OWC's extreme performance ThunderBlade might just be the ultimate working drive for media professionals. In terms of pure transfer speed, ThunderBlade is at the absolute cutting edge of possibility.
The Fastest. Period.
In a fast-paced, professional environment, time is money and performance is everything. The success of your project depends on quick data processing, and demands performance and efficiency working with uncompressed, high-bandwidth content streams. ThunderBlade delivers the performance to match - capable of unbelievable transfer speeds up to 2839MB/s read & 2831MB/s write. And with SoftRAID, two ThunderBlades can reach dizzying heights up to 3800MB/s.
At Home on the Road.
Designed to be rugged and dependable as well as blazing fast, ThunderBlade is equally at home on the road, on set or in the edit suite. It's compact and tough enough to withstand even the roughest treatment in between locations, and it comes complete with its own ballistic hard-shell case for even greater protection. And with two Thunderbolt 3 ports, ThunderBlade fits your workflow daisy-chain perfectly.
SoftRAID: RAID Made Easy
Harness the full capability of your OWC drive array with the included SoftRAID XT, the most powerful, intuitive RAID management software on the market for macOS and Windows. SoftRAID's RAID creation and management technology has been finely tuned to perfection with over 20 years of development to provide rock solid protection of your data and optimize drive performance.
SoftRAID XT provides an unbeatable combination of speed, protection, and compatibility:
- Advanced:Create RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) arrays
- Protected:SoftRAID Monitor constantly watches your disks and alerts you if problems are detected
- Validated:Volume validation ensures sectors can be read and parity is correct
- Certified:Checks disks before use to ensure they are safe for data storage
- Vigilant:Error prediction helps protect against unexpected failure
- Universal:Move SoftRAID arrays seamlessly between Mac and PC2 with built-in OWC MacDrive technology
Beyond Hardware RAID
SoftRAID provides a level of storage performance that you simply can't get with hardware RAID. SoftRAID gives you increased power and control over your RAID drives and disks that hardware RAID can't deliver and doesn't lock you into technology that you can't upgrade or expand.
Quality You Can Trust
Like all OWC drives, ThunderBlade is built to the highest standards of reliability and performance. Because 100% reliability is always the goal, ThunderBlade is rigorously quality tested, and backed by an OWC 3 Year Limited Warranty and 24/7 customer support.
- General Information
- Manufacturer
- Other World Computing
- Manufacturer Website Address
- http://www.macsales.com
- Brand Name
- OWC
- Product Line
- ThunderBlade
- Product Type
- Solid State Drive
- Warranty
- Limited Warranty
- 3 Year
- Technical Information
- Storage Capacity
- 16 TB
- Platform Supported
- PC
- Mac
- Features
- Plug and Play
- RAID Support
- Drive Performance
- Maximum Read Transfer Rate
- 2839 MB/s
- Maximum Write Transfer Rate
- 2831 MB/s
- Interfaces/Ports
- Host Interface
- Thunderbolt 3
- Drive Interface
- PCI Express NVMe
- Drive Interface Standard
- PCI Express NVMe 4.0
- Physical Characteristics
- Color Family
- Black
- Product Color
- Black
- Drive Type
- External
- External Drive Type
- Portable
- Form Factor
- M.2
- Hot Pluggable
- Yes
- Height
- 1.1"
- Width
- 4.9"
- Length
- 7.6"
- Weight (Approximate)
- 1.49 lb
- Miscellaneous
- Package Contents
- ThunderBlade Solid State Drive
- 1 x 0.7M (29") Thunderbolt Cable
- 1 x External Power Supply
- 1 x US Power Cable
- 1 x Ballistic Hard-Shell Travel Case
- 1 x Quick Start Guide for OWC ThunderBlade
- 1 x User Guide for OWC ThunderBlade
- 1 x OWC SoftRAID XT Software Bundle
- 1 x Quick Start Guide for OWC SoftRAID XT
- 1 x Manual & User Guide for OWC SoftRAID XT
- Operating System Compatibility
- Windows 11
- Windows 10
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 10 x64
- Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave
- macOS High Sierra 10.13
- Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina
- macOS Big Sur 11.x
- Mac OS X 12.x Monterey
- Mac OS X 13.x Ventura
- Mac OS X 14.x Sonoma
- macOS 10.14+
- Mac OS
- Windows
- Compatibility
- PC
MacBook Pro
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, Late 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, Late 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, Late 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, Early 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, Early 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, Early 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, Early 2023)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2022)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, Late 2021)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 2021)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 13-inch, Late 2020)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 13-inch, Mid 2020)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 16-inch, Mid 2019)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 13-inch, Mid 2019)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 15-inch, Mid 2019)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 13-inch, Mid 2019)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 15-inch, Mid 2019)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 15-inch, Late 2018)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 13-inch, Mid 2018)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 15-inch, Mid 2018)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 15-inch, Mid 2017)
- MacBook Pro (Touch, 13-inch, Mid 2017)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2017)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, Touch Bar, 15-inch, Late 2016)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, Touch Bar, 13-inch, Late 2016)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2016)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
MacBook Air
- MacBook Air (15-inch, Mid 2023)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2022)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2020)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2020)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2019)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2018)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2017)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
iMac
- iMac (Retina 4.5K, 24-inch, Late 2023)
- iMac (Retina 4.5K, 24-inch, Mid 2021)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2020)
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Early 2019)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Early 2019)
- iMac Pro (27-inch, Late 2017)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2017)
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Mid 2017)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2017)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015)
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)
Mac Pro
- Mac Pro (Mid 2023)
- Mac Pro Rack (Mid 2023)
- Mac Pro (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro Rack (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro Rack (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro Rack (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro Rack (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro Rack (Late 2019)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013)
Mac Studio
- Mac Studio (Mid 2023)
- Mac Studio (Early 2022)
Mac mini
- Mac mini (Early 2023)
- Mac mini (Late 2020)
- Mac mini (Late 2018)
- Mac mini (Late 2014)
- Device Supported
- iMac
- MacBook Air
- Desktop PC
- Mac Pro
- MacBook
- MacBook Pro
- Smartphone
- Environmentally Friendly
- Yes
