OWC U2 Shuttle
Four-Slot NVMe M.2 to U.2 Carrier Shuttle for supported OWC External Storage Solutions
World’s first U.2 carrier shuttle for up to four NVMe M.2 SSDs in a 3.5-inch drive size
- Configurable: choose from preconfigured solutions or add your own NVMe M.2 2280 SSDs
- RAID ready: RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, or 10 for speed, protection, or the best of both attributes
- Broad Compatibility: Use with OWC Mercury Helios 3S equipped with U.2 NVMe Interchange System, OWC ThunderBay Flex 8, and OWC Flex 1U4, as well as any computer with NVMe U.2 support and an available 3.5-inch drive bay
- Easy Swaps: move between OWC U.2 devices as well as PCs, enclosures, and servers
- Ideal for media workflows: dramatically lowers production to lab shipping costs vs shipping larger, heavier drives
- Secure: key lock for data security compliance
- 1 Year Limited Warranty
Boldly Goes Where No Drive Has Gone Before
Blistering speed. Massive capacity. RAID-ready flexibility. Swappable convenience. Everything you’ve wanted in a multiple blade SSD but couldn’t get until now. The OWC U2 Shuttle is the world’s first U.2 carrier shuttle for 3.5-inch drive bays that combines four NVMe M.2 SSDs. Built for OWC storage and PCIe expansion solutions, this innovative carrier shuttle can also be used with U.2 port equipped PCs and servers.
More RAID Options
With four NVMe SSDs, the OWC U2 Shuttle gives you more RAID options than a dual drive enclosure or adapter card. Now you can harness the power of RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 or 10 via your choice of RAID utilities including SoftRAID, the easiest to use, most fully featured software RAID package available. This powerful and intuitive software RAID utility offers maximum volume capacity, optimum drive performance, data protection, or a combination of attributes. It’s ideal for anyone who needs to safely store and backup massive amounts of data including video editors, audio producers, photographers and graphic designers.
Ideal for Media Production Workflows
Imagine… no more tedious and time-consuming drive enclosure disassembly or costly shipping of an entire enclosure to get a day’s shoot to post-production. By utilizing a U.2 port equipped OWC solution or PC with an available 3.5-inch drive bay on both ends of the workflow, you can simply ship the compact and lightweight U2 Shuttle to the post lab where it swaps in quickly and economically.
NVMe Server Ready
When your resource heavy server application has to complete thousands of operations per second, the OWC U2 Shuttle preconfigured with OWC Aura Ultra III SSDs has the chops to keep up. High-performance 3D NAND with SLC caching and a Phison E12 controller with over-provisioning ensure fast and smooth access to large volumes of data. Preconfigured U2 Shuttles are also optimized for the best and longest working life. From running double checks on data and correcting errors to ensuring the uniform use of its flash media, Aura Ultra III equipped U2 Shuttles are calibrated for endurance as a factory pre-set.
Specs
Drive Bays
- 4 bays supporting: M.2 SSDs
- Supports single-sided and double-sided M.2 2280 "M Key" drives
- Supports NVMe M.2 SSDs with 2280 form factor and "M Key" connector type. Single- and double-sided SSDs are supported.
- NVMe SSDs with a heatsink will not fit and are not supported.
Data Rate
- Max theoretical PCIe bandwidth: 3940 MB/s (varies by SSD and host device)
- Max theoretical bandwidth inside a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure: 2750 MB/s
Form Factor
- 3.5-inch U.2 (SFF-8639)
Drive Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3