OWC Thunderblade External Ultra High-Performance Thunderbolt 3 Solid-state drive with SoftRAID

OWC ThunderBlade Ultra-High-Performance Thunderbolt 3 External with high-speed M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD installed. Powered by SoftRAID Includes Thunderbolt 3 cable

Highlights

• Up to 2800MB/s Read & 2450MB/s Write
• Daisy chain up to 6 Thunderbolt 3 devices
• Rugged portability in a sleek design
• Includes a custom-fit ballistic hard-shell case
• Includes SoftRAID: robust software for creating, monitoring, and managing advanced RAID sets
• 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty
• Spare power supply available (sold separately)
• ThunderBlade X Spacer (sold separately)

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Faster Than You Can Imagine
OWC's extreme performance ThunderBlade might just be the ultimate working drive for media professionals. In terms of pure transfer speed, ThunderBlade is at the absolute cutting edge of possibility.

The Fastest. Period.
In a fast-paced, professional environment, time is money and performance is everything. The success of your project depends on quick data processing, and demands performance and efficiency working with uncompressed, high-bandwidth content streams. ThunderBlade delivers the performance to match - capable of unbelievable transfer speeds up to 2800MB/s read & 2450MB/s write. And with SoftRAID, two ThunderBlades can reach dizzying heights up to 3800MB/s.

At Home on the Road.
Designed to be rugged and dependable as well as blazing fast, ThunderBlade is equally at home on the road, on set or in the edit suite. It's compact and tough enough to withstand even the roughest treatment in between locations, and it comes complete with its own ballistic hard-shell case for even greater protection. And with two Thunderbolt 3 ports, ThunderBlade fits your workflow daisy-chain perfectly.

Includes SoftRAID XT: Easy and Complete Drive Management
SoftRAID XT is the most powerful, intuitive software RAID utility on the market. Multiple RAID levels let you select the RAID level that fits you or your project’s needs best. If you need maximum volume capacity, optimum drive performance, data protection, or a combination of attributes, SoftRAID has you covered.

Packed with features like drive validation, verification and failure prediction—SoftRAID includes features you simply don’t get with hardware RAID. It’s like having a datacenter on your desktop! From home users looking to protect photos and documents to professionals needing to protect and quickly access projects, SoftRAID is the perfect solution.

• Compatible: Works with macOS 11 Big Sur, M1 Macs and Windows 10
• Advanced: Create RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) with Macs, RAID 0/1 with Windows machines
• Protected: SoftRAID Monitor constantly watches your disks and alerts you if problems are detected
• Validated: Volume validation ensures sectors can be read and parity is correct
• Certified: Checks disks before use to ensure they are safe for data storage
• Vigilant: Error prediction helps protect against unexpected failure
• Universal: Move SoftRAID arrays seamlessly between Macs and PCs with built-in OWC MacDrive technology

SoftRAID provides a level of performance that you simply can’t get with hardware RAID. Learn more about the power of SoftRAID XT.

Quality You Can Trust
Like all OWC drives, ThunderBlade is built to the highest standards of reliability and performance. Because 100% reliability is always the goal, ThunderBlade is rigorously quality tested, and backed by an OWC 3 Year Limited Warranty and 24/7 customer support.

Your Digital Life…Protected for FREE
Backing up and protecting your data is critically important. But all too often it’s a task that falls to the bottom of the “to do” list, and you don’t realize it until it is too late. That’s why OWC has partnered with Acronis to give you 1 full year of the #1 personal backup and antivirus software to integrate into your workflow.
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office safeguards you from today’s data threats—from accidents to failures to attacks. With easy, intuitive backup and Ai-enhanced antimalware technology, your digital life is protected—photos, files, applications, systems, and the devices they are on.

• Complete Backup and Fast Recovery: quickly restore your files or entire system at any time
• Easy Disk Cloning and Full Image Backup: just two clicks to start a full disk image backup
• Cloud, Local or Hybrid Cloud: back up locally, to the cloud, or both. It’s your choice

Learn more about Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
 
SoftRAID XT works with macOS 10.12 or later and Windows 10. M1 Macs require macOS 11.3 or later. SoftRAID is licensed per computer.

Includes

• (1) OWC ThunderBlade high-performance SSD with Thunderbolt 3
• (1) Thunderbolt 3 cable
• (1) Power supply and cable
• (1) Ballistic hard-shell case
• (1) Quick Start Guide
• (1) SoftRAID XT software
• (1) Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (1-Year subscription)
• 3-Year OWC Limited Warranty