24.0TB (4 x 6TB) OWC ThunderBay 4, four-drive HDD with dual Thunderbolt 20Gb-s ports - RAID 5

Name: 24.0TB (4 x 6TB) OWC ThunderBay 4, four-drive HDD with dual Thunderbolt 20Gb-s ports - RAID 5
Brand: OWC
SKU: OWCTB2SRT24.0S
Price: 2729.99 AUD
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SKU OWCTB2SRT24.0S

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Description

OWC ThunderBay 4
RAID 5 Edition

24.0TB 4-bay external drive

Dual Thunderbolt 2 | RAID 5 | 4 Drive Bays | Mac

Performance + Redundancy

Four 3.5" drive bays
User configurable in RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 & 1+0
Up to 407MB/s read / 342MB/s write RAID 5 performance.
Up to 878MB/s read / 924MB/s write RAID 0 performance.
Exponentially faster rebuild times than hardware RAID.

Experience the first and only software RAID 5 technology developed for the Mac 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 based RAID arrays. Activate advanced features, such as drive monitoring, e-mail notifications, and more when you install the included SoftRAID 5 for ThunderBay for OS X.

Conventional wisdom turned on its head.

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.

Software RAID + ThunderBay = WHOA!

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. SoftRAID 5 for ThunderBay combines advanced RAID modes, fast performance, monitoring, e-mail notification, and fast rebuild capabilities that only software RAID can deliver.

Monitoring + Notifications

Software RAID easily lets you setup drive monitoring and e-mail notifications to keep you informed about your ThunderBay's performance and drive health. Helping you to maintain mission critical workflows.

Better than Hardware RAID Performance

ThunderBay 4 and the SoftRAID engine 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.

Flexible + Robust

SoftRAID 5 for ThunderBay 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.

Backed by OWC

Should you ever have a question or troubleshooting need, you can rely on OWC's award-winning U.S. based support for both the ThunderBay 4 drive and SoftRAID 5 for ThunderBay software.

Empower your workflow with RAID 5 performance and up to 40TB capacity.

Edit, view, stream, and produce more with ThunderBay in your 2K, 4K, and audio production workflow.

The RAID 5 Advantage

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!

Edit, Experiment, Create, Design

With ThunderBay's performance capabilities you can complete projects faster, have more time to experiment, and push your creations to the next level.

Enhance editing capabilities in video apps like Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, and Avid Media Composer. Empower greater audio production capabilities in audio apps like Avid Pro Tools and Logic Pro X. Edit large photos in apps like Adobe Photoshop, and browse large photo libraries in apps like Apple Aperture and Adobe Lightroom. Simply put, you can do more with a ThunderBay 4 enhanced workflow, and with a RAID 5 array you get data redundancy on top of great performance!

Certified and Tested

Each ThunderBay undergoes OWC's multi-hour drive "burn-in" performance certification procedure prior to shipping. This ensures your ThunderBay arrives operating properly and ready for demanding use.

4 drive bays plus so much more.

Time-Tested Cooling
Built on OWC's time-tested enclosure cooling technology, ThunderBay 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 ThunderBays for massive storage capabilities and increased performance, or connect multiple ThunderBays to multiple Thunderbolt 2 ports to achieve exponential speed capabilities. Vibration Dampened

Vibration Dampened
ThunderBay'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 comes with an OWC one-meter certified Thunderbolt cable.

Includes

OWC ThunderBay 4 High-performance 4-bay Thunderbolt 2 interface drive
SoftRAID 5 for ThunderBay
High-Quality, Certified, Double-Shielded 1-Meter Thunderbolt cable
External UL listed 3-prong power cable
2 keys for front panel lock
OWC ThunderBay 4 Assembly Manual & User Guide (1.3MB PDF)
SoftRAID Quick Start Guide (1.4 MB)
Utility software bundle for Mac
OWC 3-Year Solution Limited Warranty with 48-Hour Turnaround Time
Complimentary 1-Year, Level-1 Data Recovery

Reviews

Benchmarks

Click any of the benchmarks below to view the results.

RAID 5 (Stripe with Parity) Test Results

RAID 0 (Stripe) Test Results

Specifications

Product Specifications

Chipset

Thunderbolt 2

Interfaces Supported

Thunderbolt 2

JBOD / RAID Support

JBOD: Utilize each of the four drives independently
RAID: Use the included software RAID or one of your choice to setup the ThunderBay 4 for multi-drive performance or data redundancy.

Standard Mechanism

4 x 6.0TB* Toshiba MD04ACA Series Hard Disk Drives**
- *1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
  
  **OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components.

Drive Rotation Speed

7200 RPM

Drive Cache Size

128MB per drive, 512MB total for the solution

Port Configuration

Thunderbolt – (2) Thunderbolt 2 ports

Format

Comes pre-formatted for SoftRAID and configured as a RAID 5 volume.*
*If utilizing on a Mac with OS X 10.8.5 or earlier, the SoftRAID software must be installed prior.

Max Data Transfer Rate

Thunderbolt 2 – 20Gb/sec

Port/Interface Bootability

It can be used as a Thunderbolt startup drive on Macs running Mac OS X.

System Requirements

Any Mac with a Thunderbolt port running OS X 10.9 or later.
Boot Camp is not supported. The Thunderbolt certification process does not include Macs running Windows through Boot Camp.

Software Included

SoftRAID 5 for ThunderBay
Intech® Hard Disk SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 – X only)
ProSoft Engineering® Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
Over 1.5GB of Freeware, Shareware, Public domain software installed

Power Supply

Internal UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100 ~ 240v, 50/60Hz input, 12 Volt 16.66 Amp output Power Supply External Case Dimensions

9.65″(D) x 5.31″(W) x 6.96″(H)
245.11mm x 134.87mm x 176.78mm

Enclosure Weight (no accessories)

Approximately 8.6 pounds (3.9kg)

Product Manual

Operating Environment:

Temperature

(operating) 5°C – 42°C (41°F – 107°F)
(non-operating) -40°C – 65°C (-40°F – 149°F)

Relative Humidity

(operating) 8% – 90% RH (Non-condensing)
(non-operating) 5% – 95% RH (Non-condensing)

Shock

65G 2mS; (non-operating) 175G 2mS

Vibration

(operating) 1.0G (5 – 300Hz)
(non-operating) 5.0G (5 – 500Hz)

Support

Includes OWC's award-winning U.S. based support for both the ThunderBay 4 drive and SoftRAID software.

Warranty

3 Year OWC Solution Limited Warranty

The best warranty is one you never have to use, but should the need occur – OWC is proud to provide a superior level of support and warranty coverage to our customers. Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. OWC's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. OWC solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.

Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your OWC solution prior to the conclusion of the 3 Year OWC Solution Limited Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the OWC warranty.

Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n TB2SRT24.0S UPC#: 812437020595

Additional Information

Manufacturer Information

Manufacturer P/N

OWCTB2SRT24.0S

UPC / EAN

812437020595

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