🖥️ OWC ThunderBay 8 RAID 5 Edition 16TB External Drive - 8-Bay Drive with Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports Review

Zhenya needs a lot of storage space to back up tons of 4k videos - the project can occupy 100 TB or more. It's impossible to lose all the content, so 100TB needs to be mirrored. I can't spend a whole week making backups just to start over. Thunderbay 8 suited our needs well. I had to contact OWC support to get a license for SoftRaid Lite XT for Windows as they send a license for Mac. They got me a new license key within a few business days. Then came the pleasure of getting my computer to talk…

The finish doesn't match the price or the times we live in my opinion. I bought the 0TB version. I'm still waiting for the SSDs to ship, so I can't share performance data just yet.

I bought these to replace the Drobo which I was perfectly happy with but they seem full so I'll get off this boat before it sinks. The hardware seems to be really well made and the SoftRaid software seems to be. . . appropriate. Time will tell how it will turn out. The documentation is fine, but it may take some research to understand what you really need to do in each case. It's not exactly "plug and play".

I bought this unit to work with a Mac Mini 2020 i7 64GB RAM with external OWC 2TB NVME and filled with 8 x 12TB drives. I also tested connecting to an iMac Pro. Due to the slow speed, I used the included TB3 cable, an Apple branded cable, and another TB3 cable from Amazon to test. Compatibility - I haven't had any issues, but I've read articles from people delaying Catalina support. With Big Sur, I'm concerned about compatibility and support. In hindsight, I would like to use QNAP or a second…

The finish doesn't match the price or the times we live in in my opinion. I bought the 0TB version. I'm still waiting for the SSDs to ship, so I can't share performance data just yet.

The Buddhist tradition recognizes that we can pray for the liberation of all beings anywhere by turning the cylinders intentionally. These cylinders are specially prepared by having prayers engraved on their surface. One such prayer is "Om mani padre hum" (see Wikipedia). When properly coded, this product turns a computer into the largest prayer wheel offered by Revain and deserves a well-deserved 5-star rating. Rotating at 7200 RPM, the digital wheels can spin several trillion prayers over 10…

I bought these to replace the Drobo which I've been perfectly happy with but they seem to be filling up so I'll get off this boat before it sinks. The hardware seems to be really well made and the SoftRaid software seems to be. . . appropriate. Time will tell how it will turn out. The documentation is fine, but it may take some research to understand what you really need to do in each case. It's not exactly "plug and play".