PCI Drive Array
With SIL3124A Controller and Support for four SATA 2.5" Hard Drives or Solid State Drives
Fully configurable PCI board with your choice of four:
  • 2.5" SATA 5,400RPM HDDs
  • 2.5" SATA 7,200RPM HDDs
  • 2.5" SATA SSDs
  • Total capacity of up to 4TB*
  • SATA II speeds up to 3Gb/s
  • Fits PCIe x4 or PCI-X slot
  • Small enough to fit 1U slot for industrial applications
  • Supports RAID 0,1,5 & JBOD
  • Supports SATA II Native Command Queuing & SATA 1.0 Tagged Command Queuing
  Model Number: Name: Price:
PeDA PCIe Drive Array with Sil3124A Controller $199.00
Other InformationSize: PCIe model (board only)  
Inventory Status: In Stock - Usually Ships 2-5 days - Please call for availability
  Model Number: Name: Price:
PeDA-SSD-1024GB PCIe Drive Array with Sil3124A Controller with 4 MLC 256GB SSD 2.5" drives $2,999.00
Other InformationSize: PCIe model with 4 MLC 256GB SSDs  
Inventory Status: In Stock - Usually Ships 2-5 days - Please call for availability
  Model Number: Name: Price:
PeDA-X2TB PCIe Drive Array w/ Sil3124A Controller and 4 x 7200 RPM, 500GB SATA 2.5" HDDs $579.00
Other InformationSize: PCIe model with 4 7200RPM 500GB HDDs  
Inventory Status: In Stock - Usually Ships 2-5 days - Please call for availability
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PXDA PCI-X Drive Array with Sil3124A Controller $159.00
Other InformationSize: PCI-X model (board only)  
Inventory Status: In Stock - Usually Ships 2-5 days - Please call for availability
Product Overview
Apricorn now gives you the power to unlock the speed, capacity and performance of a four 2.5" SATA drives with its PCI Drive Array

Apricorn’s PCI Drive Array is a flexible, high performance array of four 2.5” SATA hard drives or solid state drives on your choice of a single PCIe x4 or PCI-X board. Fully configurable, when used with Solid State drives the PCI Drive Array is capable of delivering sequential read speeds of up to 791 MB/sec, sequential write speeds of up to 675 MB/sec (actual test results below).

Using an Integrated Device Technology Tsi384 PCI express X4 to PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz bridge and the Silicon Image SiI3124A single chip host controller, the PCI Drive Array is capable of incorporating 4 embedded 2.5”, 5400/7200 RPM SATA hard drives or even faster solid state drives for total capacities of over 4TB*, making it a perfect fit for applications such as servers, industrial PCs, high speed data collection and storage systems that require maximum performance from their storage architecture.

The PCIe Drive Array is compatible with several systems and only uses one internal full length PCIe X4 slot; it fits perfectly in Apple’s Mac Pro system, server motherboards and is also small enough to fit in a 1U slot for industrial applications.

The PCI Drive Array contains drivers for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Novell Netware operating systems for both RAID and non-RAID operations. The PCI Drive Array also includes configuration software and supports RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), RAID 1+0 (mirrored stripe), and RAID 5 (parity stripe), as well as JBOD and concatenated volumes via the Silicon Image SATARaid™ RAID management utility.

Designed for optimum performance, the PCI Drive Array Supports SATA II Native Command Queuing & SATA 1.0 Tagged Command Queuing, ensuring that drives stay fully loaded with queued commands.

Average Read / Write Speed Comparison for Solid State vs Rotating Media

  • PCIe x4 or PCI-X Single board RAID sub-system
  • Supports RAID (0,1, 5, 10) via Silicon Images SATARaid™ RAID management utility
  • Utilizes Silicon Image Sil3124A Single Chip Host Controller
  • Supports SATA II speeds up to 3Gb/s
  • Supports SATA II Native Command Queuing & SATA 1.0 Tagged Command Queuing
  • Incorporates 4 embedded 2.5”, 5400/7200 RPM SATA hard drives OR solid state drives for total capacities of over 4TB*
  • Software drivers for Windows, Linux, and MAC OS for both RAID & non-RAID operations

Target Applications:
  • Industrial PCs
  • Fault tolerant applications
  • High speed data collection
  • Design applications
  • Animation
  • CAD/EDA simulation
  • Video pros working with high-bit-rate assets
  • Scientific computing

  • PCIe or PCI-X CCA
  • Apricorn driver CD & RAID management utilities
  • Manual
1 terabyte (TB) = 1 trillion bytes = 1000 gigabytes
*4TB based on four 1TB 2.5” drive configuration. Accessible capacity will be less and actual capacity depends on the operating environment and formatting.
Product Specifications
Data Transfer Rate: SATA II speeds up to 3Gb/s
Interface: SATA II
Buffersize: 8MB
Drives: 2.5" SATA 5400RPM Hard Drives
2.5" SATA 7200RPM Hard Drives
2.5" SATA Solid State Drives
Average Read Speed: Rotating Media: 239 MB/sec
Solid State: 791 MB/sec
Average Write Speed: Rotating Media: 234 MB/sec
Solid State: 675 MB/sec
Dimensions: PCIe: 4.8” x 12.28”
PCI-X: 4.8" x 13.33"
Warranty: 1 year limited
System Requirements: PCIe x4 slot or PCI-X slot
Comments: Currently Snow Leopard is not Supported with PCI Drive Array

One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; accessible capacity will be less and actual capacity depends on the operating environment and formatting.