OWC U.2 Workflow SSD Solution with OWC U2 Shuttle and OWC Mercury Helios 3S with NVMe Interchange System

The Ultimate Transportable Film Production Storage Solution

Highlights

• Ideal for media workflows: dramatically lowers production to lab shipping costs vs shipping larger, heavier drives
• Lightning fast: up to 2800MB/s
• Includes SoftRAID Pro: robust software for creating, monitoring, and managing advanced RAID sets
• RAID ready: configure for max capacity, speed, protection, or combination of attributes
• Easy Swaps: transport the U2 Shuttle to other OWC U.2 bay devices like the OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 and PCs
• Charge while working: 85W of notebook charging
• 3-Year OWC Limited Warranty

Speed. Security. Savings. The seemingly impossible trinity of what you desire from your media workflow data storage is now an achievable reality with the OWC U.2 Workflow Solution. As an early pioneer and now leading developer of U.2 storage solutions, we’ve utilized our expertise to create the ultimate high-performance transportable film production storage solution. Blistering speed. Massive capacity. RAID-ready flexibility. Swappable convenience. It’s all ready for you to immediately put to work with nothing to configure or assemble with the OWC U.2 Workflow Solution.

Meet Your Supporting Cast

Delivering a starring performance requires a diversely talented cast. Taking the spotlight is the OWC U2 Shuttle. It’s the world’s first shuttle for four NVMe SSDs that easily inserts into 3.5-inch U.2 drive bays. It’s everything you’ve wanted in a multiple blade SSD – and similar to our award-winning ThunderBlade - but with enhanced capabilities for media production workflows.
Next up is the dynamic duo of the OWC U.2 NVMe Interchange System and the OWC Mercury Helios 3S. With a locking drive bay to keep your data secure, the Interchange System transforms the Mercury Helios 3S PCIe expansion chassis into a swappable U.2 bay. In true OWC fashion to make things super easy for you, the Interchange System drive bay conveniently arrives with the OWC U2 Shuttle installed with your choice of massive OWC Aura Pro SSD capacities.

Saves You Time and Money

For over three decades, OWC has listened to pros like you and created innovative solutions that solved your data storage challenges. As such, we heard you loud and clear about getting drives to post-production on a tight deadline with an equally tight project budget. The OWC U.2 Workflow Solution saves you time and money while safeguarding your data with an easy three step drive swap process:

• Step 1. Disconnect the Thunderbolt cable from the Helios 3S and unlock the drive bay.
• Step 2. Pull the U2 Shuttle out of the bay and ship it to post-production.
• Step 3. Slide U2 Shuttle into the drive bay, lock the drive bay, and reconnect the Thunderbolt cable to keep your data and projects flowing smoothly and securely.
  Imagine…no more tedious and time-consuming drive enclosure disassembly or costly shipping of an entire enclosure to get a day’s shoot to post-production!

Includes SoftRAID Pro: Easy and Complete Drive Management

SoftRAID Pro is the most powerful, intuitive software RAID utility on the market. Multiple RAID options 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 Pro has you covered.
Packed with features like drive validation, verification and failure prediction—SoftRAID Pro 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 Pro is the perfect solution.

• Advanced: Create RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) arrays1
• 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.
Dive deeper into the benefits of OWC SoftRAID.

1. RAID 4/1+0 (10) are Mac only at this time.
2. Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt compatibility requires a certified Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 (mDP) adapter and a Thunderbolt 2 cable. This configuration provides data transfer at Thunderbolt 2 speeds (up to 20Gb/s) but does not support notebook charging.

Includes

• (1) OWC U2 Shuttle 3.5-inch NVMe U.2 Solid-State Drive
  
• (2) Security Keys
  
• (1) Quick Start Guide for OWC U2 Shuttle
  
• (1) Assembly Manual & User Guide for OWC U2 Shuttle
  
• 3-Year OWC Limited Warranty