OWC ThunderBay 8 SoftRAID Thunderbolt 3 HotSwap
OWC ThunderBay 8 offers eight Hot Swap bays for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch HDD and/or SSD drives in any combination. OWC ThunderBay 8 is like a high-performance personal data center that offers multiple configuration options to meet your ever-growing storage needs.
Main features:
– mass storage support – hard drives up to 144TB also in RAID technology,
– additional DisplayPort 4k @ 60Hz
– 2x Thunderbolt 3 port – one for connecting to a computer, the other for connecting another Thunderbolt 3 device
– capacity of installed hard drives: 0TB
SoftRAID Highlights:
– Create RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 1+0 (10) volumes (RAID 6, 6+ in 2020) and receive email notifications of disk and RAID volume status with SoftRAID XT
– volume validation ensures that sectors can be read, parity is correct and any potential volume failures are minimized
- drives are checked before use to ensure they are safe to store data
- predictive warnings help protect against unexpected drive failure
- to 86% faster than AppleRAID
- Full TRIM support improves internal and external SSD performance at all RAID levels
Easily replace and identify drives
ThunderBay 8 makes it easy to organize large data sets for any project with eight hot-swappable drive bays. Whether you use 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drives and/or SSDs, the drives are mounted in alphabetically labeled trays for easy identification and are secured with a thumbscrew. If you want quick access to your extensive drive collection, you can create a "bullowpen" drive with additional OWC drive trays (sold separately).
Safe as a bank vault
With a lockable front panel and a security slot on the back, ThunderBay 8 is like an iron vault for your data. Plus, with LEDs on the front panel indicating the status of each drive, you know at a glance whether your data is safe.
See more, do more
ThunderBay 8 is not only capacious and efficient mass storage. ThunderBay 8 is about giving you all the options you need to work at your best. Connect a 5K Thunderbolt display or two 4K displays. Place the USB 3.1 device at the end of the chain. With an additional Thunderbolt 3 port, you have the ability to add more Thunderbolt devices.
Main features:
– 8x bay for 2.5″/3'5″ SATA drives
– 2x Thunderbolt 3 port
– 1x DisplayPort 4K @ 60Hz port
– SoftRaid XT
– Raid Level: 0, 1, 0+1, 4, 5, JBOD
– Transfer to 40Gb/s
– Possibility to boot: MacOS
– Possibility to connect a monitor also via the TB 3 port 5K @ 60Hz
– Power button
– Hot Swap pockets
– Size: 18x26x24 cm
– Weight: 7.3kg
– Compatibility with MacOS, Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2016 /2019/2022
– Housing color: black
