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OWC Drive Dock USB Type-C Dual Drive Bay Solution

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OWC Drive Dock USB Type-C Dual Drive Bay Solution
Key Features
  • For Bare 2.5" & 3.5" SATA Drives
  • 2 x 2.5/3.5" Drive Bays
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C Port
  • Read Speeds up to 698 MB/s
Access bare SATA hard drives and solid-state drives with ease using the Drive Dock USB Type-C Dual Drive Bay Solution from OWC. Equipped with a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port, the dock comes with two drive bays that are each compatible with 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives. Capable of read speeds up to 698 MB/s and write speeds up to 918 MB/s, the Drive Dock allows for simultaneous drive bay operation, and it's compatible with both systems running Windows, Mac, and Chrome.
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OWC Drive Dock Overview

  • 1Description
  • 2Access Bare SATA Drives
  • 3Design
  • 4Compatibility
  • 5Hardware Requirements
  • 6OS Requirements

Access bare SATA hard drives and solid-state drives with ease using the Drive Dock USB Type-C Dual Drive Bay Solution from OWC. Equipped with a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port, the dock comes with two drive bays that are each compatible with 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives. Capable of read speeds up to 698 MB/s and write speeds up to 918 MB/s, the Drive Dock allows for simultaneous drive bay operation, and it's compatible with both systems running Windows, Mac, and Chrome.

Access Bare SATA Drives

The OWC Drive Dock makes for an easy way to access bare SATA drives. You can hot swap, read multiple drives simultaneously, or boot from bare drives, ideal for video and audio content pros working with multiple bare drives on big projects.

Design

Two drive bays accommodate both 2.5" and 3.5" drives, and the dock can access drives in each bay simultaneously. Each drive bay features its own independent power switch and LED activity monitor, while the auto-switching internal power supply is compatible with standard dual-prong power cables. The fanless Drive Dock is designed for quiet operation.

Compatibility

Drive Dock uses a USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface with data rates up to 981 MB/s, and it is compatible with Thunderbolt 3 ports.

Hardware Requirements

USB 2.0 interface or better

OS Requirements

macOS 10.6.8 or later
Windows 7 SP1 or later
ChromeOS
UPC: 810586031028

OWC Drive Dock Specs

General
Number of Bays2 x 2.5"/3.5"
I/O1 x USB Type-C (USB 3.1 / USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gb/s))
Compatible Drive InterfaceSATA III
Form FactorDesktop
Hot-Swap SupportYes
Software
OS CompatibilitymacOS 10.6.8 or Later
Windows 7 or Later
Chrome OS
*As of June, 2020: Check with manufacturer for the most up-to-date compatibility
Electrical
AC Input Power100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz
Power SourceInternal Power Supply
Environmental
Operating Temperature32 to 104°F / 0 to 40°C
Storage Temperature-4 to 158°F / -20 to 70°C
Physical
Status MonitoringLED Indicator
Material of ConstructionAluminum
Dimensions6.3 x 5.8 x 3.3" / 160.02 x 147.32 x 83.82 mm
Weight2.2 lb / 1.0 kg
Packaging Info
Package Weight3.07 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)8.4 x 8 x 6.9"

OWC Drive Dock Reviews

Very Useful Tool

By Graham
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-07-14

A great way to transfer images various media to bare hard drives. Transfer to and from NAS or RAID drives easily. Very good value for money.

Very useful for backup disks

By Scott
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-06-10

This two-disk dock works very well for backups. I keep large numbers of video and photo files for video editing and web photo projects and have files from two computers separated and backed up on multiple hard drives. It is much easier to slap external disks into these docks for backup or storage than trying to coordinate multiple external USB disks or even a RAID. This is my second of these OWC units and both work great.

Easy but not the speed.

By Anonymous
Rated 3 out of 5
Date: 2022-05-26

It was very easy to install and operate, it comes with 2 cables, USB type A and USB type C, this is great for me who have iMac and Windows notebook, but the speed was not even close to what was promised; copying a 35GB file took just over 2 minutes using a Sandisk SSD copying from my iMac with the USB C cable, a little frustrating.

Works well, MUCH faster then old drive dock

By Andreas
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-05-03

So I got my new OWC Drive Dock, USB/C 10MBIT/sec max. Here is my short report for my initial testing. Looks like a Mac Studio (maybe a little bit ), a bit heavy, very solid with lots of Aluminum for good cooling. Did not run warm at all, drives were lukewarm. Simple easy to use, just plug and play, comes with two cables, USB/c for 10MBIT/s and a Type A USB, 5Mbit/s, plus of course a power cable. Testing it out: * Copying35GB to a 7200rpm, 6GB Sata drive took a while, transfer speed hovering around 130Mbit/s (Compared to 20-35 on the old drive dock). Copying from the drive was at about 1 GigaBIT/s (!!!) to my laptop with a fast NVME drive) * Switching to a Samsung SSD 840 (an older drive I had laying around, specs say 540MBIT/S read speed, slower write for sure), I was copying to the drive at max 130MBIT/s, Reading to the laptop at 1-1.4 GBIT/s (!!!) The good is that the drive dock can handle 2 drives at the time, a mix of both large and small SATA connection drives, of which I have a bunch at much better performance than the old USB 3 dock, well worth it! I Wish it also had an M2/NVME connector, Recommended for sure!

OWC DOCK ROCKS

By s.
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-03-04

I'm already a big fan of OWC. I am using bare drives for a cost effective way of archiving my video and photography work. They are silent and fast, will take all media. Highly recommend!

Great docking bay

By Michael
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-02-28

I have had this for a while and has worked fantastically, I really like being able to choose which hard drive I want to use without needing to start up both hard drives. Very nicely ruggedly built, it is no cheap looking docking bay, I highly recommend this.

Works just fine.

By Mark
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-06-24

One of the best solutions if you use sata drives.

Works great!

By scott
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-06-17

Ready to go out of the box. Plugged it in and inserted different drives with no issues. It's fast and reliable.

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Does this dock support TRIM for SSDs?

Does this dock support TRIM for SSDs?
Asked by: David
The dock is agnostic as far as TRIM is concerned. TRIM is a function of the OS and drive.
Answered by: OWC Andy
Date published: 2022-01-19

The "Most Helpful Critical Review" mentions that ...

The "Most Helpful Critical Review" mentions that transferring data between the two drive bays in this USB-C dock is extremely slow. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it possible that review was for the Thunderbolt-2 version with only one SATA-to-USB chip, while this USB-C version has two SATA-to-USB chips?
Asked by: Matthew
This is not an issue that I have seen, nor do I get complaints of this from our customers. As far as the specifics of the review, I do not know enough of the specifics to speculate.
Answered by: OWC Andy
Date published: 2020-12-10

Hello- I am hoping to use this drive to copy from ...

Hello- I am hoping to use this drive to copy from one drive in the dock to the other. Is it designed to have this function? I saw one user had a problem with this.
Asked by: Lisa
The OWC Drive Dock can perform this function but it must be connected to a computer to do this.
Answered by: Geoffrey
Date published: 2022-07-28

Does this dock allow for cloning of drives ...

Does this dock allow for cloning of drives without need for a computer?
Asked by: Steven
No, the OWC Drive Dock USB Type-C Dual Drive Bay Solution BH #OWTCDRVDCK requires being connected to a computer for operation.
Answered by: Miguel
Date published: 2021-11-08

Can you select specific files from the bare ...

Can you select specific files from the bare harddrive and drag and drop to your computer? Just wasn't clear on the software you can use with it.
Asked by: Keith
Yes, it will act just like any other external drive and the capabilities of the applications you may be using.
Answered by: OWC Andy
Date published: 2022-03-24

Have there been any issues or reports of random ...

Have there been any issues or reports of random drive disconnections with this USB type c version of this dock on Mac OSX? I have seen (and experienced first hand) random unclean drive ejections with the thunderbolt 2 version of this dock.
Asked by: Justin
This product has a very low return rate and I have not seen a problem with sudden drive ejections.
Answered by: OWC Andy
Date published: 2021-01-27

Is this a thunderbolt 3 to thunderbolt 3 speed ...

Is this a thunderbolt 3 to thunderbolt 3 speed connection or does it transfer at less than maximum thunderbolt 3 speeds? The spec says it is "Equipped with a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port" isn't this slower than thunderbolt 3 connection? And the spec says that : Drive Dock uses a USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface with data rates up to 981 MB/s, and it is compatible with Thunderbolt 3 ports. - so is there a faster docking unit which is thunderbolt 3 speed rates. This seems like it has less than that.
Asked by: Elliott
The interface is USB 3.1, as stated. I believe the compatibility mentioned refers to the physical port/cable. If you will be using spinning drives (not SSD) you wouldn't be able to see any speed advantage with Thunderbolt3. It will be the drives themselves limiting speed.
Answered by: John
Date published: 2020-12-31

Is this docking station compatible with M1 Max ...

Is this docking station compatible with M1 Max Macs and WD Black SATA Drives?
Asked by: jarrod
Yes. The OWC Drive Dock uses a USB-C connection to the computer, and does support Mac OS. It will work for M1 Mac models. WD Black SATA drives will work, as well as any 2.5 or 3.5 inch SATA drives.
Answered by: Jordan
Date published: 2022-07-25
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