Creativity should not be restricted by your host computer; PCIe expansions provide fast and reliable data throughput as well as bandwidth for users in different fields. If you’re a demanding laptop or desktop user and you want a high-speed, low-latency, external PCIe expansion solution, there are an abundant amount of possibilities out there for you but some of the most efficient solutions are NetStor Products: NA255A-XGPU, NA211TB3, NA221, and NA260A.
NA255A-XGPU
The NetStor NA255A-XGPU PCIe expansion chassis is perfect for professionals and designers that are considering to upsurge the performance of GPU-intensive applications. With the right GPUs, it has been confirmed to fast-track the processing speed of some applications significantly when matched to working on CPUs alone. This kind of performance is ideal for high performance computing applications like 3D seismic interpretation, molecular modeling, weather modeling, and engineering design.
| Form Factor: Desktop NA255A-XGPU |
| Host Interface: Up to 128Gb/s external PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| No. of Slot 4 x PCI Express 3.0 x8 (x16 connector) |
| Card Length Available Supports full length, full height PCI Express Cards |
| Cooling Front: 2 x 120x120x25 mm cooling fans |
| Material Solid metal structure with aluminum housing |
| Input: 90~230 VAC/50-60 HZ 12V @ 100A |
| Dimension 450 (D) x 175.8 (W) x 374 (H) mm |
| 17.7 (D) x 6.9 (W) x 14.7 (H) inch |
| Operating System: OS Independent |
| Host Requirement One PCIe 3.0 x16 slot and system has sufficient PCIe resources |
NA211TB3
NetStor’s NA211TB3 is a revolutionary Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis featuring 3 PCIe slots allowing users to improve their workflows by installing high-performance PCIe cards. The NA211TB3 will automatically power-on and off with its host computer. The NA211TB3 can be effortlessly carried to any site, allowing users to take advantage of its 0Gbps I/O capability on the go.
| Host Interface Thunderbolt 3 (Dual Port for Daisy Chain) |
| Data Transfer Rate 40Gbps |
| No. of Slots 3 x PCIe 3.0 x8 (Two slots are available for PCIe x16 card) |
| Material Aluminum housing with solid metal structure |
| Input: 90-230 VAC/50-60 HZ |
| Dimension 371(D) x 110(W) x 200(H) mm |
| 14.6 (D) x 4.3 (W) x 7.87 (H) inch |
| Cooling Front: 1 x Hot-Swappable 80 x80 x20 mm Cooling Fan |
| O.S. Support Mac OS X 10.12.3 above |
NA221
Netstor’s TurboBox-mini™ PCIe Expansion Enclosure NA221A is a plug-and-play external PCIe(ePCIe) expansion device that is designed for attaching a PCIe card to a laptop or desktop PC. With the feature of easy and high mobility, TurboBox-mini™ allows users to integrate the power of PCIe card and computer into a dynamic, flexible, and mobile workstation. By adding the PCIe card to TurboBox-mini™ and connecting it to a laptop via ExpressCard 34 and cable, a moderate laptop can be turned into a powerful/scientific computer, or an audio/video editing workstation for professionals.
| Form Factor: Laptop/ Desktop NA221 |
| Host Interface External PCI Express 2.0 |
| No. of Slot(s) One PCI-Express slot with double width space |
| Material Aluminum Housing |
| Cooling: 2 x 40x40x10 mm Cooling Fans |
| Dimension 10(D) x 7.8(W) x 2.28(H) inch /
254(D) x 198(W) x 58(H) mm |
| Card Length Available 8.6-inch(L) / 218 mm(L) |
| O.S Support No Driver Requirement for TurboBox-mini™ |
| Host Requirement One ExpressCard 34/54 for laptop |
| One PCI Express x4 slot for Desktop |
NA260A
NA260A provides dadicated sufficient server-grade power supply with extra 8 pieces PCIe 6+2 pin power cable particularly for up to 4 double width GPU cards. Moreover, the dadicated big fan coolers inside of NA260A offer best ventilation totally releaved the heat loading of workstation or server. With this PCIe GPU expansion rackmoutable enclosure, even the space limitation of 1U or 2U server can become a professional supercomputer for the application fields of digital content creation, medical research, financial simulation, 3D seismic interpretation and gene sequencing. All work is made faster and more efficient due to NA260A, which means a quicker result as well as money and energy saved.
| Form Factor 4U Rackmount |
| Host Interface Up to 64Gb/s external PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| No. of Slot 4* PCI Express 3.0 x8 (x16 connector) |
| Cooling Front: 3 x 90x90x25 mm cooling fans |
| Material Solid heavy-duty cold-rolled steel housing |
| Dimension 448 (D) x 482 (W) x 177 (H) mm |
| 17.6 (D) x 19 (W) x 7 (H) inch |
| O.S. support: OS Independent |
| Host Requirement: One PCIe 3.0 x8 / x16 slot(Support Standard Height |