With four drive bays at your disposal you can opt to install all hard drives, all SSDs, or a combination of both. You could use the software RAID utility of your choosing to configure a multi-drive RAID 0 array for maximum, high-performance or in a RAID 1 config for data-redundancy. OWC offers a similar quad-bay Thunderbolt 2 enclosure with RAID and JBOD configuration flexibility. OWC ThunderBolt 2 Drive Enclosure Thunderbolt 2 Quad-Drive Case The Thunder2 features dual Thunderbolt 2 Ports for daisy chaining with other 10G and 20G ThunderBolt peripherals and displays. By combining the latest generation Thunderbolt 2 interface in combination with four SATA III SSD drives that can be configured to a RAID 0 software RAID using Apple's Disk Utility app in OSX, the Thunder2 Quad from Akitio is poised to deliver extremely fast Read/Write throughput over 1300MB/s. It also has a large rear fan to keep the drives cooler for longer life and reliability. A durable dark aluminum casing provides excellent heat dissipation. This 20G Thunderbolt 2 four-bay external drive case from Akitio is designed for both 2.5" SSDs where speed is the priority - or for full-size 3.5" desktop hard drives when you want to maximize the storage capacity.
The enclosures and backplanes didn't change much, so TBolt2 capable hardware reached the consumer market rather quickly.Īkitio ThunderBolt 2 SSD Enclosure Akitio Thunder2 RAID Enclosure Worse, most Thunderbolt 2 drive cases were primarily for 3.5" SATA drives, not the more common 2.5" SSD form-factor.įor many computer storage hardware manufacturers, the transition to TBolt2 only involved minor modifications to the PCB - Printed Circuit Board to accommodate next-gen 20G Thunderbolt 2 chipsets and spec-tolerant component modifications. With the transition to Thunderbolt 3, manufacturers are abandoning Thunderbolt 2 storage development so only a small legacy market remains of largely discontinued or used enclosures. Supports 2.5 & 3.5" SATA Drives + USB 3.0 Too Although the ThunderBolt storage makers made a rapid and relatively painless transition to 20Gbps Thunderbolt 2 modifications to their existing product lines, it was short-lived. There's a dwindling selection of Intel and Apple Thunderbolt 2 drive cases and enclosures to allow users to assemble their own TBolt2 backup drive solutions with the off-the-shelf hard disk HDD or solid-state SSD drive of their choosing. Drive Enclosures With Thunderbolt 2 Ports
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