Sonnet Fusion Dual U.2 SSD PCIe Adapter Card
Sonnet Fusion Dual U.2 SSD PCIE Adapter, PCIe 3.0 x4, RAID 0/1, Up to 32TB, Mac Pro Compatible
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The Most Economical Way to Add Ultra-fast, Extra Large Capacity SSD StorageSonnet’s Fusion™ Dual U.2 SSD PCIe Card allows you to upgrade your system in an instant, with space for two enterprise class U.2 SSDs up to 32TB, or higher when they become available, in a single full-length PCIe x16 card slot with no additional power or data cables, adapters or mounting trays cluttering your system. If you are looking for super high-speed throughput and maximum IOPS performance storage then the Fusion Dual U.2 SSD PCIe Card is for you.
Choose Storage to Suit You
Choose your Own U.2 SSDsUse the Sonnet card for instant-access media storage or as a high-performance scratch disk in your Mac Pro® tower; Windows® or Linux® PC desktop or server; or Thunderbolt™ to PCIe card expansion system with an available x16 PCIe slot. Legacy Mac® users can install macOS® on one SSD to create an incredibly fast boot drive and use the other installed SSD for and still obtain blazing-fast performance.
Enterprise Class Performance & Capacities
Familiar Size and Shape,
Different Connector and InterfaceU.2 SSDs look like 2.5-inch SATA drives — they even share the same general dimensions and mounting screw hole placement, but their connectors are different, and so is their performance. Unlike SATA drives, U.2 NVMe SSDs interface with your computer’s PCIe bus, enabling them to perform seven times as fast.
Striking PerformanceHow fast? Current PCIe 3.0 U.2 SSDs deliver sustained performance of up to 3500 MB/s read and 3500 MB/s write, or about 7x the performance of the fastest SATA SSDs.
High CapaciiesMany U.2 SSDs are now available in capacities up to 16TB - perfect for sotring large video projects - with higher capacity models on the horizon. Sonnet's Fusion Dual U.2 SSD PCIE Card will support bigger SSDs as they become available.
Up to 6,250MB/s in RAID 0*
Fantastic RAID 0 PerformanceInstall the Fusion Dual U.2 SSD PCIe Card with your SSDs into your system and configure the SSDs as a RAID 0 set for even greater storage performance.
*Performance based on ATTO Disk Benchmark (available on the Apple® App Store) test results with two Micron 9300 7.68TB NMVe drives with 64MB transfer size and macOS 10.15.6 using SoftRAID software.
Full Lenght, Full Height PCIe 3.0 Card
Full Performance Design The Fusion Dual U.2 SSD PCIe Card is a full-height, full-length PCIe 3.0 card with an x16 (x8 electrical) interface, designed to support full performance from two U.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs. The Sonnet card features:
PCIe BridgeDevotes four lanes of PCIe 3.0 bandwidth to each SSD installed
Self-ContainedDoesn’t require a specific motherboard to operate or specific SSDs to support RAID features — No PCIe bifurcation is required
Universal CompatibilityMac®, Windows, and Linux compatible
Mounting Support for Two U.2 SSDsConnect and mount directly to the card, no power or data cables, adapters, or mounting trays required
Video Overview
The Tech Spec
Features | Specification | Mac Compatibility | Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010 & Mid 2012) with available full-length x16 PCIe slot Mac Pro 7,1 (2019) macOS 10.13.6+ macOS Catalina compatible |
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Windows Compatibility | Computer with available full-length, full-height x16 PCIe slot (PCIe bifurcation not required) Windows 10 (64-bit Edition Version 1809 or greater) |
Linux Compatibility | Computer with available full-length, full-height x16 PCIe slot (PCIe bifurcation not required) Linux Kernel 5.0+ |
Thunderbolt Compatibility | Compatible with any Thunerbolt 3 to PCIe x16 Card expansion system on Windows, Mac and Linux |
Maximum input sound level | 144 dB SPL (1 kHz at 1% THD) |
Form Factor | Full-Length, Full Height |
Bus Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x4 |
Internal Connectors | Two U.2 (SFF-8639) |
Supported SSDs | U.2 (2.5-inch) NVMe PCIe SSDs |
Boot Support | macOS, Only from a Single SSD (Not RAIDed) on Mac Pro 5.1 or Mac Pro 7.1, or with any Thunderbolt Mac |
RAID Support | RAID 0 or 1 (Stripe or Mirror) on macOS, Windows and Linux |
NVMe Support | Yes |
S.M.A.R.T Status Data Reporting Support | Yes |