It can be used as a Thunderbolt startup drive on Macs running Mac OS X
Advanced features such as drive notification and monitoring require SoftRAID installationĭata Backup 3 is a software utility for Mac that allows you to backup, restore and synchronize your valuable data with minimal effort ThunderBay 4 models with drives come pre-configured in RAID 5, and are plug-and-play ready with OS X 10.9.3 or later. SoftRAID combines advanced RAID modes, fast performance, monitoring, email notification, and fast rebuild capabilities that only software RAID can deliver. The Thunderbolt ports also support DisplayPort 1.2 that allows daisy-chaining displays through the drive Software ThunderBay's drive isolating design reduces sonic resonance and is aided by over-sized, rugged, vibration-absorbing, non-skid feet ThunderBay utilizes an open "flow-thru" vented design with a 92mm, low-turbulence, noise-quieting fan to keep the drives running cool and reliablyĭaisy-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
Included with this ThunderBay 4 array is SoftRAID 5, a 3.3' Thunderbolt cable, a 3-prong power cable, 2 keys for the front panel lock, and a Mac compatible software bundle. To help ensure a smooth operating environment, the array uses a 92mm noise-quieting fan. Thunderbolt 2 offers a single 20 Gb/s bi-directional channel that allows you to stream and write 4K video at the same time. The ThunderBay 4 comes with two Thunderbolt 2 ports which allow you to daisy-chain up to six devices such as additional ThunderBays, 4K displays, and more. RAID 5 allows read speeds of up to 651 MB/s and write speeds of up to 446 MB/s.
This volume will be recognized on systems running with OS X 10.9.3 and later, and requires the included SoftRAID 5 via download for Mac OS X 10.8.5 or earlier. However, please be aware this array comes pre-formatted and is software configured as a RAID 5 volume, which uses one of the 12TB drives for data redundancy, leaving users with 36TB of usable storage. Since the array ships with four drives, they can be software configured as RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, and 1+0, each of which offers performance, data redundancy, or a combination of both. Each included 3.5" drive has a rotational speed of 7200 rpm. Within the array are four bays that each house a single 12TB hard drive. Not only this, but this array also allows you to operate a production workflow with 2K video, 4K video, and audio.
With this, you will have plenty of extra storage for music, photos, movies, and documents.
The drives have already been configured for RAID 5 via software. The OWC 48TB ThunderBay 4 Thunderbolt 2 4-Bay RAID Array (RAID 5 Edition) is a media storage device that adds 48 TB to your Mac.