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ThunderBay 8
Assembly Manual & User Guide
Video, Photography, & Graphic Arts
Massive Capacity
Fast and Easy Drive Swaps
Pro-grade Transfer Speeds
Connection Flexibility
Ideal for media production workflows and
Plenty of room to store critical
Quick release thumbscrew trays can
Up to 2,586MB/s speed
Thunderbolt2/Thunderbolt
small business workgroups
footage, images, and files
be secured by the locking front panel
with Thunderbolt 3
backward compatible
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- Page 1 ThunderBay 8 Assembly Manual & User Guide Video, Photography, & Graphic Arts Massive Capacity Fast and Easy Drive Swaps Pro-grade Transfer Speeds Connection Flexibility Ideal for media production workflows and Plenty of room to store critical Quick release thumbscrew trays can...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
2.3 About Software RAID ..............6 2.4 Changing Drives & Drive Failure ..........6 Support Resources 3.1 Formatting ................. 7 3.2 Troubleshooting ................ 7 3.3 About Data Backup ..............7 3.4 Online Resources ..............7 3.5 Contacting Technical Support ..........7 Contents ThunderBay 8... -
Page 3: Introduction
© 2020 Other World Computing, Inc. All rights reserved. OWC, the OWC logo, and ThunderBay are trademarks of New Concepts Development Corporation, registered in the U.S. and/or other countries. Mac and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. - Page 4 - Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water or in damp or wet conditions. Never place objects containing liquids on the drive, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire or personal injury. Introduction ThunderBay 8...
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Page 5: Front View
Thunderbolt 3 devices here. 3. DisplayPort – connect a DisplayPort display here (DP 1.2 supported) 4. Power switch – power the device on or off here. 5. DC power input – connect the included power supply here. Introduction ThunderBay 8... -
Page 6: Usage Notes
3. You will then see a message that says, “Safe to Remove Hardware.” It is now safe to disconnect the ThunderBay 8 from the computer. - The steps above are applicable to Windows 10 build 1803 and earlier. If you are using Windows 10 build 1809 (October 2018) or later, you can eject the drive by clicking the ‘Show hidden items’... -
Page 7: Installation
- NOTE: If you installed your own drives in the previous section, they need to be formatted before you can use the ThunderBay 8. It shipped with a license for SoftRAID, which is recommended for setting up RAID volumes and working with ThunderBays. If you purchased your solution with drives, they were already formatted as a RAID volume, but you should still install SoftRAID to get the best performance and functionality. -
Page 8: About Software Raid
RAID array using software. By itself, the ThunderBay 8 does not monitor drive health or alert you to a drive failure. You can monitor the health of your drives via SoftRAID in order to determine when a drive has failed or is in a pre-failure state. To replace a failed drive, simply remove the drive from its bay and replace it with another drive, following the steps in Section 2.1. -
Page 9: Support Resources
To ensure that your files are protected and to prevent data loss, we strongly suggest that you keep two copies of your data: one copy on your ThunderBay 8 and a second copy on either your internal drive or another storage medium, such as an optical backup, or on another external storage unit. - Page 10 OWC. © 2020 Other world Computing, Inc. All rights reserved. OWC, the OWC logo, and ThunderBay are trademarks of New Concepts Development Corporation, registered in the U.S. and/or other countries. Mac and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
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