Our Thunderbolt Certified products offer the same performance and functionality whether they are Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 4. What I didn’t expect, though, was the significant speed variation between tests when the drive was formatted as RAID 4 or RAID 5. If you need maximum storage, blazing speed and the potential to upgrade the storage as larger SSDs are released, get the OWC Express 4M2. It’s easy to install under most floor finishes, can cost as little as 4p/m2 to run and is covered by a 10 year guarantee. Install up to 32TB of capacity and experience up to 2800MB/s of mind-bending performance via Thunderbolt.

Utilize the amazing capabilities of SoftRAID to RAID across multiple Express 4M2 drives, or add multiple Express 4M2 drives to your storage pool using Windows Storage Spaces. Suitable for use under tile and stone, this is an electric underfloor heating mat and cable system with pressure sensitive adhesive for fast installation. Because there are, currently, only two Thunderbolt chips that manufactures can put into their hardware to support Thunderbolt. I understand the constraints on space, but I think if OWC ever does a version 2, an internal power supply would be a nice option, though the external brick does provide flexibility if you run the rest of your equipment off 12V DC; there are considerations for both options.If you’re looking for a drive that’s consistently fast, and you need tons of storage to boot, you might consider decking out an enclosure like the OWC Express 4M2 with fast M. To get into the device, there are two captive thumbscrews to slide the internal components out of the shell. With OWC SoftRAID (included with Express 4M2) you get the amazing capability to RAID across multiple drive enclosures. Decided there are a lot of what ifs, so moving on to single or dual NVME Thunderbolt enclosure products.

Now you can maximize disk space, get the fastest access speeds, and protect against disk failure with Plug and Play simplicity. One of the benefits to formatting a drive using RAID 4 or RAID 5 is that you can expand the system by replacing one SSD with a larger capacity, then allowing the RAID to rebuild. This review of the Express 4M2 SSD RAID wraps up my three-part review of high-speed SSD storage from OWC. Comfort Zone underfloor heating mats are available in a range of sizes to suit most rooms, and can be used to heat your room or to simply take the chill off your newly tiled floor.Performance numbers will vary greatly depending on your configuration and drive choice, of course, but this gives you an idea of what to expect. However, in this case, the cable is pre-fixed to a glass-fibre mesh providing the perfect spacing between each line of cable.