OWC Shuttle - four SSDs, 3.5"OWC Shuttle - one SSD, 2.5"ZD Net picturesThe model that takes four SSDs may be more interesting for Talos II and Blackbird users
It is part of OWC's set of products for Thunderbolt but it says you can use the Shuttle by itself in any workstation that has U.2 support from a HBA.
Being more verbose, the full system comprises three parts:
OWC's external Thunderbolt-to-PCIe case, an
SSD carrier module, like a miniature backplane that goes in the case and finally, the Shuttle module itself. This full system would not be relevant for Talos II / Blackbird as they don't have Thunderbolt ports, nonetheless, the Shuttle by itself may be interesting.
It is not clear how the four M.2 SSDs are combined into a single U.2 port: is this bifurcation, is there some kind of switch chipset or is there something else in the U.2 standard that allows multiple devices to be combined into a single U.2 port?
It says that they support PCIe 4.0 but it is not clear if they support the newest high speed PCIe 4.0 SSDs.
