Raid controller for a semiconductor storage device

A RAID controller for a PCI-Express semiconductor storage device (SSD), comprising:

• a disk mount coupled to a set of PCI-Express SSD memory disk units, the set of PCI-Express SSD memory disk units comprising a set of volatile semiconductor memories;
• a disk monitoring unit coupled to the disk mount for monitoring the set of PCI-Express memory disk units;
• a disk plug and play controller coupled to the disk monitoring unit and the disk mount for controlling the disk mount;
• a high speed host interface coupled to the disk monitoring unit and the disk mount for providing high-speed host interface capabilities;
• a disk controller coupled to the high speed host interface and the disk monitoring unit;
• and
• a host interface coupled to the disk controller.

A method for providing a RAID controller for a semiconductor storage device (SSD), comprising:

• providing a disk mount coupled to a set of SSD memory disk units, the set of SSD memory disk units comprising a set of volatile semiconductor memories;
• providing a disk monitoring unit coupled to the disk mount for monitoring the set of SSD memory disk units;
• providing a disk plug and play controller coupled to the disk monitoring unit and the disk mount for controlling the disk mount;
• and
• providing a high speed host interface coupled to the disk monitoring unit and the disk mount for providing high-speed host interface capabilities.