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Up to 28 M.2 NVMe drives in a single PCIe slot.

Up to 104 GB/s on X28 Gen5.

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Apex X28 Gen5

In stock
28M.2 drives
448 TBraw with 16 TB drives
104 GB/swith dual upstream links
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Proven in public

54.8 GB/sPhison at ComputexFrom one X16 Gen5, and 113 GB/s from two.Read the story → 21 drivesStorageReviewIndependent review of the X21 Gen4, 21 drives in one slot.Read the review ↗ 100 GbpsBlack Hat USA NOCReal-time packet capture on an Apex X16.Read the story →
AI and ML

Keep the AI fed from one PCIe slot

GPUs fill most of the x16 slots in a training server. An Apex card turns one of the slots that are left into the dataset cache and checkpoint target, inside the same chassis, with no storage shelf, cables or backplane.

AI and ML training with Apex cards →
114 GB/ssequential reads from two X16 Gen5 cards in our lab, so the data loader keeps up
256 TBof Gen5 NVMe per x16 slot for a local dataset cache, 448 TB on the X28 Gen5
25.6 M4K random reads with polled I/O, two cards in our lab

Inference at the edge too: three M.2 AI edge compute modules, rated at up to 26 TOPS each, ran object detection on an Apex X16 Gen4.

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Pioneering High-Performance NVMe Storage Solutions

Apex Storage develops the highest capacity & density NVMe storage solutions with industry-leading performance for mission-critical workloads. Always pushing the industry forward with platform-expanding ideas that revolutionize the way you think about NVMe storage and M.2 device hosting!

Our Products

Apex X28 Gen5 PCIe NVMe card in its enclosure
Apex Storage X28 Gen5
In stock and ready to ship. 28 Gen5 M.2 NVMe SSDs on one PCIe card, with up to 448 TB of storage and up to 104 GB/s of bandwidth.
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Apex X16 Gen5 PCIe card with 16 M.2 NVMe drives
Apex Storage X16 Gen5
In stock and ready to ship. 16 M.2 NVMe drives in one PCIe Gen5 x16 slot, rated at 56.5 GB/s read.
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Apex X21 Gen4 PCIe card with 21 M.2 NVMe slots
Apex Storage X21 Gen4
In stock and ready to ship. 21 M.2 NVMe drives in one PCIe Gen4 x16 slot: 168 TB raw with 8 TB drives.
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Apex X16 Gen4 PCIe card with active cooling
Apex Storage X16 Gen4
In stock and ready to ship. 16 M.2 NVMe drives in one PCIe Gen4 x16 slot, for Gen4 and Gen3 servers.
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BUILT FOR

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NAS and SAN arrays

One X28 Gen5 card holds up to 448 TB of M.2 NVMe with no cables or backplane.
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4K and 8K video editing

Keep source footage and render cache on one X16 Gen5 card, rated at 56 GB/s.
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Database acceleration

Two X16 Gen5 cards reached 13.3 million 4K random read IOPS in our lab on the stock Linux NVMe driver.
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AI and ML training

Two X16 Gen5 cards read 114 GB/s sequentially in our lab.
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Packet capture

The 57 TB full packet capture from the Black Hat USA 2026 network is stored on an Apex X16 card.
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Virtualization and VDI

StorageReview measured 1.99 million IOPS on a VDI boot trace with one X21 Gen4 card.
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Backup and fast restore

The X21 Gen4 is rated to write 28.5 GB/s, faster than a 100 GbE link can deliver a restore.
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All-flash upgrade for existing servers

One X16 Gen4 card adds 16 NVMe drives to a Gen4 or Gen3 server through one x16 slot.
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Latest News

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