Overview
OWC ThunderBay 4 HDD Storage Solution
With ThunderBay's performance capabilities you can complete projects faster, have more time to experiment, and push your creations to the next level. Edit, view, stream, and produce more with ThunderBay in your 2K, 4K, and audio production workflow. 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!
Includes SoftRAID XT: Easy And Complete Drive Management
SoftRAID XT is the most powerful, intuitive software RAID utility on the market. Multiple RAID levels let you select the RAID level that fits you or your project’s needs best. If you need maximum volume capacity, optimum drive performance, data protection, or a combination of attributes, SoftRAID has you covered. Packed with features like drive validation, verification and failure prediction—SoftRAID includes features you simply don’t get with hardware RAID. It’s like having a datacenter on your desktop! From home users looking to protect photos and documents to professionals needing to protect and quickly access projects, SoftRAID is the perfect solution.
- Compatible: Works with macOS 11 Big Sur, M1 Macs and Windows 10
- Advanced: Create RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) with Macs, RAID 0/1 with Windows machines
- Protected: SoftRAID Monitor constantly watches your disks and alerts you if problems are detected
- Validated: Volume validation ensures sectors can be read and parity is correct
- Certified: Checks disks before use to ensure they are safe for data storage
- Vigilant: Error prediction helps protect against unexpected failure
- Universal: Move SoftRAID arrays seamlessly between Macs and PCs with built-in OWC MacDrive technology
SoftRAID provides a level of performance that you simply can’t get with hardware RAID.
The RAID 5 Advantage
RAID 5 merges the four drives inside ThunderBay together for exponential performance gains over a single drive, the combined capacity of three of the drives, and data redundancy that allows the array to still work even if one drive were to fail!
Certified And Tested
Each ThunderBay 4 solution undergoes OWC's multi-hour drive "burn-in" performance certification procedure prior to shipping. This ensures your ThunderBay 4 arrives operating properly, ready for demanding use.
4 Drive Bays Plus So Much More. Time-tested Cooling
Built on OWC's time-tested enclosure cooling technology, ThunderBay 4 utilises 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 4'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 2 ports let you connect the display of your choice that your computer can support, including 4K displays.
Backed By OWC
Should you ever have a question or troubleshooting need, you can rely on OWC's award-winning support.
Your Digital Life…Protected For FREE
Backing up and protecting your data is critically important. But all too often it’s a task that falls to the bottom of the “to do” list, and you don’t realise it until it is too late. That’s why OWC has partnered with Acronis to give you 1 full year of the #1 personal backup and antivirus software to integrate into your workflow. Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office safeguards you from today’s data threats—from accidents to failures to attacks. With easy, intuitive backup and Ai-enhanced antimalware technology, your digital life is protected—photos, files, applications, systems, and the devices they are on.
- OWC award-winning U.S. based support for both the ThunderBay 4 drive and SoftRAID software is included with your purchase
- Works with 3.5" or 2.5" drives — no adapter needed
- Includes SoftRAID: robust software for creating, monitoring, and managing advanced RAID sets
- Ultra quiet, heat dissipating aluminium chassis
- Exponentially faster rebuild times than hardware RAID
Video
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Compatibility
Compatible with the devices listed below.
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
Mac Pro
iMac
Mac mini
Specifications
- Total Capacity
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- 56TB
- Standard Mechanism
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- 4 x 14TB Toshiba MG07ACA Series 7,200RPM SATA Interface Enterprise Class Hard Disk Drive with 256 MB cache
- Display Support
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- Up to one 4K display @ 60Hz
- Or one 4K display @ 30Hz
- Display Support by Port
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- Mini DisplayPort 1.2: up to 4K @ 60Hz
- DisplayPort 1.2: up to 4K @ 60Hz
- Boot Support
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- Independent volumes bootable in macOS
- Hot Plug Support
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- Yes
- Chipset
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- Thunderbolt 2: Intel Falcon Ridge
- SATA Controller 2x: ASMedia ASM-1062
- Drive Interface
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- SATA
- Format
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- Included Drive Guide Software will format drive for either OS X, or Windows
- Rotational Speed
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- 7,200RPM
- Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
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- Thunderbolt 2: up to 20 Gb/s (or 2500 MB/s)
- Thunderbolt: up to 10 Gb/s (or (1250 MB/s)
- Plug and Play
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- Yes
- RAID Capable
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- Yes
- Default RAID Level
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- RAID 5
- RAID Levels Supported
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- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 10, JBOD
- RAID Features
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- Software RAID
- MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
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- 2,500,000 hours
- Contact Start Stops
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- 600,000
- Mac OS Compatibility
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- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- macOS 10.12 Sierra
- macOS 10.13 High Sierra
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
- macOS 10.15 Catalina
- macOS 11.x Big Sur
- macOS 12.x Monterey
- macOS 13.x Ventura
- PC OS Compatibility
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- Windows 7 32-bit Edition
- Windows 7 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
- Windows 10 32-bit Edition
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows 11
- Driver Required
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- SoftRAID only
- Host Port Requirements
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- Thunderbolt 2 (mDP) port (backwards compatible with Thunderbolt)
- Other Requirements
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- SoftRAID XT works with macOS 10.12 or later and Windows 10 or later. SoftRAID is licensed per computer. The SoftRAID serial number will work with both Mac and Windows but can only be active on one computer at a time. Additional seats can be purchased. RAID 4/1+0 (10) are currently Mac only at this time. Boot Camp is not supported. The Thunderbolt certification process does not include Macs running Windows through Boot Camp. PCs running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later with a Thunderbolt port. Driver required for proper installation
- Power Supply
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- Internal UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
- AC Input
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- 90-264V, 47-63Hz, 1.8-3.5A
- DC Output
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- +12V, 16.67A
- Wattage
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- 200W
- External Power Adapter
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- No
- Power Requirements
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- None
- Number of Bays
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- 4
- Device Ports
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- 1 x Host port - Thunderbolt 2 up to 20 Gb/s (2500 MB/s) - Thunderbolt 1 backwards compatible
- 1 x Thunderbolt 2 port
- Cooling
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- 1 x 92 mm no cooling fan
- Security Slot
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- Yes
- Power Button
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- Yes
- Certifications
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- CE, FCC, RoHS
- Dimensions
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- H: 177 x L: 245 x W: 135 mm
- Weight
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- 3900 g
What's in the box?
- 1 x OWC ThunderBay 4 HDD Storage Solution
- 1 x 1.0 m OWC Thunderbolt Cable
- 2 x Security Keys for Front Panel Lock
- 1 x Quick Start Guide for OWC ThunderBay 4 with Thunderbolt 2
- 1 x Assembly Manual & User Guide for OWC ThunderBay 4 with Thunderbolt 2
- 1 x OWC SoftRAID XT Software Bundle
- 1 x Quick Start Guide for OWC SoftRAID XT
- 1 x Manual & User Guide for OWC SoftRAID XT
- 1 x Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (1 Year Subscription)
Warranty
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
Part Number
- OWCTB2SRE56.0S