Apex Storage, headquartered in Utah, USA, recently launched a PCIe expansion card (add-in-card, AIC) called X21, which can install 21 M.2 NVMe SSDs. M.2 2280 to install, can achieve up to 168TB storage, the highest transmission speed can reach 31GB /s.
The Apex Storage X21 is the company’s only, and first, product to be launched. The official website is still under construction and just provides some technical specifications and images of the X21 AIC card.
The main specifications are as follows
Can hold 21 M.2 Gen 4 NVMe SSDs with up to 168TB of storage
Read and write speeds of 31GB/s
Industry-leading IOPS
100 PCIe 4.0 lanes
Full UEFI / Secure Boot support
Group RAID support under Windows, Windows Server and Linux systems
The Apex Storage X21 consumes 75W as standard and can reach up to 225W with 21 NVMe SSDs fully installed.