About the product
Perfect in All, for All
Speed, capacity, and configuration flexibility in a compact desktop footprint. ThunderBay 4 is perfection for a myriad of content creators and the reason it's been one of the best-selling RAID storage solutions for the past decade.
Handle it all from everyday file storage and backup to running multi-stream compressed 4K video. Choose a preconfigured solution to start working immediately or add your own HDDs or SSDs to a DIY kit. Configure ThunderBay 4 with OWC SoftRAID or your own RAID software to achieve your optimum level of performance and data redundancy. Add additional ThunderBay 4 or other Thunderbolt storage devices to the second Thunderbolt port and flex bigger capacity muscle. In every imaginable way, ThunderBay 4 is perfect in all, for all.
Speed to Create
Up to 1527MB/s real-world speed to easily handle video editing, audio production, and photo editing, and other bandwidth demanding needs.
Built for RAID
Bundled with OWC SoftRAID; the fastest and most flexible RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) tool. Also supports Apple RAID and Microsoft Disk Manager.
Capacity to Dream
Access, backup, and push your creativity beyond your dreams with up to 80TB of either HDD or SSD storage.
Powerfully Expansive
Daisy-chain up to five additional ThunderBay 4 or other Thunderbolt storage devices via the second Thunderbolt port
- Delivers long-lasting performance with reliability and efficiency
- Featuring Non-RAID Mode - Data reliability, fault tolerance, and enhanced performance through jbod
- Compact in size but massive in performance. Provides sufficient external data storage, with ultra-fast data transfer speeds and configurable modes.
Technical Specifications
| Controls/Indicators | |
| Indicators & Controls | Power/Activity LED |
| Network & Communication | |
| Wireless LAN | No |
| Controllers | |
| Non-RAID Mode | JBOD |
| Software RAID Supported | Yes |
| I/O Expansions | |
| Number of Total Expansion Bays | 4 |
| "Number of 2.5""/3.5"" Bays" | 4 |
| Hot Swappable Bays | Yes |
| Interfaces/Ports | |
| Host Interface | Thunderbolt 3 |
| Drive Interface | SATA/600 |
| Number of Thunderbolt 3 Ports | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Package Contents |
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| Compatibility |
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| Environmental Compliance | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) |
| Technical Information | |
| Maximum Data Transfer Rate | 40 Gbit/s |
| Total Hard Drive Capacity Installed | 80 TB |
| Number of Hard Drives Supported | 4 |
| Number of Hard Drives Installed | 4 |
| Number of Solid State Drive Supported | 4 |
| Number of Solid State Drive Installed | 0 |
| General Information | |
| Product Type | Drive Enclosure |
| Manufacturer Part Number | OWCTB3SRE80.0S |
| Manufacturer Website Address | https://www.owc.com/ |
| Packaged Quantity | 1 |
| Manufacturer | Other World Computing |
| Product Name | ThunderBay 4 External Storage Solution |
| Product Line | ThunderBay 4 |
| Brand Name | OWC |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Form Factor | Desktop |
| Height | 7" (177.80 mm) |
| Width | 5.30" (134.62 mm) |
| Depth | 9.60" (243.84 mm) |
| Cooling Fan | Yes |
| Product Color | Black |
| Color Family | Black |
| Product Material | Aluminum |
| Software | |
| Operating System Supported | Windows Server 2022 |
| Mac OS X 12.x Monterey | |
| macOS Sequoia 15.x | |
| Windows 10 x64 | |
| Mac OS X 14.x Sonoma | |
| Mac OS X 13.x Ventura | |
| Windows 11 | |
| Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave | |
| Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina | |
| Mac OS X 11.x Big Sur |
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Product warranty
Standard manufacturer warranty as applicable
Return policy
15 days return in original condition.
Price guarantee
!00% we are always lower than market price.
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