OWC / Other World Computing ThunderBay 4 Four-Bay Storage Enclosure with Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports, RAID-5 Ready with Cable

Because speed and reliability are paramount in today's digital world, the ThunderBay 4 Four-Bay Storage Enclosure with Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports, RAID-5 Ready with Cable, is engineered to deliver unparalleled performance. This high-performance storage solution, a flagship product from OWC, is designed to meet the demands of professionals who work with large files and data sets.

The ThunderBay 4 is equipped with the power of Thunderbolt 3, offering an impressive sustained performance of up to 1527MB/s. This makes it an ideal external storage solution for tasks that require high bandwidth, such as multi-stream compressed 4K video editing and other data-intensive operations.

This storage enclosure is natively compatible with both 2.5" and 3.5" drives, eliminating the need for adapters. It also features a dedicated DisplayPort 1.2 port, allowing you to connect the display of your choice, including 4K displays.

The ThunderBay 4 is user-configurable in RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 & 1+0, offering you the flexibility to choose the optimal balance of performance and data redundancy. With its RAID 5 configuration, you can experience up to 35% faster performance and exponentially faster rebuild times compared to similar hardware RAID arrays.

Designed with an ultra-quiet, heat-dissipating aluminum chassis, the ThunderBay 4 ensures your drives run cool and reliably. It also features an open "flow-thru" vented design with an oversized 92mm, low-turbulence, noise-quieting fan. The drive isolating design reduces sonic resonance, further enhanced by rugged, vibration-absorbing, non-skid feet.

The ThunderBay 4 also supports daisy-chaining up to six units for massive storage capabilities and increased performance. Alternatively, you can connect multiple ThunderBay 4s to multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports to achieve exponential speed capabilities.

Each ThunderBay 4 undergoes OWC's rigorous multi-hour drive "burn-in" performance certification procedure prior to shipping, ensuring it arrives operating properly and ready for demanding use. It also comes with a 2.0-meter certified OWC Thunderbolt 3 cable, with other lengths available separately.

In summary, the ThunderBay 4 Four-Bay Storage Enclosure with Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports, RAID-5 Ready with Cable, is a high-performance, reliable, and flexible storage solution designed to meet the needs of professionals working with large files and data sets.