Thunderbay 4 mini (or alternative)

[Reticuli]

I really like the look of the thunderbay 4 mini
Sadly, it doesn't seem to be widely available at any half decent price in the UK.

Does anyone know of an alternative solution where I can put 4 SSDs in a nice neat enclosure, Raid0 them and use over thunderbolt 2 as a super fast volume?

Thanks!

 

[mikeboss]

what about the Pegasus2 M4?

http://www.promise.com/promotion_page/promotion_page.aspx?region=en-global&rsn=101

don't know if it's available empty (without disks)...

 

[Synchro3]

Caldigit T4:
http://www.caldigit.com/T4/index_TBT2.asp

 

[santaliqueur]

put 4 SSDs in a nice neat enclosure, Raid0 them and use over thunderbolt 2 as a super fast volume?

Wouldn't Raid-0 4 SSDs be a lot faster than the Thunderbolt 2 bus can deliver?

 

[VirtualRain]

Wouldn't Raid-0 4 SSDs be a lot faster than the Thunderbolt 2 bus can deliver?

4 SATA3 SSDs in RAID0 can probably hit 2-2.2GB/s while TB2 can handle a maximum of 2GB/s (4 PCIe 2.0 lanes) so it's a pretty good match.

 

[matreya]

I really like the look of the thunderbay 4 mini
Sadly, it doesn't seem to be widely available at any half decent price in the UK.

Thanks!

Why not buy it direct from OWC? I bought two of them, and I live in Australia

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Wouldn't Raid-0 4 SSDs be a lot faster than the Thunderbolt 2 bus can deliver?

Not really, the Thunderbay 4 mini delivers about 380MB/sec per drive, so 4 of them in RAID0 would hit the maximum speed threshold of the Thunderbay 4 mini, which I believe is 1350MB/sec. So no, it wouldn't strain a TB2 bus...

 

[rebby]

Not really, the Thunderbay 4 mini delivers about 380MB/sec per drive, so 4 of them in RAID0 would hit the maximum speed threshold of the Thunderbay 4 mini, which I believe is 1350MB/sec. So no, it wouldn't strain a TB2 bus...

That's roughly what I see out of my 4 SSD RAID0 setup in a TB4 Mini. Actual numbers tested out between 1200 and 1300 MB/s IIRC.