OWC 16TB Flex 1U4 4-Bay Rackmount Thunderbolt Storage & PCIe Dock

The OWC 16TB Flex 1U4 4-Bay Rackmount Thunderbolt Storage & PCIe Dock is a versatile and robust solution designed for both storage and expansion, making it an ideal component for any rackmount setting. This high-performance unit offers a total capacity of 16TB, utilizing four hot-swappable 4TB 7200 rpm SATA hard drives. It provides a wide range of connectivity options, including two Thunderbolt 3 ports with a data transfer rate of up to 40 Gb/s, enabling daisy chaining of up to five additional devices. With its PCIe expansion capabilities and the flexibility to support various drive formats such as SATA, SAS, and U.2/M.2 NVMe, the OWC Flex 1U4 is future-ready and adapts seamlessly to changing workflow demands. It's compatible with macOS 10.15 to 15 and can deliver impressive real-world Thunderbolt speeds, adding massive capacity and expanded performance to your production environment.

Features

• Drive diversity: use SATA/SAS and U.2/M.2 NVMe drives for up to 128TB of capacity and real-world Thunderbolt speeds up to 2750MB/s
• Drive flexibility: swap drives quickly and easily if/when needed
• Go Maximum: utilize U.2 NVMe SSDs - as well as the OWC ecosystem of U.2 drives and adapters - for incredible speed and flash density per bay
• Includes SoftRAID: robust software for creating, monitoring, and managing advanced RAID sets
• Use it all: connect keyboards, mixers, cameras, displays, and mobile devices such as tablets with (2) USB-C 10Gb/s and (3) USB-A 10Gb/s ports
• See more: connect up to an 8K display to the DisplayPort 1.4 port
• Do more: add a half-length full-height single-width audio/video capture, 10Gb Ethernet, SSD storage, hardware RAID, or I/O card to the PCIe x16 lane (at x4 speed) slot
• Configurable: daisy chain up to five devices or add an additional display with the second Thunderbolt (USB-C) port
• Charge: keep your notebook powered with 85W via the upstream Thunderbolt port
• 5 Year OWC Limited Warranty