Is there such a thing as a PCIe HDD hot swap PCB/rack/bay/ect.?

[B8rad88]

Hi, I was wondering what is the limit for PCIe connectivity between PCIe slots and hard drives. I have seen PCIe cards that hold 2 SSD's on a single card. I have also seen Hot swap bays (usually external in an enclosure) that have multiple SATA hook ups on a single PCB; it takes power through one connector and the data all goes to a board through a PCIe connector. (See pictures below). Is it possible to use a PCIe extension to a board like this and make a custom hot swap bay for ease, better cable management, and speed going straight to the PCIe slot for all hard drives? Or is that just crazy and would I just be better off modding a Obsidian Series® 800D SATA 6Gb/s Upgrade Kit (see pic) for what I want to do?

Dual PCIe SSDs
http://eshop.macsales.com/imgs/ndesc/Sonnet/STITSATA6SSDE/STITSATA6SSDE_gall6.jpg
PCIe PCB with 3 HDD hot swap bays
http://i58.tinypic.com/2afz7ft.jpg
PCIe PCB with 3 HDD hot swap in the external HDD hot swap enclosure.
http://i62.tinypic.com/2v0folk.jpg
Obsidian Series® 800D SATA 6Gb/s Upgrade Kit
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/obsidian-series-800d-sata-6gbps-upgrade-kit
What I kind a want to do but with PCIe if I can:
http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u516/trhooper123/P1010052_zps2a7fc148.jpg

 

[Pinhedd]

Hi, I was wondering what is the limit for PCIe connectivity between PCIe slots and hard drives. I have seen PCIe cards that hold 2 SSD's on a single card. I have also seen Hot swap bays (usually external in an enclosure) that have multiple SATA hook ups on a single PCB; it takes power through one connector and the data all goes to a board through a PCIe connector. (See pictures below). Is it possible to use a PCIe extension to a board like this and make a custom hot swap bay for ease, better cable management, and speed going straight to the PCIe slot for all hard drives? Or is that just crazy and would I just be better off modding a Obsidian Series® 800D SATA 6Gb/s Upgrade Kit (see pic) for what I want to do?

Dual PCIe SSDs
http://eshop.macsales.com/imgs/ndesc/Sonnet/STITSATA6SSDE/STITSATA6SSDE_gall6.jpg
PCIe PCB with 3 HDD hot swap bays
http://i58.tinypic.com/2afz7ft.jpg
PCIe PCB with 3 HDD hot swap in the external HDD hot swap enclosure.
http://i62.tinypic.com/2v0folk.jpg
Obsidian Series® 800D SATA 6Gb/s Upgrade Kit
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/obsidian-series-800d-sata-6gbps-upgrade-kit
What I kind a want to do but with PCIe if I can:
http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u516/trhooper123/P1010052_zps2a7fc148.jpg

I'm sure that you could. You could purchase a PCIe SATA RAID controller card, or a plain PCIe SATA controller card and wire it to drives in an enclosure. I'm not aware of any commercial solutions so you may be stuck constructing your own but it should be doable.

 

[B8rad88]

Yea You are probably right a raid controller