Overview
OWC ThunderBlade
OWC’s extreme performance ThunderBlade might just be the ultimate working drive for media professionals. In terms of pure transfer speed, ThunderBlade is at the absolute cutting edge of possibility.
The Fastest
In a fast-paced, professional environment, time is money and performance is everything. The success of your project depends on quick data processing, and demands performance and efficiency working with uncompressed, high-bandwidth content streams. ThunderBlade delivers the performance to match - capable of unbelievable transfer speeds up to 2586MB/s read & 2613MB/s write. And with SoftRAID, two ThunderBlades can reach dizzying heights up to 3800MB/s.
SoftRAID: RAID Made Easy
Harness the full capability of your OWC drive array with the included SoftRAID XT, the most powerful, intuitive RAID management software on the market for macOS and Windows. SoftRAID’s RAID creation and management technology has been finely tuned to perfection with over 20 years of development to provide rock solid protection of your data and optimise drive performance.SoftRAID XT provides an unbeatable combination of speed, protection, and compatibility…
- Advanced: create RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) arrays
- 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 Mac and PC2 with built-in OWC MacDrive technology
Beyond Hardware RAID
SoftRAID provides a level of storage performance that you simply can’t get with hardware RAID. SoftRAID gives you increased power and control over your RAID drives and disks that hardware RAID can’t deliver and doesn’t lock you into technology that you can’t upgrade or expand.
Quality You Can Trust
Like all OWC drives, ThunderBlade is built to the highest standards of reliability and performance. Because 100% reliability is always the goal, ThunderBlade is rigorously quality tested, and backed by an OWC 3 Year Limited Warranty and 24/7 customer support.
- Up to 2586MB/s Read & 2613MB/s Write
- Daisy chain up to 6 Thunderbolt devices
- Rugged portability in a sleek design
- Includes a custom-fit ballistic hard-shell case
- Includes SoftRAID: robust software for creating, monitoring, and managing advanced RAID sets
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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- 8TB
- Standard Mechanism
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- 4 X 2.0TB OWC Aura Pro IV PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD
- Number of Bays
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- 4
- Format
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- Formatted as 4 disk RAID 0 for Mac. To convert for PC, use SoftRAID for Windows
- Drive Interface
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- M.2 NVMe (PCIe 3.0)
- RAID Levels Supported
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- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 10
- 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
- Display Support by Port
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- Thunderbolt 3: up to 5K @ 60Hz via a native Thunderbolt 3 display or 4K @ 60Hz via a Thunderbolt display or a USB-C display adapter
- Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
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- Thunderbolt 3: up to 40 Gb/s (or 5000 MB/s)
- Benchmark Speed, Read (Max)
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- Up to 2586 MB/s
- Benchmark Speed, Write (Max)
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- Up to 2613 MB/s
- Chipset
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- Thunderbolt 3: 1 x Intel DSL6540
- Host Port Requirements
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- Thunderbolt (USB-C) port (backward compatible with Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt)
- Mac OS Compatibility
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- 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
- macOS 14.x Sonoma
- PC OS Compatibility
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- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows 11
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- SoftRAID Only
- SoftRAID automatically checks for the latest driver. Launch the app and if displayed, follow prompts to update driver
- Power Supply
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- External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
- AC Input / DC Output
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- Input: 100-240V, 50-60Hz, 2.0A
- Output: +15V, 4.8A
- Wattage
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- 72W
- Certifications
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- CE, FCC, RoHS
- Dimensions
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- H: 290 x L: 192 x W: 124 mm
- Weight
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- 676 g
What's in the box?
- 1 x OWC ThunderBlade
- 1 x 0.7 m Thunderbolt Cable
- 1 x External Power Supply
- 1 x Ballistic Hard-Shell Travel Case
- 1 x Quick Start Guide for OWC ThunderBlade
- 1 x OWC SoftRAID XT Software Bundle
Warranty
- 3 Year Limited Warranty
Part Number
- OWCTB3TBV4T08