Give your system a storage performance boost with the 8TB Accelsior 8M2 PCIe 4.0 Storage Card from OWC. Designed to assist graphic designers, audio engineers, video producers, and animators, the Accelsior expands your onboard storage and can scale to your production needs.Preloaded with 8TB of storage, the Accelsior includes eight 1TB OWC Aura Pro IV PCIe NVMe M.2 drives, allowing you to save all your important files easily. Plug-and-play design allows you to install this card within your Windows or Mac system without the need to download additional drivers or software. An internal cooling fan manages airflow within the card to ensure your drives do not buckle under potential heat buildup while also minimizing sound within your case. The Accelsior is designed for PCIe 4.0 systems but is backward compatible with PCIe 3.0 systems, allowing you to experience enhanced data transfer speeds with a wide range of devices.
Standard Mechanism: (8) 1.0TB OWC Aura Pro IV PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD; *OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components.
Capacity: 7680GB Useable Capacity; Total Flash Memory Components: 8192GB; 512GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
Formatted Capacity: 7153GiB
Storage Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16, NVMe 1.3
Card Interface: PCIe
Card Form Factor: Full Length; Full Height
PCIe Lanes: x16
PCIe Slot: x16
PCIe Bandwidth Allocation: Advanced Switch: A total of sixteen lanes of bandwidth are available with any single drive using up to four lanes max.
PCIe Version: PCI Express 4.0
NAND Flash Components: Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 3D NAND Flash
RAID Capable: Yes
RAID Features: Software RAID
RAID Management: Includes OWC SoftRAID XT RAID Management Software
Mac OS Compatibility: 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
PC OS Compatibility: Windows 11; Windows 10 32-bit Edition; Windows 10 64-bit Edition; Windows Server 2016
Number of Bays: 8
Drive Bays: 8 bays supporting: M.2 drives; Supports NVMe M.2 SSDs with 2280 form factor and "M Key" connector type. Single- and double-sided SSDs are supported.
Power/Activity LED: Yes
Dimensions: Height: 12.7 cm (5.0 in); Length: 32.5 cm (12.8 in); Width: 2.2 cm (0.9 in)
Weight: 806.0 g (1.78 lbs)
Ambient Temperature: Operating: 41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C); Non-Operating: -4°F to 140°F (-20°C to 60°C)
Altitude: Operating: -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft); Non-Operating: -304.8 m to 12,192.0 m (-1,000 ft to 40,000 ft)
Humidity: Operating: 8% to 90% non-condensing; Non-Operating: 5% to 95% non-condensing
