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OWC ThunderBay 8 RAID 5 Edition 8-Bay External Drive w/Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports, Includes SoftRAID XT

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  • Eight universal 2.5 or 3.5-inch SSD/HDD drive bays w/Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports (Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt backward compatible)
  • Daisy-chain six units together for up to 960TB of storage capacity or five additional Thunderbolt devices with second Thunderbolt 3 port
  • Plug-and-play ready: no drivers needed and includes Thunderbolt cable; Quick drive swaps: thumb screw release trays
  • No drivers needed and Thunderbolt certified for Mac and Windows
  • 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty

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8 bay, security lock, RAID

  • Transfer speeds: up to 2,586MB/s real-world tested speed with Thunderbolt 3 port (Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt backward compatible)
  • Stores up to 160TB of critical footage, images, and files
  • Create a data center: daisy-chain six units together for up to 960TB of storage capacity
  • 8 hot-swappable universal drive bays w/ thumb screw release trays: mix or match 2.5-inch (no adapter needed) and 3.5-inch HDDs and SSDs
  • Includes SoftRAID: software for creating, monitoring, and managing advanced RAID sets
  • See your work: DisplayPort 1.2 for connecting up to a 4K display
  • Daisy-chain expansion: second Thunderbolt 3 port for adding up to five additional Thunderbolt devices
  • Deployment ready: preconfigured solutions undergo rigorous multi-hour drive burn-in
  • Plug and play ready: no drivers needed and includes Thunderbolt 3 cable
  • Thunderbolt certified for Mac and Windows

SSD, HDD, Hot swappable, RAID, Hard drive, Solid State Drive

STAY AHEAD OF YOUR STORAGE NEEDS

This latest addition to the popular ThunderBay line, introduced in 2014, now offers eight drive bays for either 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch HDDs or SSDs in any combination for up to 160TB of capacity. The ThunderBay 8 is like a high-performance personal data center that offers multiple configuration options to suit ever-expanding storage needs. Photo, film and video editors can take advantage of the largest capacity desktop RAID storage solution we’ve ever offered to handle the voracious drive space appetite of RAW, 4K, large format, and VR workflows.

studio, work station, RAID, Studio Grade, Workflow, Audio, AV

MONSTROUS CAPACITY

Need even more capacity? Daisy-chain up to six of these capacity behemoths together for up to a staggering 960TB. Now you can capture vast amounts of footage from multiple cameras or store vast libraries of production work with a unified and reliable storage solution.

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CONQUER HIGH-BANDWIDTH DEMANDS

With up to 2,586MB/s real-world tested speeds and the ability to RAID together eight SSDs or HDDs, ThunderBay 8 has the under-the-hood horsepower needed to conquer high-bandwidth requirements. Plus, its rugged, field-tested aluminum design stands up to studio and on-location workflows. You can even configure multiple ThunderBay 8 solutions connected via multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports on your Mac or PC to achieve exponential speed increases. Take on multi-stream 4K workflows. Export and render footage with effects at full speed. Whatever your set up, when you’re racing against a deadline, ThunderBay 8 puts you in the winner’s circle.

RAID, Software Raid, Hardware Raid, Hot Swappable, HDD, SSD, Work station, Studio,

INCLUDES SOFTRAID: EASY AND COMPLETE DRIVE MANAGEMENT

Now you can quickly access and robustly protect your data with SoftRAID for Mac and Windows.

SoftRAID highlights:

  • Flexible: create RAID 0, 1, and 5 volumes with SoftRAID Standard (Windows and Mac)
  • Advanced: create RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 1+0 (10) volumes and get email notifications for drive and RAID volume health with SoftRAID Pro (Mac Only)
  • Verify: volume validation ensures sectors can be read, parity is correct, and any potential volume failure is minimized
  • Certified: drives are validated before use to ensure they are safe for data storage
  • Vigilant: predictive warnings help protect against unexpected drive failure
  • Cross-platform ready: Built-in MacDrive technology lets you exchange SoftRAID RAID 0, 1, and 5 arrays between Windows and macOS computers
  • Outperforms: up to 86% faster than AppleRAID
  • Thorough: full TRIM support improves internal and external SSD performance in all RAID levels

Drives, HDD, SSD, Workflow, RAID, Hot swappable

SWAP AND IDENTIFY DRIVES EASILY

ThunderBay 8 makes it easy to keep large data sets organized for every project thanks to its eight hot swappable drive bays. Whether you’re using 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch HDDs and/or SSDs, the drives mount in alphabetically labeled trays for easy identification and are secured by a thumb screw. If you want to access a collection of drives quickly, you can create a drive “bullpen” with additional OWC drive trays (sold separately).

Also, with a locking front panel and security slot on the backside, the ThunderBay 8 is like an ironclad vault for your data. Plus, with front-panel LEDs indicating the status of each drive, you’ll know at a glance if your data is safe and secure.

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OWC ThunderBay 8 RAID 5 Edition 8-Bay External Drive w/Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports, Includes SoftRAID XT

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3.7 out of 5 stars
3.7 out of 5
35 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the build quality of the system cabinet, mentioning it's solid, reliable, and dependable. They also appreciate the well-done hardware and the SoftRaid software. Opinions are mixed on performance.

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5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the build quality of the system cabinet. They mention that it has an exceptional reliability, and the hardware seems well done.

"...chose the OWC Thunderbolt 3 series for its exceptional build quality and performance...." Read more

"Very high quality and support is great if you have a configuration question. Very impressive these days" Read more

"...The hardware seems really well done, and the SoftRaid software seems . . . adequate. Time will tell how that works out...." Read more

"...-Fast transfer speeds-Solid build-Louder than it should be-Only works with super short cord..." Read more

5 customers mention3 positive2 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the system cabinet. Some mention that it works well, while others say that it's completely unreliable and constantly crashes their whole system.

"...So far, everything has been working well, and I hope it continues to be that way." Read more

"...It started out just locking up, but as it crashed more and more often, it became incapable of operating, limiting data to read only and then not..." Read more

"Works as advertised." Read more

"...-Impossible to distance from sound-Crashes PC, but avoidable if ejected before restart-Tech support is not helpful for PC users..." Read more

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Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2023
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
Recently, I replaced my DROBO 5D and DROBO 5N2 with an OWC ThunderBay 4 and an OWC ThunderBay 8, both equipped with Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports. The reason behind this switch was the recent announcement of DROBO's bankruptcy and my previous experiences with their 5 series. In my experience, the DROBO 5 series has had issues with enclosures, power supplies, firmware, and overall reliability. Thus, I thoroughly researched various NAS and DAS brands and ultimately chose the OWC Thunderbolt 3 series for its exceptional build quality and performance. As someone who has had a positive experience with their Thunderbolt docks, this was a significant factor in my decision-making process. My previous experience with DROBO reinforced the importance of keeping data safety simple. The OWC enclosures provide me with the necessary RAID features in a simple and efficient manner. So far, everything has been working well, and I hope it continues to be that way.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
Good after set up. Seems to become disconnected if trying to move data overnight. Maybe a set up issue. Besides that great product.
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2024
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
Works as advertised.
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2023
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
This was the fourth enclosure I bought from OWC. The other two have been problem free, but this one is unreliable to the point of lunacy.

TLDR: this product constantly crashes my whole system and has killed three different Western Digital HDD.

I added this enclosure to archive video footage. It started out just locking up, but as it crashed more and more often, it became incapable of operating, limiting data to read only and then not even that.

Support was hard to contact, slow and mostly, unhelpful. They blamed the entire incident on not letting the software do its thing in Apple Security preferences (which was set up correctly according to their support tech). Eventually, they said I should back up my data and do a clean install and create new volumes. I have almost 25tb of data. The tech's solution? Just buy another enclosure to back up to.

This isn't an isolated incident either. I purchased this because a friend recommended it. He had exactly the same issues.

Save your money and get something else.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2023
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
After losing faith in one of my Qnap NAS devices when it began to fail because of the CPU flaw and the manufacturer refused to do anything about it I was looking for a new home for the 8 drives it had in it. This seemed to be a good fit since I had a system to connect it to. Transferred the data, wiped the drives, and got them loaded up into this enclosure. It worked great for several days after getting the data moved over but then came the issues.

After the system had been running for about 5 days, all of a sudden it would become unresponsive. No display, not reachable by network, nothing. I'd have to kill power and boot it back up again. After this happened 3 times I decided to attach to a different computer. A few days later, same thing. With both of those systems being PCs running Windows I decided that maybe it prefers to be attached to a Mac so I tried that. Same thing.

I've attached this to no less than 5 different computers of various makes and OS builds and they all would become unresponsive after running for less than a week each time. Yes, I've tried different cables and even the drives at one point. Different power management settings were also reconfigured in different ways in case it was caused by changes in system power states. This would happen regardless of if there was high IO or it was virtually idle for long periods of time.

Each system this device was plugged in to would continue to run forever when this enclosure was not attached. It would only become unresponsive when this was attached. Really regretting this nearly $1,000 mistake. Should have invested that money in a different solution.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
Very high quality and support is great if you have a configuration question. Very impressive these days
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2021
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
Drobo died, no support, no way to buy another one, so dropped 4K, YEP, 4K on this TB-8 w/eight 18TB drives for 144 TB. Darth Cylinder Mac and drive seem to be working well, but for 4K, they had better. Customer SVC at OWC has been superb. Will follow up in a year to report function.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2021
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
I bought this to replace a Drobo, which I was totally happy with, but they seem to be tanking, so I'm getting off that boat before it sinks. The hardware seems really well done, and the SoftRaid software seems . . . adequate. Time will tell how that works out. The documentation is OK, but it can take quite a bit of study to figure out what you actually need to do in any specific case. It's not entirely "plug and play".
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3.0 out of 5 stars Gerät ok, aber Softraid muss jährlich upgedatet werden,
Reviewed in Germany on December 26, 2023
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
Gerät ok, aber Softraid muss jährlich upgedatet werden, Kosten von 75€ oder mehr. Das ist nirgendwo beim Kauf erkennbar. Das ist immer dann erforderlich, wenn eine neues Betriebssystem dazu kommt. Sonst läuft es nicht mehr störungsfrei. So sagt zumindest OWC. Habe nun schon das zweite update kaufen müssen.
"photopicturetaker"
5.0 out of 5 stars Reliable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 14, 2022
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
Well manufactured easy to install and very quiet
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3.0 out of 5 stars It just works, but upgrades necessary to fix some glaring issues
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2022
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
Really love the simplicity of getting it up and running. Just put your drives in with the included screws, plug in the power and thunderbolt 3 cable and you're set! It acts like a JBOD enclosure which is exactly what I wanted.

However, it is fairly loud coming at around 42dB when it's just sitting there at your desk. You can DEFINITELY hear it along with some slight higher pitched vibration coming from the single exhaust fan at the back. It's already irritating me.

A fan upgrade is a MUST when getting this enclosure, I highly recommend a Noctua NF-A9 FLX with the ultra low noise adapter, it SIGNIFICANTLY lowers the amount of noise compared to the stock fan. Although this will mean you have to spend even more money on top of this already expensive enclosure which will put people off.

This thing's heavy too, coming in at a whopping 7.3KG without drives. It's built like a tank though.

Another thing I wished it had were filters, I came up with a DIY solution by using electrical tape to stick some Silverstone ultra fine mesh 120mm filters on the front mesh panel, and at the rear exhaust (removing the grille). I won't be worried about dust anymore.

Really had a hard time finding reputable thunderbolt 3 JBOD enclosures, but despite the shortcomings, I'm going to keep this as there's really nothing out there that's much better. Just be prepared to spend a bit more one some extras to actually tolerate the noise and keep dust from getting into the enclosure.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Lange getestet - Keine Kaufempfehlung
Reviewed in Germany on December 5, 2022
Size: 0TBColor: RAID 5 HDDVerified Purchase
Ich habe dieses Raid System fast ein Jahr in Betrieb gehabt und habe mich nun entschlossen, eine Rezension zu verfassen. Das wichtigste zuerst: Ich kann vom Kauf nur abraten. Wer wissen will warum, liest hier weiter.

Zuerst mal das Positive: Die Hardware ist massiv und sauber gebaut. Alles ist aus Metall. Das ist sehr schwer und wirkt sehr hochwertig. Ähnlich einer Kitchen Aid Küchenmaschine ist dies die typisch amerikanisch massive Bauart. Nicht kleckern sondern klotzen. Man hat also beim Auspacken erstmal ein gutes Gefühl.

Nun zu den weniger guten Aspekten: Das Gehäuse wird über Thunderbolt zusammen mit dem Mac ein- und ausgeschalten. Das Ausschalten geht ziemlich hart, die Festplatten (WD Red Plus) machen ordentliche Geräusche. Bei einem anderen NAS habe ich das nicht, obwohl die gleichen Platten zum Einsatz kommen.

Apropos Geräusche: Der Lüfter lässt sich nicht in der Drehzahl regeln. Er bläst mit allem was er kann. Nicht angenehm. Keine Temperatursteuerung. Das sollte bei dem Preis schon drin sein. Schade! Die Festplatten selbst machen die typischen Geräusche beim Schreiben und Lesen. Allerdings sind die HDD Träger nicht gedämpft. daher werden alle Vibrationen 1:1 an das Gehäuse weitergegeben. Ganz schön laut.

Benutzung: Die mitgelieferte Software "SoftRAID" ermöglicht es, ein RAID5 zu erstellen. Leider kein RAID6. RAID 0,1 und 10 kann ein Mac ja von Haus aus.

Allerdings hat man nur die Wahl zwischen dem veralteten und unsicheren HFS+, ExFAT oder APFS. Von letzterem Rät OWC sogar offiziell ab, das es für SSDs konzipiert ist und bei einem RAID mit drehenden HDDs im Laufe der Zeit immer komplexer wird und das System stark verlangsamt. ExFAT ist für RAIDs ebenfalls ungeeignet.

Bleibt also das betagte und unsichere HFS+. Damit habe ich es fast ein Jahr genutzt. Das System ist in der Zeit zweimal gecrasht, da eine Festplatte mit I/O Fehlern gemeldet wurde. Es war nicht möglich, das System mit einer neuen Platte wieder neu aufzubauen, obwohl dies so angepriesen wurde und auch eine Grundsätzliche Funktion eines RAID ist. Wiederherstellung des RAID ist jeweils fehlgeschlagen! die HFS+ Partition war zerstört.

Dank regelmäßiger Backups habe ich keinen Datenverlust erlitten.

Eine weitere Überraschung kam mit dem Upgrade auf das neueste MacOS Ventura: SoftRAID 6 war nicht mehr funktionsfähig. Ich wurde zu einem Upgrade auf SoftRAID 7 gezwungen. Der Hersteller bietet dies nur noch im Abo an, was bei so einer teuren Hardware ein absolutes No-Go ist.

Ich müsste also dauerhaft zahlen, um die Kernfunktion des Gehäuses (RAID) weiter nutzen zu können.

Fazit: Abo-Zwang, schlechte Leistung und Datenverlust. Das Gehäuse ist eine Mogelpackung, die Software bunte Kirmes, die kein Versprechen hält.

Amazon war zum Glück so kulant, das Gehäuse zurück zu nehmen, nachdem es per Software vom Hersteller unbrauchbar gemacht wurde.
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