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
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
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