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OWC ThunderBay 4 48TB (4x 12TB) 4-Bay Hard Drive Solution
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OWC ThunderBay 4 48TB (4x 12TB) 4-Bay Hard Drive Solution with Dual Thunderbolt 2 Ports, RAID Ready

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2019-09-10T10:12:37

Rated 5 out of 5

OWC ThunderBay 4-Bay Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure

I was replacing an old Mac Pro tower with a new computer that is all display, but no room for storage. I had 4 hard drives inside the old tower, so I put them all into the new OWC enclosure. The build of the enclosure is excellent. Very solid with lots of vibration dampening. I migrated my old data from my old bootable hard disk to the new SSD via the Thunderbolt 3 connection. It took about 5 hrs. to transfer 1 TB of data. The Thunderbolt 3 is rated at 40Gb/s. The migration assistant displayed the speed of flow which ran between 35 Gb and 59 Gb. It produced all it was advertised to do. Noise?. The fan does make some noise. It's not bad. The hard drives themselves make most of the noise as they read or write. The enclosure sits on a desk about two feet from either myself or the computer, so there is going to be some sound. I'm really happy with it and definitely say it's worth a look.

DON M.

2017-05-14T04:31:14

Rated 5 out of 5

PEACE OF MIND

After two data recoveries from my external hard drive for my pics nearly lost as a result of crashes/ accidental drops . I needed a better system. I was able to recover my images, but at a cost. I now have comfort and confidence my images will be safe. Though costly, but as I have said- it's cheaper than a data recovery ( I was lucky to get them back. ) I no longer worry about losing my pics. Peace of mind is priceless.

GARY M.

2016-10-24T08:43:35

Rated 5 out of 5

Super fast!

This thing is amazing! I mainly shoot photos but I'm moving into video and my single disk USB 3.0 external (Lacie porche 4tb) was not fast enough for my needs. I first tried out a Mediasonic proraid 4, loading it with four Toshiba 3tb 7200rpm drives in raid 5 and I just wasn't happy with the speeds I was getting in Black magic's speed test. I sent it back and bought this OWC Thunderbay. The Proraid 4 is fine for photos and backup but for speed, the Thunderbay is 2 or 3 times faster. Yes, this is way 2 or 3 times more expensive but you are paying for speed and getting a bonus in the quality of the product. The thunderbay is a very solid build. I raid 5 with the the same drives I got around 200mbps read and write in the Proraid4, in the OWC Thunderbay 4, I'm getting about 520-530mbps.The software was easy to use as well. Only took about 10mins to install the drives and set up the raid 5 once I figured out where the softraid app was. I definitely recommend this enclosure to anyone working with photos and video. Excellent storage solution.

CHRISTOPHER S.

2016-01-21T14:34:48

Rated 5 out of 5

Best video editing drive

This is really the best option for those editing on a Mac. No only do you get speeds that are slightly faster than the average SSD, you also get MUCH more storage capacity AND data protection. In my tests with the 20TB version I get about 505MB/s write and 580MB/s read. It's setup from the factory in Raid5 so you don't have to initialize the drives which saves time. In Raid 5 mode (best mode) you get 15TB of usable space as 5TB is setup for data protection. If one of the drives ever dies you slide it out and replace with a new one and you won't loose any data. I've been suggesting these to people for over a year now and I'm going to keep doing so. I have a video review of this drive on YouTube if you want to see it in action, speed tests, unboxing, and daisy chaining to a display just do a search for Max Yuryev Thunderbay and you'll find it. The 1.5 to 2.5 times as much. I would recommend it to anyone who needs a fast and reliable drive.

MAKSIM Y.

OWC ThunderBay 4 Specifications

  • Chipset

    Thunderbolt 2

  • Interfaces Supported

    Thunderbolt 2

  • JBOD / RAID Support

    JBOD: Utilize each of the four drives independently
    RAID: Use any Software RAID of your choice to setup the ThunderBay 4 for multi-drive performance or data redundancy

  • Standard Mechanism

    4 x 12.0TB Seagate Enterprise Capacity SED (Helium) Hard Disk Drives

  • Drive Rotation Speed

    7200 RPM

  • Drive Cache Size

    256MB per drive, 1024MB total for the solution

  • Port Configuration

    Thunderbolt - (2) Thunderbolt 2 ports

  • Max Data Transfer Rate

    Thunderbolt 2 - 20Gb/sec

  • Port/Interface Bootability

    It can be used as a Thunderbolt startup drive on Macs running Mac OS X

  • System Requirements

    Any Mac with a Thunderbolt port running OS X 10.9 or later
    Any PC running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later with a Thunderbolt port. Driver required for proper installation. (3.3MB ZIP)
    Boot Camp is not supported. The Thunderbolt certification process does not include Macs running Windows through Boot Camp

  • Software Included

    Intech Hard Disk SpeedTools Utilities OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 - X only)
    ProSoft Engineering Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
    NovaStor NovaBACKUP for Windows
    Over 1.5GB of Freeware, Shareware, Public domain software installed

  • Power Supply

    Internal UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100 ~ 240v, 50/60Hz input, 12 Volt 16.66 Amp output Power Supply (power cords for International use sold separately)

  • Operating Temperature

    5 to 42 deg. C (41 to 108 deg. F)

  • Non-Operating Temperature

    -40 to 65 deg. C (-40 to 149 deg. F)

  • Operating Humidity

    8% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)

  • Non-Operating Humidity

    5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)

  • Shock

    65G 2mS; (non-operating) 175G 2mS

  • Vibration

    Operating: 1.0G (5 - 300Hz)
    Non-operating: 5.0G (5 - 500Hz)

  • Dimensions (DxWxH)

    External Case: 9.65 x 5.31 x 6.96" (24.51 x 13.49 x 17.68cm)

  • Weight

    Enclosure (no accessories): 8.6 lbs (3.90kg)

About OWC ThunderBay 4

The Speed You Need
• Fits both 2.5" and 3.5" drives with a simple one tool adjustment
• Incredible Thunderbolt 2 throughput
• Plug and play RAID-ready
• Up to 858MB/s read / 822MB/s write RAID 0 performance

Empower your creative production workflow with this super-fast, 4-Bay, RAID-ready drive with dual Thunderbolt ports. Add vast amounts of high-performance storage with ThunderBay 4. Utilize each of the four internal drives independently or use the software RAID of your choice to setup a multi-drive array for high-performance or data-redundancy.

Edit, Experiment, Create, Design
With ThunderBay's performance capabilities you can complete projects faster, have more time to experiment and push your creations to the next level. Enhance editing capabilities in video apps like Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and Avid Media Composer. Empower greater audio production capabilities in audio apps like Avid Pro Tools and Logic Pro X. Edit large photos in apps like Adobe Photoshop and browse large photo libraries in apps like Apple Aperture and Adobe Lightroom. Simply put, you can do more with a ThunderBay 4 enhanced workflow and with a RAID 5 array you get data redundancy on top of great performance!

Certified and Tested
Each ThunderBay undergoes OWC's multi-hour drive "burn-in" performance certification procedure prior to shipping. This ensures your ThunderBay arrives operating properly and ready for demanding use.

SoftRAID Lite for ThunderBay Included
Discover the power and performance of the SoftRAID engine, the most advanced software RAID for Mac with RAID 0 and 1.

4 drive bays plus so much more

Time-Tested Cooling
Built on OWC's time-tested enclosure cooling technology, ThunderBay utilizes an open "flow-thru" vented design with an oversized 92 mm, low-turbulence, noise-quieting fan to keep the drives running cool and reliably.

Multi-Drive
Daisy-chain up to six ThunderBays for massive storage capabilities and increased performance or connect multiple ThunderBays to multiple Thunderbolt 2 ports to achieve exponential speed capabilities.

Vibration Dampened
ThunderBay's drive isolating design reduces sonic resonance and is aided by over-sized, rugged, vibration-absorbing, non-skid feet.

DisplayPort 1.2 Support
Dual Thunderbolt ports let you connect the display of your choice that your computer can support, including 4K displays.

OWC Thunderbolt Cable
ThunderBay comes with an OWC one-meter certified Thunderbolt cable, with other lengths from 0.5 meter to 30 meters available separately.

Prosoft Engineering Data Backup 3 for OS X v10.2.8 or later
Backup Made Easy. Data Backup makes it easy to backup to FireWire and USB drives, network drives, CDs and even DVDs. Make schedules so you don't need to 'think' about backing up... It does it for you.

NovaStor NovaBACKUP Solution for Windows
NovaBACKUP has been helping millions of users recover from data loss and disasters for over 18 years. Feature rich, NovaBACKUP provides a powerful backup solution. Built-in support for hundreds of the most popular storage devices and a step-by-step backup and restore wizard makes NovaBACKUP extremely easy to use. Requires Windows 2000 or later.

Intech SpeedTools Utilities
Intech SpeedTools consists of a suite of utilities managed by an application which controls the launching, documentation and version control of each individual component utility, such as Disk Defrag and QuickBack. An easy-to-use installation and removal application is provided to make installation a snap, yet powerful enough to allow you to customize which utility component set you would like to create.

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What's in the box:

  • OWC ThunderBay 4 48TB (4x 12TB)
  • SoftRAID XT Lite Software
  • 39" Thunderbolt Cable
  • UL-Certified 3-Prong Power Cable
  • 2x Keys for Front Panel Lock
  • ThunderBay 4 Quick Start Guide
  • SoftRAID XT Lite Quick Start Guide
  • OWC 1 Year Level 1 Data Recovery Service
  • OWC 3 Year Limited Warranty with 48-Hour Warranty Service