The Oracle Exadata Storage Server X5-2 Extreme Flash is an 8-slot (expandable to 12) NVM Express (NVMe) solid state disk (SSD) configuration designed in the Oracle Server X5-2L form factor with no changes to the chassis, motherboard, fans, PCIe slots, or rear IO. This configuration uses up to 12 of the existing 24 slots in the disk cage. The chassis supports six Gen3 PCIe slots, two of which are x16 while the remaining four are x8. To support the 12 PCIe NVM Express SSDs, four PCIe Gen3 x8 switch cards connect to each of the three NVMe SSDs.