The SATA Mini 2 PCIe DX1 provides high reliability and performance as storage media, and it opens up some very exciting possibilities for both the Industrial and Commercial storage market. The SATA Mini 2 PCIe DX1 are substantially smaller, lighter and consumes less power compared to traditional hard drives, yet still have sufficient storage space to load an entire O/S and serve as a bootable drive for embedded applications. Moreover, these devices have excellent resistance to shock, vibration, dust, temperature extremes and other environmental hazards.