OWC ThunderBay 8 User Manual

ThunderBay 8
Installation
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2.3 Why Install SoftRAID?
OWC ThunderBay 8 can manage and protect your data when combined with our advanced SoftRAID engine.
SoftRAID offers multiple RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 1+0 (10) volumes (RAID 6, 6+ coming soon), providing the ability to set
up your storage for speed, data security or the best of both worlds. Packed with features from active predictive
disk failure monitoring, to multiple array volume spanning, SoftRAID from OWC brings technology typically
found only in data centers to your workstation or editing bay.
To learn more about SoftRAID please visit: www.softraid.com
2.4 Changing Drives & Drive Failure
You can add or remove any drive without needing to turn off the device or to unmount any of the other drives.
Each drive operates independently of the others and is not affected by the addition or removal of another drive
unless you set them up as members of a RAID array using software.
By itself, the ThunderBay 8 does not monitor drive health or alert you to a drive failure. You can monitor the
health of your drives via SoftRAID in order to determine when a drive has failed or is in a pre-failure state. To
replace a failed drive, simply remove the drive from its bay and replace it with another drive, following the steps
in Section 2.1. The ThunderBay 8 does not need to be turned off during this process.

OWC ThunderBay 8 Specifications

General

Drive Bays	8
Capacity	Up to 144TB
Interface	Thunderbolt 3
Drive Compatibility	2.5" SATA HDD/SSD, 3.5" SATA HDD/SSD
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
Power Supply	Internal
Operating System Compatibility	macOS 10.13 or later, Windows 10 or later