Many industries have quickly adopted smaller form factor SSDs such as M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD and NF1 SSD (also known as NGSFF M.3) to their systems due to space-savings and high IOPS (input/output operation per second). These drives can be easily placed in a compact system, offer higher storage density, and capable of handling any data-intensive applications. To compare specifications and abilities of M.2 NVMe SSD and NF1 SSD, the M.2 NVMe SSD has a broader availability and affordable price point. However, since M.2-based SSD was invented primarily for consumer use, it does not integrate key enterprise-level features such as hot-swap function. For NF1 SSD, it offers a larger storage capacity up to 15.36TB, faster IOPS up to 540K/50K (refer to Samsung PM983 NF1 SSD), and supports hot-swap, which are suitable for data center and enterprise server applications. One of the major disadvantages of these SSD is the drive maintenance requires the user to shut off the system and open up the system case, which can be a hassle for a system that needs to be running 24/7. The other problem is the limited M.2/NF1 slots available on the motherboard, which can restrict the number of drives that can be used. Therefore, we designed the CP099 removable enclosure to overcome these problems.

A typical M.2 or NF1 drive is installed on the motherboard or a riser card and secured by a tiny screw, which can be a hassle to manage, especially when maintaining drives. However, with the CP099, your drives are brought into the front of your computer case makes the M.2 & NF1 SSD installation/removal process more efficient and straight forward.

With the heat sink and thermal pads included, the heat is further dispersed through the intelligently placed ventilation holes on all sides and working together with your computer’s cooling system.

As the CP099 is part of the ToughArmor Series, the enclosure is made by full-metal housing and tray to ensure maximum durability in the roughest environment possible!