gen4 SSDs NOT compatible
Boot Support (From a Single SSD)
macOS
- Mac Pro 5,1 or Mac Pro 7,1
- Any Thunderbolt Mac
Windows, Linux
- Computers with UEFI BIOS
RAID Support
- macOS, Windows, Linus: RAID 0, 1, and 10
NVME Support
- Yes
SSD Power/Activity Indicators
- Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Status Data Reporting Support
- All SSDs
Package Contents
- Sonnet M.2 8x4 Silent Gen4 PCIe Card
- Thermal transfer pads
- 6-pin to 6-pin auxiliary power cable for Mac Pro
- Documentation