![]() Verified Buyer Reviewer: JBBob Location: Ft. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from OWC SoftRAID Pro Advanced RAID Management Utility for Mac and Windows PC. I would recommend SoftRAID, but I could recommend it more strongly IF the Raid 0 and Raid 10 and Raid 4/5 worked with all the major SSD mfgs most importantly: Samsung, Crucial, Western Digital, SanDisk, Seagate, and others in order of marketshare. For me right now just getting Raid 0 and Raid 10 to work optimally and then Raid 4 and 5 is more important than Raid 6. I very much want to see SoftRAID succeed. For now I will limp along hoping the next release at least fixes all the easiest problems/cases. SoftRAID is a great product and I hope these problems can be resolved soon. I do see new releases of SoftRAID with improvements and I do recognize that Apple puts their customers through too much for often a very small return and a return that is more about the Apple Ecosystem than it is customer satisfaction. The good thing is that this is agreed to be a problem so as long as it is pursued there is hope it can be resolved. If you presume an average SSD read/write speed of 500MB/s and you would have the following Raid 0 maximum limits as expectations. I don't know that this is happening, but I am concerned. When SoftRAID was independent of OWC it was a product that served its' users not a particular storage vendor. I hope this is not going to be the future, but there are a lot of examples of this. If SoftRAID is going to support only OWC products it is a dead product. I almost have the sense that SoftRAID tech support is blaming the SSDs. There is problem where a RAID 0 disk set doesn't realize consistent throughput enhancements when disks are added to the array. I feel as I am begging to see this already. Having said this, I am concerned with SoftRAID now as the OWC purchase or any purchase of a product often leads to its' decline and demise. The SoftRAID 6 release is welcome, even though the promised RAID 6 is still a promise. I like the product and want to see it excel. Rating: 2/5 SoftRAID 6.2 Needs Improvement DecemI am a long time SoftRAID user. ![]() Select your preferred country / region: Experience local shipping options and optimized product inventory for your region.Seagate Constellation or WD VelociRaptor). **This enclosure is NOT compatible with drives that require 12V (e.g. Certifications: CE | FCC | VCCI | RCM | BSMI.Power supply: External power adapter (UL, cUL, CE, FCC, BSMI, TUV approved).Data transfer: Thunderbolt 3 speeds of up to 40Gbps.Interface/Ports: 2 x Thunderboltâ„¢ 3 (USB-C) ports | 1 x DisplayPort 1.2.Up to four 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s hard disk drives or solid state drives.Materials: High quality aluminium for optimized heat dissipation.Removable trays for easy SSD and HDD installation.Large handle provides comfortable grip when carrying the device.Large and quiet low speed fan (1900 RPM) for active cooling.Dedicated display port for additional monitor.Power delivery of up to 15W (5V/3A) of power.Second Thunderbolt 3 port supports Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1 (10 Gbps).Thunderbolt 3 interface for lightning fast transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps.The enclosure's durable aluminium casing efficient heat dissipation and the large rear fan ensures a cool run throughout. A dedicated display port provides access to an additional monitor. Equipped with power delivery to charge supported laptops when utilising the enclosure. This enclosure's Thunderbolt 3 interface allows for four striped SSDs with software RAID to reach data transfer speeds of up to 1375 MB per second, granting simultaneous 4K video signal streams and data transfers. The Akitio 4 Bay Thunder3 Quad Mini Enclosure is designed to house up to four 2.5" drives for high speed data transfer.
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