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OWC Thunderbay Flex 8 Thunderbolt 3 Storage Docking Station w/PCIe Capabilities

Eight Universal 3.5/2.5-inch Drive Bays Use SATA/SAS1 and U.2/M.22 NVMe drives for up to 144TB of capacity and real-world speeds up to 2750MB/s. The top four bays can utilize U.2 SSDs.
Convenient front mounted USB-C and (2) USB-A 10Gb/s ports for peripherals and mobile devices. Frontside SD 4.0 and CFexpress card readers with up to 985MB/s speed.
Future ready: top four bays can use U.2 SSDs…the emerging M&E industry storage standard.
PCIe x16 connector/x4 lane slot for audio/video capture, networking, SSD storage, hardware RAID card, or I/O card.
Create, manage, and monitor advanced RAID sets with SoftRAID, the world’s most advanced RAID management solution with easy setup, e-notifications, and drive integrity monitoring. / RAID 4/5/1+0 (10) is available for Mac only at this time.

Installing four NVMe SSDs in this enclosure which supports Thunderbolt 3 expands the capacity to 8TB, 4 M.2 SSDs upto 32TB..
Supports RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, and JBOD. Help you accelerate, expand, and back up your data..
The all-aluminum enclosure provides better protection and maximizes cooling performance, built-in temperature control system and disk health monitoring system..
Must be paired with a PD 30w power supply to operate properly. USB C 33w adapter and 1.5m/4.5ft PD cable are included..
Support four NVMe SSDs, each SSD exclusive to PCIe X1 bandwidth, quad SSDs share the bandwidth of PCIe 3.0 X4(Thunderbolt 3 40Gbps)..
Plug&Play, four disks raid speed up to2700Mb/s (MAX 4000-4500Mb/s), single disk speed is 900-1500Mb/s..
Package: NVMe Enclosure Docking Station, Thermal compound pads X4, Thunderbolt 3 cable, PD 33W adapter, PD 1.5m/4.5ft USB C Cable.

It adopts dual-channel PCIe Gen3 interface (M.2 M-KEY), which complies with PCI Express 3.0 standard specifications..
There are a total of 6 ports, each of which supports 6Gbps, theoretically supporting a total of 16Gbps transmission bandwidth..
No need to install the driver, plug and play. Support AHCI mode to boot the system. LED indicator monitoring, monitoring the working status of the hard disk at any time..
Through the system's built-in RAID tools, it supports hard disks to form soft RAID to meet different storage needs and provide the best solution for expanding the built-in multi-bay SATA mass storage..
Fully compatible with SATA interface mechanical hard drives/SSD solid state hard drives/optical drives, etc. Support Windows / Mac OS / Linux / FreeNAS / Synology and various NAS operating systems..

Hardware embedded Raid controller ensure data integrity with redundant back up capability, support Single Mode, JBOD Mode, Raid 0 Mode, and Raid 1....
USB 3.1 Gen 2 transfer rate up to 10Gbps. USB-C / USB Type C Interface..
Support all brand of 2.5-inch & 3.5-inch SATA SSD / HDD up to 16TB per drive, and support SATA III 6.0Gbps speed..
Support UASP for faster transfer rate, LED light indicator for system status monitoring..
S.M.A.R.T function with built-in temperature sensor control. Please Note: 4Kn hard drive is supported. However, Power Disabled Feature hard drive is....

USB 3.1 Gen 2 10Gbps Transfer Rate, Support UASP, and backward compatible with USB 3.1 Gen 1 / USB 3.0 / USB 2.0.
Support all brand of 2.5" SATA I / II / III SSD / HDD (7mm / 9.5mm) up to 2 x 10TB per drive..
This enclosure can also support 12.5mm / 15mm 2.5-inch hard drive (additional parts required, sold separately, search ASIN: B07ZJVQML2).
Hardware Embedded Raid Controller to ensure data integrity with redundant back up capability (Raid 1), Support Raid 0 / 1 Mode, JBOD Mode, and Single....
Smart Power Sync support PC and Mac, LED light indicator for system status monitoring..

DESIGN: Solid aluminum construction for durability and maximum heat dissipation. Integrated temperature and health monitoring system. Tool-free magnetic fasteners for easy instalation.Power adapter is required and included..
STORAGE: This is a dual disk external drive containing two separate 8TB disks for a total of 16TB of additional stoarage space. Can be used independantly or combines via software as one single drive!.
CONFIGURATIONS: x2 Indepandant 8TB drives. RAID 0: Data is interleaved accross two or more physical disks allowing for maximized performace. RAID 1: Maintinfgs a copy of the same data on both disks, faux-tolerant but storage is halved. JBOD/SEQUENTIAL: Writes data until disk is full and then moves on to wrting on the second disk..
SPEED: Never slow down! High power efficiency and single disk speeds of up to 1400 MB/s per single SSD or up to 2800MB/s when using RAID 0 mode..
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Works with all USB systems, Thunderbolt 3 compatible.
Includes SoftRAID: robust software for creating, monitoring, and managing advanced RAID sets.
Four universal drive bays for 2.5" and 3.5" drives.

Intel RAID Controller SRCSASBB8I - storage controller (RAID) - SATA-300 / SAS - PCI Express x8Device TypeStorage controller (RAID) - plug-in cardInterface TypePCI Express x8Dimensions (WxDxH)6.6 in x 2.7 in.
Interface TypeSerial ATA-300 / SASData Transfer Rate300 MBpsBuffer Size256 MBSupported DevicesHard drive, disk array (RAID)Channel Qty8Max Storage Devices Qty8.
RAID LevelRAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, RAID 60System RequirementsRed Hat Linux 5.0, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, MicrosoftWindows Vista, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition.

Support 3.5″ SATA I / II / III hard disk drive up to 16TB per drive, Support Hard Drive Transfer Rate up to SATA III Speed. Hardware Raid controller built-in on board with one-button control..
One Button Raid Control support Single Drive Mode, Raid 0 (Spanning) JBOD, Raid 0 (Stripping), Raid 1 (Mirroring), Raid 3 (Stripped set with dedicated parity), Raid 5 (Stripped set with distributed parity), Raid 10 (Mirroring + Striping).
Transfer rate up to 5.0Gbps via USB 3.0, up to 3.0Gbps via eSATA..
Smart Fan with built-in thermal-sensor, Auto & Manual modes, and 3 speed levels.
Compatible with Mac OSX 10.8 or later and Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7.