OWC Unveils 'Flex 1U4' 4-Bay Thunderbolt Rackmount Storage and Docking Solution

OWC has announced a new 'Flex 1U4' 4-Bay Thunderbolt rackmount storage and docking solution.

The OWC Flex 1U4 is a highly flexible professional-grade 4-bay Thunderbolt storage and docking solution for gaining powerful new rackmount workflow possibilities. Use a mix of 2.5 or 3.5-inch SATA/SAS and U.2/M.2 NVMe drives in the hot swappable drive bays. Connect gear and charge mobile devices with Thunderbolt and USB ports. Add an audio/video capture, 10Gb Ethernet networking, SSD storage, hardware RAID card, or I/O card to the PCIe slot.




The OWC Flex 1U4 can be powered by a rack Mac Pro, rack PC, MacBook Pro, PC notebook, or even a Mac mini and is useful in a wide variety of settings:

● In-School: perfect for taming ever-growing collections of digital files with easy integration and future drive capacity and performance scalability.

● At Work: add Thunderbolt speed and swappable drives to server closets, server rooms, or colocation center backup capabilities.

● On Stage: handle all the storage and peripheral connectivity needs “front of house” pros require for live performances.


● On Set: easily fits into mobile DIT carts to capture multi-stream, hi-res footage at full framerate while daisy-chaining up to five additional Thunderbolt devices.

● In Studio: expand storage and connectivity options of fixed racks.

● At Home: great for installers creating a high-performance home entertainment server closet.



OWC Flex 1U4 Highlights
● Drive diversity: Use SATA/SAS2 and U.2/M.23 NVMe drives for up to 128TB1 of capacity and real-world Thunderbolt speeds up to 2750MB/s
● Drive flexibility: swap drives quickly and easily if/when needed
● Future ready: use U.2 SSDs – an emerging storage standard - in all four bays
● Get Maximum: utilize U.2 NVMe SSDs as well as the OWC ecosystem of U.2 drives and adapters for incredible speed and flash density per bay
● Powerfully easy RAID: create, manage, and monitor advanced RAID sets with OWC SoftRAID
● Use it all: connect keyboards, mixers, cameras, displays, and mobile devices such as tablets with (2) USB-C 10Gb/s and (3) USB-A 10Gb/s ports
● See more: connect up to an 8K display to the DisplayPort 1.4 port
● Charge: keep your notebook powered with 85W via the upstream Thunderbolt port5
● Do more: add an audio/video capture, 10Gb Ethernet networking, SSD storage, hardware RAID, or I/O card to the PCIe slot
● Configurable: daisy chain up to five devices or add an additional display with the second Thunderbolt (USB-C) port
● Worry-free: Up to 5 Year OWC Limited Warranty

Pricing & Availability
The OWC Flex 1U4 is available now on Macsales.com with solutions starting at $1,899.00.

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