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Key Features
- 8 x 3.5" / 2.5" SATA / SAS Drive Bays
- 4 x U.2 NVMe SSD Compatible Drive Bays
- 2 x Thunderbolt 3 Ports
- USB 3.2 Gen 2 | DisplayPort
Streamline your professional workflow with the versatile OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID 5 Enclosure, which includes two 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 ports to connect to your computer and daisy chain compatible devices such as additional storage drives and displays. This powerful enclosure supports up to eight 3.5" and 2.5" SATA and SAS drives, or a combination with up to four U.2 NVMe solid-state drives for exceptionally fast performance. Installed drives can be put into RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 4, 5, or JBOD configuration using the hardware-based controller, with transfer speeds reaching up to 2750 MB/s. A hardware SATA/SAS drive RAID controller is pre-installed in the PCIe 3.0 x16 slot, and you may swap it out for expansions such as network adapters, capture cards, and M.2 SSD storage adapters. Please note that the ThunderBay Flex 8 does not support dedicated GPUs.
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Is it possible to d-chain an existing Thunderbolt ...
Is it possible to d-chain an existing Thunderbolt 2 6HDD to this OWC unit?
Yes, you would be able to daisy-chain this OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 64TB 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID Array (8 x 8TB HDDs) other Thunderbolt devices.
Date published: 2021-12-18
Does this one with OWC's standard 5 year ...
Does this one with OWC's standard 5 year warranty?
Yes, this item comes with OWC's Limited 5 Year Warranty.
Date published: 2021-12-18
what it the acoustic noise leavels?
what it the acoustic noise leavels?
The manufacturer does not specify the noise level of this RAID array.
Date published: 2021-10-13
About the Flex 8 options with hardware RAID: ...
About the Flex 8 options with hardware RAID:
What's the exact make & model of the hardware RAID card/controller included?
The Areca ARC-1226-8i is the make and model of the hardware RAID controller used in the OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 96TB 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID Array (8 x 12TB HDDs).
Date published: 2025-09-10
What are people putting in the PCIe slot?
What are people putting in the PCIe slot?
I use a Blackmagic Design Decklink 4k.
Date published: 2023-02-22
Will this work with new M1 Mac Processors?
Will this work with new M1 Mac Processors?
Yes, thee OWC Thunderbay Flex 8 will work with M1 Mac computers.
Date published: 2022-08-08
How easy is it to configure this system for RAID ...
How easy is it to configure this system for RAID 1?
The OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 64TB 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID Array (8 x 8TB HDDs), B&H # OWTB3F80D064, uses a software RAID controller that can be managed and configured on your computer with SoftRAID.
Date published: 2024-12-10
got any specific hard drive can used in this?? or ...
got any specific hard drive can used in this?? or can put any brand of hard drive??
You can use any brand of 2.5" or 3.5" SATA drive in the OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 64TB 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID Array (8 x 8TB HDDs).
Date published: 2023-01-06