OWC has added Thunderbolt 5 to its four-bay ThunderBay 4 RAID enclosure. Pre-orders are open from $549, with shipments due next week.
Other World Computing (OWC) has added Thunderbolt 5 to its ThunderBay 4 four-bay aluminum RAID enclosure, with capacity of up to 128 TB.
Pitched at everyone from solo photographers to busy production studios, the enclosure now has two Thunderbolt 5 ports: a host connection and a downstream port for daisy chaining additional Thunderbolt, USB4, and USB-C devices without using up a port on the computer. In RAID 0, real-world speeds reach up to 1268 MB/s with HDDs and up to 1703 MB/s with SSDs.
Pre-configured models ship set up for RAID 5, which tolerates a single drive failure. OWC SoftRAID 9 handles setup, runs continuous drive health monitoring, and supports RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 6+, 10, and JBOD. OWC + Strada, the remote collaboration platform OWC has invested in, lets a remote team browse, preview, and edit ThunderBay media without cloud uploads.
The ThunderBay 4 with Thunderbolt 5 is available for pre-order, with shipments to begin the week of November 16. Pricing starts at $549 for the DIY enclosure, while pre-configured models with up to 128 TB of capacity (96 TB in RAID 5) start from $1499.