OWC Express 4M2 Ultra External SSD Enclosure Launches With Thunderbolt 5 Support
The OWC Express 4M2 Ultra brings Thunderbolt 5 speeds and multi-SSD RAID to external storage, addressing a bottleneck for high-bandwidth creative workflows.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Ask has begun sales of the OWC Express 4M2 Ultra series external SSD enclosure in Japan. The enclosure supports Thunderbolt 5 and can hold up to four M.2 SSDs, achieving RAID transfer speeds up to 6,622 MB/s. Two models are available: the standard version and a SoftRAID bundle with a three-year license. The aluminum chassis aids heat dissipation, and the Thunderbolt 5 output port enables daisy-chaining.
The OWC Express 4M2 Ultra series is priced at around 91,000 yen for the standard model and 117,000 yen for the SoftRAID bundle. The enclosure uses an aluminum chassis for heat dissipation and includes a Thunderbolt 5 output port for daisy-chaining multiple devices. It only supports M.2 NVMe SSDs without heatsinks, so users need to consider thermal management. The SoftRAID version adds RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 10 support plus SSD health monitoring and failure prediction.
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