![]() ![]() Only RAID 0 and RAID 1 are supported by Windows 10/PC. Software OS Compatibility Windows 10 Windows Server 2016 macOS 10. Eight hot-swappable universal drive bays Mix or match 2.5-inch (no adapter needed) and 3.5-inch HDDs and SSDs. Time-Tested Cooling - Built on OWC's time-tested enclosure cooling technology, ThunderBay 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.īuyers note: RAID 4/5/1+0 (10) are currently Mac only. SoftRAID is extremely flexible and can easily be updated, reconfigured and used across multiple enclosures to provide an amazing amount of robust options to empower you to make the most of your ThunderBay workflow. ThunderBay 4 with SoftRAID offers faster performance than many competing 4 or even 5-bay hardware RAID external drives – benefiting from modern processors that are both fast and designed for exceptionally high-performance RAID management with no real-world impact on apps or tasks. Helping you to maintain mission critical workflows. With the included SoftRAID software you can format the ThunderBay 4 to RAID 1. I'm sure it's possible that I missed it, but in all my research the Thunderbay 4 with the SoftRAID software it comes with was marketed as RAID 5 ready, not RAID 5 ready but only on Mac OS. The ThunderBay 4 has four drive bays, which supports both 2.5' and 3.5' hard drives (2.5' HDDs do not need adapters). Software RAID easily lets you setup drive monitoring and e-mail notifications to keep you informed about your ThunderBay's performance and drive health. Got an OWC Thunderbay 4 mini, learned after the fact that SoftRAID doesn't support RAID 5 on Windows. 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! SoftRAID combines advanced RAID modes, fast performance, monitoring, e-mail notification, and fast rebuild capabilities that only software RAID can deliver. Over a year ago, OWC partnered with SoftRAID to bring enhanced storage capabilities to the Mac, and we're now seeing that dream become a reality. ![]() ![]() Hardware RAID has long been thought to be superior to software RAID, but we've now combined the massive performance and capacity of ThunderBay 4 with a robust, proven software RAID engine to provide breathtaking performance, flexibility, and reliability. Add your own 3.5" drives to this four bay enclosure.Įmpower your workflow with up to 35% faster RAID 5 performance and exponentially faster rebuild times than comparable hardware based RAID arrays. OWC will sell the ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Edition in either a version with the device by itself (649) or with sets of four drives totaling 4 TB (4 x 1 TB, 870) to 20 TB (4 x 5 TB, 1770). ![]()
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