OWC 8TB Gemini Dock and Dual-Drive HDD RAID External Storage Solution
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Product Information
Overview
OWC Gemini
With dual drive bays and seven connectivity ports including an SD 4.0 card reader, the OWC Gemini is the do-it-all tool that will organise your digital life. You’ll have plenty of room to duplicate footage, create and manage archives, or render and process effects. Connect your favourite peripherals via USB ports. Ingest the day’s shoot or drone footage with the frontside reader.
Hardware RAID: Speed, Reliability, Flexibility
The OWC Gemini utilises hardware RAID to unleash the full potential of two 3.5-inch 7200RPM hard drives or 2.5-inch SATA SSDs. Preconfigured in high-speed RAID 0 mode to deliver maximum throughput from its drives, Gemini offers real-world HDD speeds up to 562MB/s for audio editors/musicians/producers, individual content creators, photographers, small photography studios, and filmmakers working with up to 4K resolutions and compressed codecs.
A/V professionals seeking SSDs that start and stay fast over their full capacity can take advantage of the proven reliability of OWC Mercury Extreme SSDs. With sustained RAID 0 speed up to 956MB/s, you can easily handle 8K single and 4K multi sequences, slow motion video, 10 bits footage, and ultra-high-resolution RAW pictures.
Stay Connected to Your Team and Media
The OWC Gemini features a 2.5Gb/s Ethernet port so you can transfer files and work up to 2.5x faster over wired networks and enjoy increased productivity in an IP-based workflow. Great for shared workspaces and workflows, file transfers breeze by quickly so you spend less time setting up and more time getting to work. When it’s time to share your progress, you can use your RAID options to render out working files and a fast connection to post for team and client reviews. It’s also great for sending your files over to a NAS to keep them safely archived.
Gain a 8K Perspective
With a dedicated latest generation HDMI port, Gemini empowers you to add the fresh, crisp perspective of an 8K display to your workflow. Whether in your home office or on a mobile studio job, seeing your work in full detail is just one connection away. Use it to free up your laptop port, so you can dock in and out quickly and stay mobile.
Reclaim Your Desktop
With multi-drive media dumps, controllers, A/V outputs, and a mess of device cables, it can be hard enough to find space for your notebook let alone room to work. OWC Gemini fights the clutter with a single-cable connection that delivers storage, ethernet sharing, charging power, and 8K monitor support while neatly consolidating all your peripheral device cables. Reclaim your workspace and reduce your stress.
Innergize Your Workflow with Highest Performance and Reliability
OWC Innergize is the first stage of the Capture to Completion ecosystem of OWC products designed to seamlessly propel professional photographers, videographers, and content creators to the highest level of workflow performance and reliability. This OWC custom-designed app is a complete health, performance, and field upgrade management tool when using OWC Atlas memory cards with OWC Atlas readers and reader equipped products.
- Performance storage: up to 562MB/s
- Fast connectivity: 2 x Thunderbolt 3 ports (Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt backward compatible)
- Speed and storage: hardware RAID controller (RAID 0,1, Span or JBOD/Independent)
- Easy camera uploads: frontside SD 4.0 (UHS-II) card reader
- A hub of options: 2 x USB 3.2 (10Gb/s) Type-A ports
- Connect to your NAS: 2.5Gb/s Ethernet port
- See work in progress: HDMI 2.1 for adding up to an 8K monitor
- Custom configurations: 2 x bays for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA or U.2 drives
- Innergize enabled: a complete health, performance, and field update management tool when using OWC Atlas SD memory cards with Gemini's SD reader
Video
Best External Drive for Photographers
If you’re a photographer, your life is likely overrun by cables, dongles, ports, hard drives, and storage cards. Don’t let your main working drive contribute to that stress. The OWC Gemini has dual drive bays, RAID support, TONS of I/O connectivity, and a lot more that will speed up your workflow and declutter your life—or at least your desk.
Specifications
- 8.0TB
- 512 MB
- 2 x 4.0TB Toshiba MD08ADA Series 7,200RPM Hard Disk Drive with 256 MB cache
- 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch SATA drives
- 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch U.2 drives
- NVMe M.2 drives (via U.2 adapter)
- 2
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- SPAN
- RAID 0
- RAID 1
- JBOD
- Hardware RAID
- Software RAID capable
- 1 x host port - Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) up to 40 Gb/s (5000 MB/s)
- 1 x Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) port
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports up to 10Gb/s (1250MB/s) - USB 2.0/3.0 backwards compatible
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5GbE) RJ-45 port
- 1 x Secure Digital (SD)
- Provides up to 27 watts of power via Thunderbolt 3 to charge or reduce laptop and device battery draw
- Thunderbolt 3 (Titan Ridge): up to 8K @ 60Hz or 4K @ 120Hz via a native Thunderbolt 3 display or other display that supports USB-C connections and DisplayPort 1.4
- HDMI 2.1: up to 8K @ 120Hz
- 2.5Gb/s (2.5GBASE-T)
- 1Gb/s "Gigabit" (1000BASE-T)
- 100Mb/s (100BASE-T)
- 10Mb/s (10BASE-T)
- Yes
- Up to 40 Gb/s
- Thunderbolt 3: up to 40 Gb/s (or 5000 MB/s)
- USB 3.2 Gen 2: up to 10 Gb/s (or 1250 MB/s)
- 2 x Thunderbolt: Intel JHL7440
- Media Reader: Genesis Logic GL-3232S
- 2 x USB: Fresco Logic FL1100EX
- 1 x Ethernet: Intel i226
- SATA Controller: ASMedia ASM-1352R
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Thunderbolt (USB-C) port (backward compatible with Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt 1)
- macOS 12.x Monterey
- macOS 13.x Ventura
- macOS 14.x Sonoma
- Windows 11
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2022
- Linux OS
- iPadOS 15
- iPadOS 16
- iPadOS 17
- Chrome OS
- Chrome OS 107 or later
- No
- Yes
- External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
- 100-240V, 50-60 Hz, 2.0A
- +12V, 10A
- 120W
- Yes
- 1 x 60 mm 3,000RPM cooling fan
- CE, FCC, VCCI, BSMI, RCM, Thunderbolt technology
- Yes
- H: 147 x L: 238 x W: 85 mm
- 1600 g
What's in the box
- 1 x OWC Gemini Thunderbolt Dock and External Storage Solution
- 1 x 0.7 m Thunderbolt (USB-C) Cable
- 1 x External Power Supply and Power Cable
- 1 x Quick Start Guide for OWC Gemini
- 1 x User Guide for OWC Gemini
- 1 x OWC Dock Ejector for Mac and Windows (Software Download)
- 1 x User Guide for OWC Dock Ejector
Manufacturer Information
Part Number
OWCTB3GM000H08Warranty
- 3 Year Limited Warranty
Compatibility
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