Enterprise SSD Form Factor 1.0a

Enterprise SSD Form Factor 1.0a This specification defines the electrical and mechanical requirements for a PCI Express connection to the existing standard 2.5” and 3.5” disk drive form factors. This is intended for PCIe connections to SSDs (Solid State Drives) for the enterprise market of servers and storage systems. This provides a new PCIe form factor that is storage friendly, leveraging both the existing PCIe specification and the existing 2.5” and 3.5” drive mechanical specifications. This standard allows system designs tha t can support a flexible mix of new enterprise PCI Express drives, and existing SAS and SATA drives.