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2023-04-05 TESTED: WD Purple Pro 22TB Hard Drive (vs Seagate Iron Wolf Pro 20TB)

2020-12-28 Some of my Favorite Stuff From OWC

2020-09-06 OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Discussing Various Configuration Possibilities

2020-09-05 OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8 REVIEWED: all-in-one 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure for Hard Drives and SSD + PCIe Slot + DisplayPort 1.4 + USB Hub and SD and CFExpress Slots

2020-07-12 OWC ThunderBay FLEX 8: Eight Bays for Hard Drives, U.2 NVMe SSDs, Hard Drives or SATA SSDs — Now Shipping

2020-05-19 OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed vs Transfer size, RAID-0 vs Fault Tolerant RAID-5

2020-05-19 OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed Across Volume Capacity, RAID-0 Stripe vs Fault-Tolerant RAID-5

2020-05-17 OWC ThunderBay 8: Examples of Various Configurations using SoftRAID

2020-05-17 First Look: OWC ThunderBay 8

2020-05-11 OWC ThunderBay 8: Installing Hard Drives and SSDs, Plus Info and Specifications

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2023-06-12 Backup Headache: When Data Overflows a Single Backup Drive — what do do, and which Drives?

2023-06-12 Backup Headache: When Data Overflows a Single Backup Drive — what do do, and which Drives?

2023-03-31 Using 4TB USB-C SSDs for Photo/Video Backup, Which One? (Clear Choice!)

2020-12-28 Some of my Favorite Stuff From OWC

2020-12-28 Some of my Favorite Stuff From OWC

2020-09-06 OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Discussing Various Configuration Possibilities for Photographers and Videographers

2020-09-05 Photographers and Videographers: Looking for an All-In-One Thunderbolt 3 Storage Unit and PCIe SSD Enclosure + Hub and Camera Card Reader?

2020-07-12 NOW SHIPPING: OWC ThunderBay FLEX 8

2020-05-17 First Look: OWC ThunderBay 8

2020-02-02 28-Core Apple Mac Pro with AMD Radeon Pro Vega II

2020-01-29 Why I Returned the 16-Core 2019 Mac Pro... Wanted 28 Cores!

2019-08-01 Computer Storage for Photographers (August 2019)

2019-02-18 Delayed For Days: Hard Drive Horrors

2019-01-10 Drives Full, Upgrading to OWC Thunderbay 6 with Six 14TB Drives (84TB total space)

2018-09-20 Need LOTS of Storage up to 72TB? OWC Launches the Thunderbay 6, a Six-Drive Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure, with RAID Options

Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra

World’s fastest desktop?.

  1. 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Recommended Models and Accessories

Apple 2022 Apple Studio M1 Ultra

Fastest Mac Yet?..

  1. 2022 Mac Studio M1 Ultra: Recommended Models and Accessories

Apple 2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max

World’s fastest laptop, beats nearly all desktops..

  1. 2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max: Recommended Models and Accessories

Apple 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max

Trouncing Intel-based laptops and desktops alike..

  1. 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max: Recommended Models and Accessories

Apple iMac 5K (October 2020)

Rocking fast iMac with 8 cores and up to 128GB..

  1. 2020 iMac 5K: Recommended Models and Accessories

Apple iMac 5K (March 2019)

Rocking fast iMac with 8 cores and up to 128GB..

  1. 2019 iMac 5K: Recommended Models and Accessories

Cloning

How to utilize cloning for backup and other chores..

  1. Backing up High Capacity Storage: Partitioning for Practical Backup

Software RAID Performance with SoftRAID 5

High performance RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5, RAID-1+0..

  1. RAID-5 Performance with SoftRAID 5

OWC Thunderbay 4 Mini

High performance with 2.5-inch hard drives or SSDs..

  1. OWC Thunderbay 4 Mini Overview
  2. Initializing with New Drives
  3. Aggregate Throughput with 4 X 6G SSD
  4. Sequential Speed vs Transfer Size with SSDs
  5. Sequential Speed of Large Transfers with SSDs
  6. RAID-5 vs RAID-4 with SSDs
  7. Thunderbay Mini with SSDs as a Photoshop Scratch Disk
  8. Thunderbay Mini with SSDs: Incompressible Data
  9. CPU Usage for RAID-0 vs RAID-4 or RAID-5
  10. Real World Throughput for RAID-0 vs RAID-4 vs RAID-5
  11. Outrageous Speed with 8 SSDs in Dual Thunderbay 4 Minis
  12. Outrageous Speed with 8 SSDs in Dual Thunderbay 4 Minis: Speed vs Transfer Size

OWC 40TB SSD (in Thunderbay 4 Mini)

Ultra high flat-line performanc in 40 Terabyte capacity.

  1. OWC 40TB SSD
  2. OWC 40TB SSD: RAID Setup
  3. OWC 40TB SSD: RAID-0 and RAID-4 Sustained Transfer Performance
  4. OWC 40TB SSD: RAID-4 vs RAID-5
  5. OWC 40TB SSD: RAID-0 Transfer Size Performance
  6. OWC 40TB SSD: Photoshop Scratch Disk Performance

OWC Thunderbay 6

Six bay storage solution with RAID-0/1/4/5/10 or non-RAID..

  1. Overview of OWC Thunderbay 6
  2. OWC Thunderbay 6: RAID-0 Performance
  3. OWC Thunderbay 6 vs Thunderbay 4: RAID-0 Performance Options
  4. OWC Thunderbay 6: RAID-5 Performance
  5. OWC Thunderbay 6 vs Thunderbay 4: RAID-5 Performance Options

OWC ThunderBay 8

Eight bay storage solution with RAID-0/1/4/5/10 or non-RAID..

  1. OWC ThunderBay 8: Overview
  2. OWC ThunderBay 8: Examples of Various Configurations using SoftRAID
  3. OWC ThunderBay 8: RAID-0 vs RAID5 vs RAID10 Performance
  4. OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed Across Volume Capacity, RAID-0 vs RAID-5
  5. OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed vs Transfer size, RAID-0 vs RAID-5

Big Fast Hard Drives

Big Fast Hard Drives, 2021 and Later.

  1. Seagate Iron Wolf Pro 20TB Hard Drive
  2. Western Digital Purpose 22TB Hard Drive

OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8

Eight bays for HDD, SSD plus PCIe Card and Ports.

  1. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Overview
  2. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Configuration Possibilities
  3. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Designing an OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8 Configuration for Still Photography or Videography
  4. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: HDD Speed Across Volume Capacity, RAID-0 vs RAID-5
  5. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: HDD Speed vs Transfer Size
  6. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: SSD Speed Across Volume Capacity
  7. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: SSD Speed vs Transfer Size
  8. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: SD Camera Card Slot Speed

OWC Thunderbay IV / 4 Thunderbolt Enclosure

High performance with hard drives or SSDs..

  1. OWC Thunderbay IV / 4 Thunderbolt Enclosure
  2. OWC Thunderbay IV vs Thunderbay 4 (Thunderbolt vs Thunderbolt 2)
  3. OWC Thunderbay 4 with Four OWC SSDs as RAID-0 Stripe
  4. OWC Thunderbay 4 with Four OWC SSDs in RAID-5
  5. RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID 1+0 Performance (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
  6. RAID-0 with 4/3/2 Drives (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
  7. RAID-5 with 4 / 3 Hard Drives (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
  8. RAID-1 Mirror (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
  9. Thunderbolt vs USB3 with 6G SSD (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)

Understanding Thunderbolt and USB3 Performance with the 2013 Mac Pro

Using the right ports is critical to performance..

  1. 2013 Mac Pro: Thunderbolt Performance Tips

Solid State Drives, Various

SSDs and thumb drives..

  1. 2TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, Singly and in 8TB RAID-0

OWC SSDs, Various

Various SATA and USB SSDs..

  1. OWC 1TB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD (Late 2015), Single and RAID-0

OWC Mercury Electra 6G 960GB SSD

Fast 6 Gbps high capacity SSD..

  1. OWC Mercury Electra 6G 960GB SSD: Aggregate Throughput in OWC Thunderbay Mini

HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8

Outstanding high-capacity enterprise hard drive..

  1. HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive
  2. Using High Capacity Drives Singly (non-RAID)
  3. Using High Capacity Drives as Single Large RAID-4 / RAID-5 Volume

Blog posts

2023

2023-04-05 TESTED: WD Purple Pro 22TB Hard Drive (vs Seagate Iron Wolf Pro 20TB)

2020

2020-12-28 Some of my Favorite Stuff From OWC

2020-09-06 OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Discussing Various Configuration Possibilities

2020-09-05 OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8 REVIEWED: all-in-one 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure for Hard Drives and SSD + PCIe Slot + DisplayPort 1.4 + USB Hub and SD and CFExpress Slots

2020-07-12 OWC ThunderBay FLEX 8: Eight Bays for Hard Drives, U.2 NVMe SSDs, Hard Drives or SATA SSDs — Now Shipping

2020-05-19 OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed vs Transfer size, RAID-0 vs Fault Tolerant RAID-5

2020-05-19 OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed Across Volume Capacity, RAID-0 Stripe vs Fault-Tolerant RAID-5

2020-05-17 OWC ThunderBay 8: Examples of Various Configurations using SoftRAID

2020-05-17 First Look: OWC ThunderBay 8

2020-05-11 OWC ThunderBay 8: Installing Hard Drives and SSDs, Plus Info and Specifications

2020-05-11 OWC ThunderBay FLEX 8: Eight Bays for Hard Drives, U.2 NVMe SSDs, Hard Drives or SATA SSDs

2020-01-29 Why I Returned the 16-Core 2019 Mac Pro... Wanted 28 Cores!

2019

2019-01-26 OWC Thunderbay 6 vs OWC Thunderbay 4: what if 5 Drives Are Used for RAID-0 instead of just four?

2019-01-24 OWC Thunderbay 6 vs OWC Thunderbay 4: What If 5 Drives Are Used for RAID-5?

2019-01-24 TESTED: OWC Thunderbay 6, RAID-0 and RAID-5 Performance

2019-01-23 Firmware Updater for OWC Thunderbay 4 Fixes Thunderbolt 3 Disconnect Issue

2018

2018-09-18 OWC Lauches the Thunderbay 6, a Six-Drive Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure, with RAID Options

2018-01-12 Shipping Soon: OWC Thunderbay 4 with Thunderbolt 3, Up to 48TB Capacity

2017

2017-11-30 Switched to 2017 iMac 5K as Primary Machine: Details on Gear I’m Using

2017-11-27 Using Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports to Build Out a System

2017-11-25 Testing Seagate 12TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5-inch (Helium) Hard Drives

2016

2016-12-21 OWC 40TB SSD Performance as Photoshop Scratch Drive

2016-11-26 OWC 40TB SSD: RAID-4 vs RAID-5 from 32KiB to 512MiB Transfers

2016-11-26 OWC 40TB SSD Sequential Transfer Speed: RAID-4 beats RAID-5 by 16% for Reads

2016-11-25 TESTED: OWC 40TB SSD Sequential Transfer Speed

2016-11-25 TESTED: OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD with RAID-0 Stripe and RAID-4 Fault Tolerance

2016-11-24 TESTED: OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD

2016-11-23 OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD

2016-11-23 OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD

2016-11-10 OWC Offers Up to 40TB SSD in Thunderbay 4 Mini

2016-06-21 OWC Thunderbay 4: Now up to 40TB Capacity

2016-04-11 OWC Announces SoftRAID 5.5: allows users to convert Apple RAID volumes to SoftRAID

2016-04-05 Thunderbolt on OS X: Spontaneous Drive Disconnect

2015

2015-12-19 TESTED: 2TB Samsung 850 EVO, Singly and RAID-0

2015-12-17 TESTED: 1TB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD

2015-12-10 TESTED: 1TB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD in Thunderbay 4 Mini, RAID-0 Stripe Configuration

2015-11-11 REVIEWED: HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive, Singly and in RAID

2015-11-10 Coming Soon for Testing: HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive

2015-11-05 MPG’s Computer and Storage Wish List at B&H Photo

2015-10-31 OWC Thunderbay 4 Deal: 20TB RAID-5 Edition Deal: now with Spare 5TB Drive

2015-10-16 Reader Question: Why No USB3 ports on OWC Thunderbay 4?

2015-10-16 OWC Thunderbay 4 Deal: 20TB RAID-5 Edition Deal: now with Spare 5TB Drive

2015-09-19 Two Products MPG Uses Every Day

2015-09-02 OWC Thunderbay can be Partitioned into Multiple RAID-5 Volumes

2015-08-22 DEAL: OWC Thunderbay 4 RAID-5 Edition with Extra 4TB Drive

2015-07-01 OWC Thunderbay 4 RAID Customers: Get your FREE SoftRAID Download

2015-05-14 How to save about $360 on a 20TB OWC Thunderbay 4

2015-04-17 OWC NAB Specials Through Apr 19

2015-01-28 How Fast Can Eight (8) SSDs go in Dual OWC Thunderbay Minis on Thunderbolt 2?

2014

2014-12-05 OWC Mercury Electra 6G 960GB SSD: Stunning Performance in Thunderbay Mini: Throughput, Photoshop, Incompressible Data Too

2014-11-21 OWC ThunderBay Mini Performance with Four SSDs

2014-11-20 OWC ThunderBay Mini Performance with Four SSDs

2014-11-17 OWC Announces ThunderBay Mini: 4-bay Enclosure for 2.5-inch Drives, Thunderbolt v2

2014-11-14 OWC Offers Thunderbay Mini, Thunderbolt v2 Enclosure for 2.5-Inch SSDs or Hard Drives (4 bays)

2014-09-02 OWC Thunderbay Now Up to 24TB (4 X 6TB Hard Drives)

2014-08-31 Thunderbolt Cabling Reliability: Check the Fit and Tension

2014-08-31 Simplify Your Storage: Fast, Reliable, Expandable

2014-08-29 OWC Labor Day Specials

2014-08-22 Thunderstorms and Thunderbay

2014-08-05 OWC Offers Thunderbay in RAID-5 Edition

2014-08-04 SoftRAID 5 Goes Final: High Performance RAID 5, RAID 1+0, RAID-0, RAID-1

2014-07-29 Fast H.264 Video Compression on the MacBook Pro Beats the 2013 Mac Pro

2014-07-29 RAID 1+0 Fault Tolerance with SoftRAID 5

2014-07-25 Four SSDs in OWC Thunderbay 4 test with RAID-0 and RAID-5

2014-07-11 RAID-0 Scalability with Thunderbolt 2: Separate Bus or Daisy Chain?

2014-07-08 RAID-0 Scalability: 60TB and 12 Hard Drives in Three OWC Thunderbay 4 Enclosures

2014-07-02 60TB here for Testing (OWC Thunderbay 4)

2014-07-01 July 4th deal on OWC Thunderbay IV

2014-06-29 Testing the OWC Thunderbay 4

2014-06-27 OWC Thunderbay IV vs Thunderbay 4

2014-06-25 OWC Ships Thunderbay 4-Drive Solution with Thunderbolt 2

2014-06-16 OWC Thunderbay Special

2014-06-10 Big Fault Tolerant Storage: OWC Now Offers a Supported and Preconfigured RAID-5 Solution via SoftRAID + Thunderbay

2014-06-03 Awesome: SoftRAID with RAID-5 rebuild

2014-05-28 OWC Thunderbay as RAID-5 or RAID 1+0 Video Storage Solution

2014-05-07 OWC Thunderbay Now up to 20TB as 4 X 5TB Drives

2014-05-06 OWC Thunderbay Fan Noise = Nil

2014-05-02 OWC Thunderbay can use Hard Drives or SSDs and Handy for Swapping Drives of all Types

2014-04-07 OWC Upgrades Thunderbay 4-Bay Enclosure to Ultra-Quiet Fan

2014-03-08 Housing Data Safely: Dual OWC Thunderbay 4-Bay Units for Performance, Capacity, Redundancy, Backup

2014-02-08 Reviewed: OWC Thunderbay 4-bay Thunderbolt Enclosure

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