Getting Started; Introducing Multidock - Blackmagicdesign MultiDock Installation And Operation Manual

Getting Started

Introducing MultiDock

Blackmagic MultiDock is an attractive rack mountable docking station that lets you
simultaneously mount up to 4 x 2.5" Solid State Drives or Hard Disk Drives to your computer.
Blackmagic MultiDock and Blackmagic MultiDock 10G are perfect for video post production
tasks such as editing, color grading, or any task that requires large video files to be stored on
multiple drives. By minimizing the time spent swapping external drives, Blackmagic MultiDock
allows you more time to focus on your creative work.
Blackmagic MultiDock uses USB 3.1 and Thunderbolt™ 2 technology, which provides a super
fast connection to your computer up to 10 and 20Gb/s respectively. Each drive bay has a
completely independent SATA 3 disk interface for high performance. Blackmagic MultiDock 10G
can even be configured as two independent docks so you can access the drives from two
separate pieces of equipment.
A RAID can be configured by simply plugging in multiple disks and using your operating system
disk utility software to "stripe" or "mirror" the disks into a single storage volume.
This operation manual is designed to give you all the information you need to help you get the
most out of your Blackmagic MultiDock.
Blackmagic MultiDock 10G provides USB 3.1 read and write speeds up to 10Gb/s
Blackmagic MultiDock provides Thunderbolt 2 data transfer speeds up to 20Gb/s
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