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 2719MB/s read & 2827MB/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.
The Most Powerful RAID Tool on the Planet.
SoftRAID is the world's fastest and most flexible application to configure, maintain, and protect your RAID volumes on Mac and PC. OWC enclosures include 3 Years of SoftRAID Premium.
- High-Performance RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) volumes
- Predictive Health Monitoring proactively notifies of Volume and Disk issues well before failure - provided on your computer and remotely
- 35+ Years of Experience of Pro Support to provide peace-of-mind with setup help, ongoing questions, or urgent disk issues
- And many more unique features.
- Learn more about SoftRAID
SoftRAID works with macOS 10.14+, Windows 10+, and Windows Server 2019/2022. M1 Macs require macOS 11.3 or later. SoftRAID is licensed per computer.
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 our award-winning customer support.
- General Information
- Manufacturer
- Other World Computing
- Manufacturer Website Address
- https://www.owc.com/
- Brand Name
- OWC
- Product Line
- ThunderBlade
- Packaged Quantity
- 1
- Product Type
- Drive Enclosure
- Warranty
- Limited Warranty
- 3 Year
- Technical Information
- Number of Solid State Drive Supported
- 4
- Number of Solid State Drive Installed
- 4
- Total Solid State Drive Capacity Installed
- 4 TB
- Controllers
- Software RAID Supported
- Yes
- I/O Expansions
- Number of Total Expansion Bays
- 4
- Hot Swappable Bays
- Yes
- Network & Communication
- Wireless LAN
- No
- Interfaces/Ports
- Drive Interface
- PCI Express NVMe 4.0
- Host Interface
- Thunderbolt 3
- Number of Thunderbolt 3 Ports
- 2
- Software
- Operating System Supported
- Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra
- Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave
- Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina
- Mac OS X 11.x Big Sur
- Mac OS X 12.x Monterey
- Mac OS X 13.x Ventura
- Windows 10 x64
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 11
- Mac OS X 14.x Sonoma
- macOS Sequoia 15.x
- Physical Characteristics
- Color Family
- Black
- Product Color
- Black
- Product Material
- Aluminum
- Height
- 1.1"
- Width
- 4.9"
- Depth
- 7.6"
- Weight (Approximate)
- 1.49 lb
- Miscellaneous
- Package Contents
- ThunderBlade External Storage Solution
- 1 x 0.7M (28") Thunderbolt Cable
- 1 x External Power Supply
- 1 x US Power Cable
- 1 x Ballistic Hard-Shell Travel Case
- 1 x Support Manual for OWC ThunderBlade
- 1 x 3 Years of SoftRAID Premium Access (License located on device)
- 1 x Quick Start Guide for OWC SoftRAID (Digital)
- Platform Supported
- Mac
- PC
- Environmental Compliance
- Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
