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Like a Data Center on Your Desk This latest addition to the popular Thunder Bay line introduced in 2014 now offers eight drive bays for either 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch HDDs and/or SSDs in any combination. The OWC Thunder Bay 8 is like a high-performance personal data center that offers multiple configuration options to suit ever-expanding storage needs.
Photo film and video editors can take advantage of the largest capacity desktop RAID storage solution weve ever offered to handle the voracious drive space appetite of RAW 4K large format and VR workflows.Conquer High Bandwidth Demands With Thunderbolt 3 offering real-world transfer rates up to 2586MB/s and the ability to RAID together eight SSDs or HDDs Thunder Bay 8s rugged field-tested aluminum design has the under-the-hood horsepower needed to conquer high-bandwidth requirements.
You can even configure multiple Thunder Bay 8 solutions connected via multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports on your Mac or PC to achieve exponential speed increases. Whatever your set up when youre racing against a deadline Thunder Bay 8 puts you in the winners circle.Monstrous Capacity Need even more capacity? Daisy-chain up to six of these capacity behemoths together for up to a staggering 768TB.
Now you can capture vast amounts of footage from multiple cameras or store vast libraries of production work with a unified and reliable storage solution.Includes SoftRAID: Easy and Complete Drive Management Now you can quickly access and robustly protect your data with SoftRAID for Mac. SoftRAID makes it a breeze to create RAID volumes by helping you through the entire process.
With multiple RAID options you decide what youre using your RAID volume for and how much space to allocate to it. It's that simple to create your preference of speed and/or redundancy for your data volume.Swap and Identify Drives Easily ThunderBay 8 makes it easy to keep large data sets organized for every project thanks to its eight hot swappable drive bays.
Whether youre using 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch HDDs and/or SSDs the drives mount in alphabetically labeled trays for easy identification and are secured by a thumb screw. If you want the freedom to access an extensive collection of drives quickly you can create a drive bullpen with additional OWC drive trays (sold separately).As Secure as a Bank Vault With a locking front panel and security slot on the backside the Thunder Bay 8 is like an ironclad vault l for your data.
Plus with front panel LEDs indicating the status of each drive youll know at a glance if your data is secure.See More Do More ThunderBay 8 isnt just about high-capacity high-performance storage. Its about giving you all the options you need to work at your best. Attach a 5K Thunderbolt display or two 4K displays.
Place a USB 3.1 device at the end of a daisy chain. With an extra Thunderbolt 3 port you have the flexibility to add more devices to your workflow and master any task at hand.Secure Your Workflow with OWC ClingOnGreatly reduce if not eliminate cable strain and accidental disconnects with the OWC ClingOn.
These custom cable stabilizers (sold separately) screw into the Thunder Bay 8's housing to secure your Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C connections and prevent work session interruption and possible data loss.
