Infinitely configurable. Infinitely reconfigurable.You like to explore your own independent path, and digital storage is where you have fun, push hard and spark the imagination. You explore, you refine, and when ready, you share your vision with the world. The OWC Express 4M2 is the external drive built for the journey before you and the path yet to be explored.Customize your Express 4M2 with up to four NVMe SSDs, RAID them however you wish and connect it all with Thunderbolt 3 the fastest and most flexible interface around. The sheer performance of the Express 4M2 helps you meet deadlines faster, giving you more time to explore your creativity and push your projects further.Pint-Sized PowerhouseSmall in stature. Big on capability. The OWC Express 4M2 is ready to serve with four easy-to-access NVMe M.2 SSD slots customizable for any workflow with vibration damping feet that allow for vertical or horizontal orientation. Install up to 32TB of capacity and experience up to 2800MB/s of mind-bending performance via Thunderbolt 3. The Express 4M2 is an amazingly small digital workhorse with world-renowned OWC quality and award-winning support built in.Ingest and duplicate dailies at breakneck speeds, work with higher resolutions, smoothly scrub through demanding timelines, and plow through thousands of photos with ease. The OWC Express 4M2 is one seriously fast drive to have by your side to take your digital capabilities to a new level.Built Smaller and Faster from Input by Pros Like YouThe OWC Express 4M2 is designed with superior ease-of-use in mind. We worked with award-winning creatives and listened to the kudos they heaped onto the OWC ThunderBay mini, and we put all that shared knowledge to good use when we set out to build the next-gen Thunderbolt 3 multi-bay drive. The result is the 57% smaller and 2.5x faster OWC Express 4M2. It's smaller and easier to fit into your workflow, studio and on stage. It's faster with four easy-access M.2 slots so you can swap, upgrade or expand your Express 4M2 to configure and reconfigure it to serve any project need.Game-Changing NVMe SSD PerformanceNVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is a hyper-efficient communications interface protocol built from the ground up to properly take advantage of SSD technology and high-performance connection buses like PCIe. The result is exponentially faster and efficient SSD storage, and the OWC Express 4M2 has room for four NVMe SSDs.DisplayPortDisplay connection flexibility is yours with a convenient DisplayPort located right on the rear of the OWC Express 4M2. There's no need to worry about adapters or extra long cables. Just plug your display directly into the Express 4M2 and you're all set.Multi-DriveConfigure and reconfigure your storage however you need by combining multiple OWC Express 4M2 drives together on Mac and Windows. 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.More Powerful With SoftRAIDNeed more power and protection Choose a solution that includes OWC's powerful SoftRAID RAID software. SoftRAID is the most powerful, intuitive software RAID utility on the market. Multiple RAID levels let you select the RAID level that fits you or your project s needs best. If you need maximum volume capacity, optimum drive performance, data protection, or a combination of attributes, SoftRAID has you covered. Packed with features like drive validation, verification and failure prediction SoftRAID includes features you simply don t get with hardware RAID. It s like having a datacenter on your desktop! From home users looking to protect photos and documents to professionals needing to protect and quickly access projects, SoftRAID is the perfect solution.Try SoftRAID COMPLETELY FREE for 14 DaysStart protecting yourself and your data today! Get all of SoftRAID's great disk checking and monitoring features, plus the fastest and most efficient software RAID there is.Connect to Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 Systems with EaseThe OWC Express 4M2 is fully backward compatible with Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2. Utilize Thunderbolt 3 performance to work at full speed, and step back to Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 whenever connectivity compatibility is needed for your workflow. Add a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter along with the appropriate Thunderbolt cable, and you're all set.OWC Thunderbolt 3 CableOWC Express 4M2 comes with an OWC Thunderbolt 3 cable which is Thunderbolt certified for Mac and Windows, with additional 0.5 meter to 2.0 meter lengths available separately.Quality You Can TrustLike all OWC drives, the OWC Express 4M2 is built to the highest standards of reliability and performance and Thunderbolt Certified for Mac and Windows. Because 100% reliability is always the goal, Express 4M2 is rigorously quality tested and backed by our one-year limited warranty plus award-winning, 24/7 customer support.
| Storage | |
| Storage drive size: | M.2 |
| Supported storage drive interfaces: | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Number of storage drives supported: | 4 |
| Maximum storage capacity: | 16 TB |
| Ports & interfaces | |
| USB connectivity: |  |
| USB version: | Thunderbolt 3 |
| USB connector type: | USB Type-C |
| USB ports quantity: | 3 |
| Design | |
| Product type: | SSD enclosure |
| Product colour: | Black |
| Material: | Aluminium |
| LED indicators: | Activity, Power |
| On/off switch: | |
| Number of fans: | 1 fan(s) |
| Fan diameter: | 6 cm |
| Certification: | CE, FCC |
| Performance | |
| Data transfer rate: | 40 Gbit/s |
| Chipset: | Alpine Ridge DSL6540 |
| Power | |
| Power source type: | AC, DC |
| External power adapter: | |
| AC adapter input voltage: | 100-240 V |
| AC adapter input current: | 2 A |
| AC adapter frequency: | 50-60 Hz |
| AC adapter output voltage: | 12 V |
| AC adapter output current: | 6 A |
| System requirements | |
| Windows operating systems supported: | Windows 10, Windows 10 x64 |
| Mac operating systems supported: | Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur |
| Operational conditions | |
| Operating temperature (T-T): | 0 - 40 °C |
| Storage temperature (T-T): | -20 - 70 °C |
| Operating altitude: | -304.8 - 12192 m |
| Weight & dimensions | |
| Width: | 13.6 mm |
| Depth: | 11.3 mm |
| Height: | 6 mm |
| Weight: | 800 g |
| Packaging content | |
| AC adapter included: | |
| Cables included: | AC, Thunderbolt |
| Manual: | |
