OWC Express 4M2 Drive Enclosure PCI Express NVMe - Thunderbolt 3 Host Interface Desktop - Black - TAA Compliant

  • Part: 1716280
  • Model: OWCTB3EX4M2
$597.00

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  • General Information
    • Manufacturer
    • Other World Computing
    • Manufacturer Website Address
    • https://www.owc.com/
    • Brand Name
    • OWC
    • Product Line
    • Express
    • Packaged Quantity
    • 1
    • Product Type
    • Drive Enclosure

You like to explore your own independent path, and digital storage is where you have fun, push hard and spark the imagination. You explore, you refine, and when ready, you share your vision with the world. The OWC Express 4M2 is the external drive built for the journey before you and the path yet to be explored.Customize your Express 4M2 with up to four NVMe SSDs, RAID them however you wish and connect it all with Thunderbolt 3 the fastest and most flexible interface around. The sheer performance of the Express 4M2 helps you meet deadlines faster, giving you more time to explore your creativity and push your projects further.

Pint-Sized Powerhouse

Small in stature. Big on capability. The OWC Express 4M2 is ready to serve with four easy-to-access NVMe M.2 SSD slots customizable for any workflow with vibration damping feet that allow for vertical or horizontal orientation. Install up to 32TB of capacity and experience up to 2800MB/s of mind-bending performance via Thunderbolt 3. The Express 4M2 is an amazingly small digital workhorse with world-renowned OWC quality and award-winning support built in.Ingest and duplicate dailies at breakneck speeds, work with higher resolutions, smoothly scrub through demanding timelines, and plow through thousands of photos with ease. The OWC Express 4M2 is one seriously fast drive to have by your side to take your digital capabilities to a new level.

Built Smaller and Faster from Input by Pros Like You

The OWC Express 4M2 is designed with superior ease-of-use in mind. We worked with award-winning creatives and listened to the kudos they heaped onto the OWC ThunderBay mini, and we put all that shared knowledge to good use when we set out to build the next-gen Thunderbolt 3 multi-bay drive. The result is the 57% smaller and 2.5x faster OWC Express 4M2.It's smaller and easier to fit into your workflow, studio and on stage. It's faster with four easy-access M.2 slots so you can swap, upgrade or expand your Express 4M2 to configure and reconfigure it to serve any project need.

Game-Changing NVMe SSD Performance

NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is a hyper-efficient communications interface protocol built from the ground up to properly take advantage of SSD technology and high-performance connection buses like PCIe. The result is exponentially faster and efficient SSD storage, and the OWC Express 4M2 has room for four NVMe SSDs.

DisplayPort

Display connection flexibility is yours with a convenient DisplayPort located right on the rear of the OWC Express 4M2. There's no need to worry about adapters or extra long cables. Just plug your display directly into the Express 4M2 and you're all set.

Multi-Drive

Configure and reconfigure your storage however you need by combining multiple OWC Express 4M2 drives together on Mac and Windows. Utilize the amazing capabilities of SoftRAID to RAID across multiple Express 4M2 drives, or add multiple Express 4M2 drives to your storage pool using Windows Storage Spaces.

More Powerful With SoftRAID

Need more power and protection? Choose a solution that includes OWC's powerful SoftRAID RAID software.

SoftRAID is the most powerful, intuitive software RAID utility on the market. Multiple RAID levels let you select the RAID level that fits you or your project's needs best. If you need maximum volume capacity, optimum drive performance, data protection, or a combination of attributes, SoftRAID has you covered.

Packed with features like drive validation, verification and failure prediction-SoftRAID includes features you simply don't get with hardware RAID. It's like having a datacenter on yo

  • Technical Information
    • Number of Solid State Drive Supported
    • 4
    • Number of Solid State Drive Installed
    • 0
    • Total Solid State Drive Capacity Supported
    • 32 TB
    • Maximum Data Transfer Rate
    • 40 Gbit/s
  • Controllers
    • Software RAID Supported
    • Yes
  • I/O Expansions
    • Number of Total Expansion Bays
    • 4
    • Hot Swappable Bays
    • Yes
  • Network & Communication
    • Wireless LAN
    • No
  • Interfaces/Ports
    • Drive Interface
    • PCI Express NVMe
    • Host Interface
    • Thunderbolt 3
    • Number of Thunderbolt 3 Ports
    • 2
    • Number of DisplayPorts
    • 1
  • Software
    • Operating System Supported
    • Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra
    • Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra
    • Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave
    • Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina
    • Mac OS X 11.x Big Sur
    • Mac OS X 12.x Monterey
    • Mac OS X 13.x Ventura
    • Mac OS X 14.x Sonoma
    • macOS Sequoia 15.x
    • Windows 10
    • Windows 10 x64
    • Windows 11
    • Windows Server 2022
    • Windows Server 2016
    • Windows Server 2019
  • Physical Characteristics
    • Color Family
    • Black
    • Product Color
    • Black
    • Product Material
    • Aluminium
    • Cooling Fan
    • Yes
    • Form Factor
    • Desktop
    • Height
    • 61 mm
    • Width
    • 137.2 mm
    • Depth
    • 111.8 mm
    • Weight (Approximate)
    • 800 g
  • Miscellaneous
    • Compatibility
      • MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 2023)
      • MacBook Pro (14-inch, Late 2023)
      • MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 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, 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 (15-inch, Early 2024)
      • MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2024)
      • 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, Mid 2017)
      • MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
      • 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 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2020)
      • iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-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 (Mid 2023)
      • Mac Pro Rack (Mid 2023)
      • Mac Pro (Late 2019)
      • Mac Pro Rack (Late 2019)
      • Mac Pro (Late 2013)
      • Mac Studio (Mid 2023)
      • Mac Studio (Early 2022)
      • Mac mini (Early 2023)
      • Mac mini (Late 2020)
      • Mac mini (Late 2018)
      • Mac mini (Late 2014)
      • Mac mini (Late 2014)
      • PC Compatible


    • TAA Compliant
    • Yes