OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 User Manual

ThunderBay Flex 8
Introduction
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1.1 System Requirements
Operating System
- macOS 10.14 or later
Hardware
- Mac with Thunderbolt 3
Supported Drives and Media Cards
- 4 Upper Bays: 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA drives or U.2 drives
- 4 Lower Bays: 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA drives
- Media Cards:
- SD cards (up to 4.0 UHS-II)
- CFexpress (Type B) cards
Supported PCIe Devices
- Mechanical / Electrical
- Dimensions: supports one card up to half-length, single-width, full-height
- Mechanical: x16 PCIe slot
- Electrical: x4 PCIe 3.0
- Cards with drivers must be Thunderbolt-aware
- GPUs are not supported
1.2 Package Contents
1.3 About This Manual
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INTRODUCTION
OWC ThunderBay Flex 8
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OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 Specifications

General

Fan diameter	120 mm
Product type	HDD/SSD enclosure
Certification	CE, FCC, VCCI, RCM, BSMI
On/off switch	Yes
Product color	Black
Number of fans	1 fan(s)
Operating altitude	-304.8 - 3048 m
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 65 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	8 - 90 %
RAID levels	0, 0+1, 1, 4, 5, JBOD
Storage drive size	2.5/3.5 \
Compatible memory cards	CFexpress, SD
Installed storage drive type	HDD+SSD
Total installed storage capacity	134000 GB
Number of storage drives supported	8
Supported storage drive interfaces	SAS, Serial ATA
Chipset	Thunderbolt: Intel JHL7440, PCIe Switch: ASMedia ASM-2824, USB, Controller: Genesys Logic GL-3590
Data transfer rate	40 Gbit/s
AC adapter frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (max)	450 W
AC adapter input current	7 A
AC adapter input voltage	100 - 240 V
AC adapter output current	37 A
AC adapter output voltage	12 V
USB connector type	USB Type-A, USB Type-C
Thunderbolt 3 ports quantity	2
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.15.3 Catalina, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur, Mac OS X 12.0 Monterey, Mac OS X 13.0 Ventura

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	390 mm
Width	149 mm
Height	349 mm
Weight	13900 g