OWC announced today that the ThunderBay 4 and ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Edition are now available with up to 24TB of capacity. The larger capacity option, combined with its ultra-quiet cooling technology, makes the ThunderBay 4 perfect for today’s workstations where having a quiet desktop drive with ample storage is paramount to a productive workflow.
The Speed, Freedom, and Capacity to do More
Equipped with dual Thunderbolt 2 ports, the ThunderBay 4 delivers blazing-fast speeds with sustained data rates up to 1,342 MB/s RAID 0 and up to 675 MB/s RAID 5. With capacities ranging from 4TB to 24TB, customers can get the optimal balance of storage, performance, and data-redundancy to fit their specific workflow requirements.
For those wanting more freedom and flexibility, OWC offers the perfect “bring your own drives” solution with the ThunderBay 4 Enclosure Kit, and the ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Edition Enclosure Kit. Add up to four hard drives, SSDs, or a mixture of both hard drives and SSDs for customizable performance to meet specific storage and backup needs. Set up a RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, or 1+0 array using SoftRAID and enjoy advanced features, such as drive monitoring, e-mail notification, and rapid rebuild capabilities.
“I’m very impressed by ThunderBay 4’s overall design and performance. I like that OWC chose to leave the RAID options strictly in the user’s hands. This allows the ThunderBay 4 enclosure to be used in many different scenarios: as a backup, as extra storage, or with various RAID configurations to increase performance.” – Tom Nelson, About.com
Extremely Quiet, Cool, Durable, & Reliable
The ThunderBay 4’s ultra-quiet cooling technology coupled with rugged, vibration-absorbing, non-skid feet minimizes sonic resonance and vibration to enable quiet performance. Combining this with the ThunderBay 4’s durable, aluminum, open “flow-thru” vented enclosure design keeps the four internal drives cool and protects the enclosure’s internal components.
“As computers have become quieter and the need to reduce workspace noise becomes a focus, we know that our solutions need to be quieter too,” said Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO, OWC. “That’s why all our high-performance ThunderBay 4 solutions come equipped with exceptional noise-reduction technology which resulted in reducing noise levels by approximately 33%. Fostering a productive workflow has never been easier with our ThunderBay 4, especially with the larger 24TB capacity option.”
Availability:
OWC’s ThunderBay 4 and ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Edition are available for immediate ordering in the following configurations:
ThunderBay 4
- Bring-Your-Own-Drives (BYOD)
- 4TB (1TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 8TB (2TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 12TB (3TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 16TB (4TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 20TB (5TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 24TB (6TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Edition
- Bring-Your-Own-Drives (BYOD)
- 4TB (1TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 8TB (2TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 12TB (3TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 16TB (4TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 20TB (5TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
- 24TB (6TB x four (4) 7200 RPM)
One-Stop Destination for Thunderbolt Upgrades and Solutions
OWC’s Thunderbolt upgrades and solutions are available at: eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt/
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How does the enclosure work with SoftRAID?
Would we be able to swap the enclosure between multiple workstations as long as SoftRAID was installed on each one?
It seems like a good solution, as long as there is portability between computers.
Volumes created with SoftRAID 5 are able to work on Macs running the latest version of Mavericks without SoftRAID being installed on the computer. It is best to have SoftRAID installed on any primary computer the drive is being used with so the application can monitor drive and RAID health. Please note that SoftRAID is a one license per computer installation software
excellent.
being readable without extra software is key, i did not realize that was possible with SoftRAID.
on production machines, the software & monitoring is definitely a necessity.
thanks!