Streamline your professional workflow with the versatile OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID 5 Enclosure, which includes two 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 ports to connect to your computer and daisy chain compatible devices such as additional storage drives and displays. This powerful enclosure supports up to eight 3.5" and 2.5" SATA drives, or a combination with up to four U.2 NVMe solid-state drives for exceptionally fast performance. Installed drives can be put into RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 4, 5, or JBOD configuration using the software-based controller, with transfer speeds reaching up to 2750 MB/s. A SATA drive controller is pre-installed in the PCIe 3.0 x16 slot, and you may swap it out for expansions such as network adapters, capture cards, M.2 SSD storage adapters, SAS drive controllers, and hardware RAID controllers. Please note that the ThunderBay Flex 8 does not support dedicated GPUs.
Number of Bays: 8x 2.5"/3.5"
Inputs/Outputs: 2x USB-C Thunderbolt 3 (40 Gb/s); 1x USB-C 3.1/3.2 Gen 2; 2x USB-A 3.1/3.2 Gen 2; 1x DisplayPort 1.4
Compatible Drive Interface; SAS (Unspecified Version), SATA (Unspecified Version), NVMe
Media Card Slots: SD/SDHC/SDXC; CFexpress
Form Factor: Desktop
RAID Support: RAID 0/1/5/JBOD
Hot-Swap Support: Yes
PCI Expansion: 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (Occupied)
Supported PCIe Form Factor: Full-Height, Half-Length
Transfer Rates: 2750 MB/s
UASP Support: Yes
OS Compatibility: macOS 10.15 or Later
Encryption: No
Security Features: No
AC Input Power: 100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz at 4 to 8 A
DC Input Power: 12 VDC at 42 A
Power Source: AC Adapter
PSU Wattage: 1 x 504 W
Cooling: 1x 120 mm Fan
Dimensions: 15.4 x 13.7 x 5.9" / 39 x 34.9 x 14.9 cm