GLOTRENDS PA20 Dual M.2 NVMe to PCIe 3.0 X4 Adapter with PCIe Bifurcation Function, Support 22110/2280/2260/2242/2230 Size

Item #: 9SIV2Z4K6F5987

Mfr. Part #: PA20-Update

Dual M.2 NVMe to PCIe 3.0 X4 Adapter: By installing 2 M.2 NVMe SSDs on this PCIe 3.0 X4 adapter, your computer will be able to access 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs at the same time (Note: Not support M.2 SATA SSD)
ASM2812 Chip Built-in PCIe Bifurcation: It can work with all kinds of motherboards (Note: The PCIe slot must be allocated with PCIe X4 lane bandwidth)
Upstream Bandwidth: 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs sharing PCIE 3.0 X4 bandwidth (32Gbits/s = 4GB/s max)
Hardware Platform: Support Soft RAID in Intel/AMD platform, not support Mac Pro 5.1 (Note: To set up Intel's RAID-on-CPU (VROC), you need to purchase your license)
Support OS Booting: Reinstall the OS, and set up BIOS/UEFI boot from this M.2 NVMe SSD (Note: Some motherboards are too old to support OS booting. In this case, M.2 NVMe SSDs can be used as storage disks)
Plug-and-play in Windows 11/10/8/Linux/Mac OS (Note: Not support Windows 7). The new M.2 NVMe SSD needs to be initialized and formatted before it can be recognized by the computer host.

Model: PA20

Interface to PC	PCI-Express 3.0 X4 (32Gbps speed at max), PCIE X4/X8/X16 Installation
Interface to SSD	2 x Key M ( Support 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 form factor)
OS Compatibility	Windows/Linux/mac OS (Note: not support windows 7)
PCIe Bifurcation	Support,it powered by the ASM2812 controller with PCIe bifurcation technology
Hardware Platform	Intel and AMD, and support Mac Pro
RAID Setup	Software RAID setup via Windows Disk Management or Linux mdadm Utility or macOS Disk Utility
Installation	Low-profile and Regular-profile bracket

RAID Setup in Window 10/11

Software RAID for M.2 NVMe SSD

When you locate 2 separate M.2 NVMe SSDs in Windows 10/11 Disk Management
Right-click the disk volume you want to set up as a soft RAID
A pop-up window will appear; click the desired option (Spanned/Striped/Mirrored)

Products	PA09-HS	PA09-X1	PA09-SA	PA12-HS	PA20	PA40
Internal Interface	PCI-Express 4.0 X4	PCI-Express 4.0 X1	SATA III	PCI-Express 4.0 X4 + SATA III	PCI-Express 3.0 X4	PCI-Express 3.0 X8
External Interface	Key M	Key M	Key B	Key M + Key B	2 x Key M	4 x Key M