Description

OWC

ThunderBay 4 RAID 5
4-Bay Storage Enclosure with Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports

Mac / PC / Thunderbolt 3 / DisplayPort 1.2 / RAID 5

The Speed You Need

All New Design for Power and Performance

ThunderBay 4, OWC's flagship 4-bay RAID ready powerhouse is bigger and faster than ever before. Now with the unbelievable performance of Thunderbolt 3 — up to 1527MB/s sustained performance1 — it'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.

Highly configurable to perfectly match your performance needs. 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.

Performance + Redundancy

Experience the most advanced software RAID available with the ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Edition. Empower your workflow with up to 35% faster RAID 5 performance and exponentially faster rebuild times than comparable hardware RAID arrays.

Out of This World Performance & Features

SoftRAID combines the advanced RAID modes, superior performance, comprehensive, real-time disk monitoring, e-mail notification, and fast rebuild capabilities that only software RAID can deliver.

Certified and Tested

Each ThunderBay 4 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.

Backed by OWC

You can rely on OWC's award-winning U.S.-based support for the ThunderBay 4 solution. Plus, ThunderBay 4 comes with 2 Year OWC Limited Warranty.

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

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

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

DisplayPort 1.2 Support
Dual Thunderbolt ports let you connect the display of your choice that your computer can support, including 4K displays. Thunderbolt Cable

OWC Thunderbolt Cable
ThunderBay 4 comes with a 0.7 meter certified OWC Thunderbolt 3 cable, with other lengths from 0.5 meter to 2.0 meters available separately.

1. Read speeds, dependent on mechanism installed.

Specifications

Product Specifications:

Software Requirements

macOS 10.12 or later
Windows 10 or later

Hardware Requirements

Mac or PC featuring Thunderbolt 3 interface
Mac or PC featuring Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 interface1

Interface (Chipset)

(2) Thunderbolt 3 (Intel DSL6540)
(1) DisplayPort

Max Transfer Rate

Thunderbolt 3: 40 Gb/s (5000 MB/s)

JBOD / RAID Support

JBOD: Utilize each of the four drives independently
RAID: Use the included SoftRAID software RAID to setup the ThunderBay 4 for RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, and 10

Drives Supported

(4) 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s drives or
(4) 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s drives
- SATA revision 3.0 (6Gb/s) compliant
- Compatible with SATA revisions 2.0 (3Gb/s) and 1.0 (1.5Gb/s)

Kensington Lock Slot

LED

Yes (Power and disk activity)

Plug and Play

Power

Power Supply
- AC input: 100 - 230V

Environment

Environmental (Operating)
- Temperature (°F) 50° — 95°
- Temperature (°C) 10° — 35°
Environmental (Non-Operating)
- Temperature (°F) −40° — 149°
- Temperature (°C) −40° — 65°

Dimensions

Height: 7.0 in (177 mm)
Width: 5.3 in (135 mm)
Length: 9.6 in (245 mm)

Weight

3.9 kg (8.6 lbs)

1. Thunderbolt/Thunderbolt 2 compatibility requires a certified Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 (mDP) adapter. Compatibility will be at Thunderbolt/Thunderbolt 2 speeds.Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n TB3SRKIT0GB UPC#: 812437029666

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ThunderBay (All): Incompatible 2.5 inch SSDs

Please review the table below; the drives listed are currently incompatible with the ThunderBay models shown. Any part numbers shown represent numbers as listed on MacSales.com. Legacy part numbers (i.e. products we no longer sell) are not listed.

ThunderBay Model

OWC SSDs

Third Party SSDs

ThunderBay 4 (Thunderbolt 2)

No known incompatibilities at this time

ThunderBay 4 (Thunderbolt 3)

OWCSSD7E6G02S

OWCSSD7P6G02S

MTFDDAK2T0TBN (Micron)

Samsung 860 EVO series (all)

Samsung 860 Pro series (all)

ThunderBay 6

No known incompatibilities at this time

Compatibility

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iMac Pro
(27-inch Late 2017)

(December 2017)

Model ID: iMacPro1,1

3.2GHz 8-core, 3.0GHz 10-core, 2.3GHz 14-core, 2.5GHz 18-core