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.
- Delivers long-lasting performance with reliability and efficiency
- Featuring Non-RAID Mode - Data reliability, fault tolerance, and enhanced performance through jbod
Technical Specifications
| 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 | |
| Compatibility |
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| Environmental Compliance | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) |
| Technical Information | |
| Total Hard Drive Capacity Installed | 8 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 | OWCTB3SRT08.0S |
| 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 | |
| Weight (Approximate) | 12.60 lb (5715.26 g) |
| 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 | Mac OS X 13.x Ventura |
| Mac OS X 12.x Monterey | |
| Mac OS X 14.x Sonoma | |
| macOS Sequoia 15.x | |
| Windows 10 x64 | |
| Windows 11 | |
| Windows Server 2022 | |
| Mac OS X 11.x Big Sur | |
| Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave | |
| Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina |
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Product warranty
Standard manufacturer warranty as applicable
Return policy
15 days return in original condition.
Price guarantee
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