No Bifurcation Required: Works with any Industry Standard PCIe 3.0/4.0 Slot! HighPoint Rocket 1000 Series Fan-Less NVMe HBA's are compatible with a wide range of hardware platforms. The PCIe 3.0 host interface is fully compliant with industry standard PCIe 3.0 and 4.0 PCIe slots, does not require a host platform with Bifurcation support, and is not limited to a specific brand or model of motherboard. Built-in High-speed, Intelligent Switch Chipset: HighPoint NVMe HBA's integrate Broadcom's high-performance intelligent PCIe switch chipset, which ensures maximum transfer bandwidth is available for each device port, at all times. Up to x4 dedicated lanes can be allocated to each M.2 NVMe SSD. Native, In-Box NVMe Device Driver Support: HighPoint NVMe HBA's were designed with simplicity in mind. All you need is a little patience and a screwdriver; just install the M.2 SSD's and plug in the card! Rocket 1000 Series HBA's are natively supported by all major operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, macOS Big Sur, and current distributions of Linux. You won't need to juggle a series of device drivers, install a complex software suite, or master a specialized management interface. Your NVMe SSD's will be automatically recognized, and can be prepped and mounted using the operating system's standard tool set. Ultra-High-Performance NVMe Storage Solution: Rocket 1000 Series NVMe HBA's can host RAID arrays created using the operating systems built-in storage management tools. macOS Disk Utility and Windows Disk Management can configure RAID 0 arrays using up to 4 M.2 drives. Supports any Off-the-Shelf M.2 NVMe SSD: Any Capacity, Any Generation & Any Form-Factor... Rocket 1000 series M.2 ports are capable of supporting any industry standard off-the-shelf M.2 NVMe SSD. NAND Form Factor: Single & Double-Sided M.2 Form Factor: 2280, 2260, 2242, 22110 Silent Operation: Fan-less Cooling for Media Sensitive Work Environments. Rocket 1104 and Rocket 1204 HBA's feature ventilated bracket and full-length black-anodized heat sink with high-conductivity thermal pad efficiently whisks waste heat away from hosted SSD's and critical controller componentry. This robust, fan-less design allows for completely silent operation – ideal for applications that require low-noise work environments.