Overview
OWC Gemini
With dual drive bays and seven connectivity ports including an SD 4.0 card reader, the OWC Gemini is the do-it-all tool that will organise your digital life. You’ll have plenty of room to duplicate footage, create and manage archives, or render and process effects. Connect your favourite peripherals via USB ports. Ingest the day’s shoot or drone footage with the frontside reader.
Hardware RAID: Speed, Reliability, Flexibility
The OWC Gemini utilises hardware RAID to unleash the full potential of two 3.5-inch 7200RPM hard drives or 2.5-inch SATA SSDs. Preconfigured in high-speed RAID 0 mode to deliver maximum throughput from its drives, Gemini offers real-world HDD speeds up to 562MB/s for audio editors/musicians/producers, individual content creators, photographers, small photography studios, and filmmakers working with up to 4K resolutions and compressed codecs.
A/V professionals seeking SSDs that start and stay fast over their full capacity can take advantage of the proven reliability of OWC Mercury Extreme SSDs. With sustained RAID 0 speed up to 956MB/s, you can easily handle 8K single and 4K multi sequences, slow motion video, 10 bits footage, and ultra-high-resolution RAW pictures.
Stay Connected to Your Team and Media
The OWC Gemini features a 2.5Gb/s Ethernet port so you can transfer files and work up to 2.5x faster over wired networks and enjoy increased productivity in an IP-based workflow. Great for shared workspaces and workflows, file transfers breeze by quickly so you spend less time setting up and more time getting to work. When it’s time to share your progress, you can use your RAID options to render out working files and a fast connection to post for team and client reviews. It’s also great for sending your files over to a NAS to keep them safely archived.
Gain a 8K Perspective
With a dedicated latest generation HDMI port, Gemini empowers you to add the fresh, crisp perspective of an 8K display to your workflow. Whether in your home office or on a mobile studio job, seeing your work in full detail is just one connection away. Use it to free up your laptop port, so you can dock in and out quickly and stay mobile.
Reclaim Your Desktop
With multi-drive media dumps, controllers, A/V outputs, and a mess of device cables, it can be hard enough to find space for your notebook let alone room to work. OWC Gemini fights the clutter with a single-cable connection that delivers storage, ethernet sharing, charging power, and 8K monitor support while neatly consolidating all your peripheral device cables. Reclaim your workspace and reduce your stress.
Innergize Your Workflow with Highest Performance and Reliability
OWC Innergize is the first stage of the Capture to Completion ecosystem of OWC products designed to seamlessly propel professional photographers, videographers, and content creators to the highest level of workflow performance and reliability. This OWC custom-designed app is a complete health, performance, and field upgrade management tool when using OWC Atlas memory cards with OWC Atlas readers and reader equipped products.
- Performance storage: up to 562MB/s
- Fast connectivity: 2 x Thunderbolt 3 ports (Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt backward compatible)
- Speed and storage: hardware RAID controller (RAID 0,1, Span or JBOD/Independent)
- Easy camera uploads: frontside SD 4.0 (UHS-II) card reader
- A hub of options: 2 x USB 3.2 (10Gb/s) Type-A ports
- Connect to your NAS: 2.5Gb/s Ethernet port
- See work in progress: HDMI 2.1 for adding up to an 8K monitor
- Custom configurations: 2 x bays for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA or U.2 drives
- Innergize enabled: a complete health, performance, and field update management tool when using OWC Atlas SD memory cards with Gemini's SD reader
Video
If you’re a photographer, your life is likely overrun by cables, dongles, ports, hard drives, and storage cards. Don’t let your main working drive contribute to that stress. The OWC Gemini has dual drive bays, RAID support, TONS of I/O connectivity, and a lot more that will speed up your workflow and declutter your life—or at least your desk.
Compatibility
Compatible with the devices listed below.
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
Mac Pro
iMac
Mac mini
Mac Studio
iMac Pro
Specifications
- Total Capacity
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- 16.0TB
- Total Solution Cache Size
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- 512 MB
- Standard Mechanism
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- 2 x 8.0TB Toshiba MG08ADA Series 7,200RPM Enterprise Class Hard Disk Drive with 256 MB cache
- Mechanisms Supported
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- 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch SATA drives
- 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch U.2 drives
- NVMe M.2 drives (via U.2 adapter)
- Number of Bays
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- 2
- Hot Plug Support
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- Yes
- Boot Support
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- Yes
- RAID Capable
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- Yes
- RAID Levels Supported
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- SPAN
- RAID 0
- RAID 1
- JBOD
- RAID Features
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- Hardware RAID
- Software RAID capable
- Device Ports
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- 1 x host port - Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) up to 40 Gb/s (5000 MB/s)
- 1 x Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) port
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports up to 10Gb/s (1250MB/s) - USB 2.0/3.0 backwards compatible
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5GbE) RJ-45 port
- Memory Card Slots
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- 1 x Secure Digital (SD)
- Power Delivery
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- Provides up to 27 watts of power via Thunderbolt 3 to charge or reduce laptop and device battery draw
- Display Support by Port
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- Thunderbolt 3 (Titan Ridge): up to 8K @ 60Hz or 4K @ 120Hz via a native Thunderbolt 3 display or other display that supports USB-C connections and DisplayPort 1.4
- HDMI 2.1: up to 8K @ 120Hz
- Ethernet Speeds (RJ-45)
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- 2.5Gb/s (2.5GBASE-T)
- 1Gb/s "Gigabit" (1000BASE-T)
- 100Mb/s (100BASE-T)
- 10Mb/s (10BASE-T)
- Jumbo Frame Support
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- Yes
- Data Rate
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- Up to 40 Gb/s
- Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
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- Thunderbolt 3: up to 40 Gb/s (or 5000 MB/s)
- USB 3.2 Gen 2: up to 10 Gb/s (or 1250 MB/s)
- Chipset
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- 2 x Thunderbolt: Intel JHL7440
- Media Reader: Genesis Logic GL-3232S
- 2 x USB: Fresco Logic FL1100EX
- 1 x Ethernet: Intel i226
- SATA Controller: ASMedia ASM-1352R
- MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
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- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Contact Start Stops
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- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Host Port Requirements
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- Thunderbolt (USB-C) port (backward compatible with Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt 1)
- Mac OS Compatibility
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- macOS 12.x Monterey
- macOS 13.x Ventura
- macOS 14.x Sonoma
- PC OS Compatibility
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- Windows 11
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2022
- Other Compatibility
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- Linux OS
- iPadOS 15
- iPadOS 16
- iPadOS 17
- Chrome OS
- Chrome OS 107 or later
- Driver Required
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- No
- External Power Adapter
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- Yes
- Power Supply
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- External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
- AC Input
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- 100-240V, 50-60 Hz, 2.0A
- DC Output
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- +12V, 10A
- Wattage
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- 120W
- Security Slot
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- Yes
- Cooling
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- 1 x 60 mm 3,000RPM cooling fan
- Certifications
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- CE, FCC, VCCI, BSMI, RCM, Thunderbolt technology
- RoHS Compliant
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- Yes
- Dimensions
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- H: 147 x L: 238 x W: 85 mm
- Weight
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- 1600 g
What's in the box?
- 1 x OWC Gemini Thunderbolt Dock and External Storage Solution
- 1 x 0.7 m Thunderbolt (USB-C) Cable
- 1 x External Power Supply and Power Cable
- 1 x Quick Start Guide for OWC Gemini
- 1 x User Guide for OWC Gemini
- 1 x OWC Dock Ejector for Mac and Windows (Software Download)
- 1 x User Guide for OWC Dock Ejector
Warranty
- 3 Year Limited Warranty
Part Number
- OWCTB3GM000H16