ThunderBlade
Redefining the fastest shuttle and edit RAID SSD in the universe for creative professionals.
There’s a good reason the OWC ThunderBlade NVMe RAID SSD is called the best production drive in the universe by film pros. Built rugged and silently cool for on-location use, its mobile-ready small footprint blazes through uncompressed high bandwidth content streams with unrivaled speed and reliability. In fast-paced environments where time is money, you’ll keep productions ahead of deadline while elevating your professional reputation to the highest level with ThunderBlade.
ThunderBlade Highlights
- Incomparable: up to 2949MB/s ready-to-run, time-saving speed
- Spacious: up to eight NVMe M.2 SSDs for up to 32TB
- Easy RAID: robust software for creating, monitoring, and managing advanced RAID sets
- Versatile: daisy-chain up to five additional Thunderbolt devices or connect a USB-C device or display via the second Thunderbolt port
- Stable: non-skid rubber feet keep ThunderBlade in place while OWC ClingOn secures the included Thunderbolt connecting cable
- Reliable: heat dissipating fanless aluminum chassis keep you working silently at top speed
- Informative: confirm use status instantly via integrated LED
- Mobile: compact footprint and custom-fit ballistic hard-shell case make this the perfect shuttle drive
- Certified: meets Intel Thunderbolt and OWC operating certifications for assured performance and reliability
- Worry-Free: 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty
New in ThunderBlade X8
- Up to 4TB (16.7%) higher capacity in RAID 4/5
- Over 16% higher performance in RAID 4/5 redundant configurations with Apple Silicon (all M1 and later including Pro / Max / Ultra) machines
- Improved power connector
- LED angle revised to reduce/eliminate on-set light distraction possibility.
Up to 2949MB/s peak performance with 8.0TB (8 x 1.0TB OWC Aura SSDs) Thunderblade connected to a 16-inch MacBook Pro 2021 (MacBookPro18,1) with 16GB RAM and Apple M1 Pro 10-core CPU and 16-core GPU running AJA System Test (8K-Full resolution, 64GB file size, 16-bit RGBA codec, single file test). ThunderBlade ready-to-run SSD vs unproven enclosure only choices.
