In this case the picture below is definitely worth 1000 words, it is easy to see just how ASUS created a RAID 0 in a single SSD. Those SanDisk mSATA SSDs are both 128GB and communicate via a ASMedia ASM1062R controller. Astute readers will wonder what this means for TRIM, as those commands often do not pass through a RAID controller and you are right to be concerned for as of yet TRIM is not supported on this drive. Even without proper garbage collection the performance of this drive is rather tempting, as you can see for yourself in Legit Reviews full article.
"Last week we talked about what makes SATA Express important and showed off some performance benchmarks of the ASUS Hyper Express SATA Express External Enclosure. We’ve been able to acquire our own ASUS Hyper Express drive and we spent this week trying it out on our own systems to see how it performed on one of our own systems…"
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- A first look at SATA Express with Asus' Hyper Express storage device @ The Tech Report
- Intel 730 240GB SSD Review @ hardware Canucks
- Kingston M.2 Sata SSD: a quick look at engineering sample @ Kitguru
- ADATA Premier Pro SP920 512GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- OCZ Vertex 460 240GB SATA III 2.5" SSD Review @ Madshrimps
- NETGEAR ReadyNAS 102 Dual-bay NAS Review @ Techgage
- Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Kingston SSDNow E50 100GB Solid-State Drive @ NikKTech
- ADATA XPG SX900 SSD Review @ TechwareLabs
- Mach Xtreme DIY Series SATA-DOM 32GB SSD @ The SSD Review
- PNY Optima SSD Series @ The SSD Review
- Intel 730 Series 480GB SSD Review in RAID @ Legit Reviews
- SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ The SSD Review
- SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB USB3.0 Flash Drive @ eTeknix
- Corsair Flash Voyager GO 64GB PC/Mobile Flash Storage Drive Review @ Madshrimps
- Synology DS414j @ Kitguru
- Synology DS214se & DSM 5.0 Overview @ techPowerUp
- Synology DS414j 4-Bay NAS @ eTeknix
- Netgear ReadyNAS RN102 & RN104 @ Legion Hardware
- VisionTek mSATA Mini Enclosure Review @ Legit Reviews
- ioSafe 214 Fire and WaterProof NAS Video Review @ Madshrimps