OWC ThunderBlade X8

There’s a good reason OWC’s ThunderBlade NVMe RAID SSD is called the best production drive in the universe by film pros. Built rugged and silently cool for on-location use, its mobile-ready small footprint blazes through uncompressed high bandwidth content streams with unrivalled speed and reliability. In fast-paced environments where time is money, you’ll keep productions ahead of deadline while elevating your professional reputation to the highest level with ThunderBlade.

Reliability. Efficiency. Transportability.

OWC’s team is filled with creatives highly experienced in all phases of the video production world. They understand your need for more speed and capacity when it comes to making everything from backups to editing faster. ThunderBlade was purposefully built to be the best high-performance mobile-ready RAID SSD in the universe for…

• DITs needing to offload memory cards on set at maximum transfer speeds while also having the option to choose RAID 5 reliability for peace-of-mind or production requirements.
• DITs and productions needing a blazing fast, highly reliable shuttle drive that can be easily and safely shipped.
• Creative professionals working with cutting edge workflows such as multicam sequences, 8K RAW video, and VFX looking for the best possible performance from an easy to transport, plug and play external storage solution.
• Remote editors working with cloud-based workflows such as LucidLink which require a high performance cache drive solution to ensure flawless video editing performance.
• Professional video editors desiring a seamless editing experience when working on large projects with all their files centralised for easy access.

RAID 5 Ready

Using RAID 5 in the past meant giving up precious capacity and taking a big hit on performance. OWC’s 8 drive ThunderBlade X8 model solves that problem by offering the most amount of useable capacity while still offering eye-popping write speeds up to 2464MB/s. Now you can streamline ingestion and backup times on set, edit ultra-high-res multi-cam sequences, and adhere to mandatory requirements (the 3-2-1 Principle) when producing content for large studios such as Netflix.

Really Cool Details

You’ll never have to worry about heat throttling slowing you down because OWC focus on the little details that will keep you working at consistent top speed. Besides keeping ThunderBlade securely in place, the non-skid rubber feet elevate the heat dissipating aluminium housing to create a highly effective silently cool encompassing airflow.

Pre-Tested = Ready to Work

OWC understand having confidence in gear reliability is paramount to creative professionals. That’s why every ThunderBlade undergoes OWC's rigorous multi-hour "burn-in" performance certification prior to shipping and includes a Thunderbolt connecting cable. This ensures your ThunderBlade arrives operating properly and immediately ready for demanding use.

Combine & Conquer

While one ThunderBlade is great, two are awesome when daisy chained together for additional speed and capacity gains. Keep them running cool and fast by stacking them vertically with the OWC ThunderBlade X Spacer. This innovative, no tools required aluminium drive spacer keeps your drives secure while enhancing your conquer any challenge image.