The Speed You Need All New Design for Power and Performance ThunderBay 4, OWC's flagship 4-bay RAID powerhouse is bigger and faster than ever before. Now with the unbelievable performance of Thunderbolt 3 up to 1550MB/s sustained performance1it's the ultimate workhorse external storage solution. Not only faster, the new ThunderBay 4 Thunderbolt 3 is now natively compatible with both 2.5" and 3.5" drives, and with a redesigned chassis, it's even cooler and quieter too.
Edit, Experiment, Create, Design Designed with performance in mind and engineered to harness the power of Thunderbolt 3, ThunderBay 4 is an incredibly flexible external solution with the throughput to support multi-stream compressed 4K video and other bandwidth-intensive operations. ThunderBay 4 is highly configurable to perfectly match your performance needs. Choose between traditional hard drives or Solid State Drives. Use each drive independently, or in the RAID configuration of your choice for the optimal balance of performance and data-redundancy. Get the most out of your storage, take the brakes off your workflow, and do more with a ThunderBay 4.
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 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 ThunderBay 4s for massive storage capabilities and increased performance, or connect multiple ThunderBay 4s to multiple Thunderbolt 3 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 3 ports let you connect the display of your choice that your computer can support, including 4K displays. OWC Thunderbolt 3 Cable ThunderBay 4 comes with a certified OWC Thunderbolt 3 cable. More Powerful With SoftRAID Need more power and protection? Choose a solution that includes OWC's powerful SoftRAID RAID software. SoftRAID 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. Learn more about the power of SoftRAID XT. *Advanced RAID features require RAID management software (such as OWC SoftRAID, sold separately). SoftRAID is licensed per computer.
Backed by OWC You can rely on OWC's award-winning support for the ThunderBay 4 solution. Plus, ThunderBay 4 comes with an OWC Limited Warranty.
More Information
SKU
OWCTB3IVKIT000
EAN
0810586037129
Specification
Storage
Number of storage drives supported
4
Supported storage drive interfaces
Serial ATA, Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III
Storage drive size
2.5/3.5"
Installed storage drive type
No
RAID levels
JBOD
Hot-swap
Yes
Ports & interfaces
USB connectivity
Yes
USB connector type
USB Type-C
USB ports quantity
2
Thunderbolt ports quantity
2
Design
Product type
HDD/SSD enclosure
Number of 3.5" bays
4
Number of fans
1 fan(s)
Material
Aluminum
LED indicators
Activity, Power
Key lock
Yes
Fan diameter
3.62" (9.2 cm)
Product colour
Black
Built-in display
No
Certification
Reach
Performance
Data transfer rate
40 Gbit/s
Chipset
SATA Controller: (2) ASM1062; Thunderbolt 3: (1) Intel DSL6540
Plug and Play
Yes
Technical details
Number of HDDs supported
4
HDD size
2.5/3.5"
Data transfer rate
40000 Mbit/s
Power
External power adapter
No
Input voltage
100 - 230 V
System requirements
Windows operating systems supported
Windows 10 x64
Mac operating systems supported
Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur