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Overview


The Best DIY RAID You Wanted
We heard you loud and clear (pun intended) when you said you loved everything about the Express 4M2 but wanted it quieter. After adding smart adaptive fans that only turn on when needed for near silent operation, we decided to give it USB4 connectivity for the optimum blend of compatibility, performance, and affordability. Now you can build a desktop'shuttle high-performance RAID with your choice of NVMe M.2 SSDs and get up to 3200MB's performance with USB4, Thunderbolt, and USB-C Macs and PCs.

The Power of Choice is Yours
Engineered to support any NVMe M.2 2230, 2242, or 2280 SSD, this compact powerhouse gives you the ultimate flexibility to choose the drive you want today — including OWC Aura SSDs with up to a massive 8TB capacity each. When tomorrow’s 16TB and larger drives hit the scene, you can easily boost your Express 4M2’s capacity.

One Cool RAID for Diverse Workflows
High speed backups, multiple media card offloads, and intense RAW photo and 8K video editing sessions mean one thing… Heat. You can put aside any thermal throttling and noise concerns because the Express 4M2 utilizes a heat dissipating solid aluminum body along with smart, adaptive fans that activate only when needed or under heavy load. Diversity of use also means being able to easily work cross-platform with Macs and PCs. We help you keep your cool in mixed environments with our MacDrive software (avaialble separately).

Your Data’s Reliability is Our #1 Priority
Anyone can put a bunch of components in a housing and call it an enclosure or a drive. OWC is not just anyone. We’re a group of filmmakers, musicians, designers, content creators, and parents just like you wanting to capture and preserve that irreplaceable moment. Our data storage products go through countless hours of ongoing development testing and certification processes. We then subject them to extreme real-world abuses. The priority for some storage devices is to be a mass-produced, lowest price commodity. We do it differently because the reliability of your data and the longevity of an OWC product is priority #1.

Video Editor working at workstation
OWC Aura SSDs: The perfect match for Express 4M2
Combine Express 4M2 with its perfect performance match – four blazing fast OWC Aura NVMe M.2 SSDs - and enjoy incredible transfer speeds, capacity, and most importantly, OWC reliability you can count on.




Specification

Technical Description: OWC Express 4M2 4-Slot M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure without SoftRaid - USB4 Up to 3200MB/s
Design
LED indicators:
Activity, Power
Material:The material from which a thing is or can be made e.g. wood, plastic.
Aluminium
Product colour:
Silver
Product type:The sub-category of the product.
SSD enclosure

Operational conditions
Operating altitude:
-304.8 - 3048 m
Storage temperature (T-T):The minimum and maximum temperatures at which the product can be safely stored.
-20 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T):The minimum and maximum temperatures at which the product can be safely operated.
0 - 40 °C

Packaging content
Cables included:
USB Type-C
AC adapter included:
Yes

Performance
Chipset:Set of electronic components in an integrated circuit that manages the data flow between the processor, memory and peripherals. It is usually found in the motherboard of a computer. Chipsets are usually designed to work with a specific family of microprocessors. Because it controls communications between the processor and external devices, the chipset plays a crucial role in determining system performance.
Asmedia ASM-2464PDX
Data transfer rate:Rate at which data can be transferred. Usually expressed in units per second. May vary with network configurations.
40 Gbit/s

Ports & interfaces
DC-in jack:The socket/plug where the DC electricity supply connects to the device.
Yes
USB connector gender:
Female
USB connector type:The type of USB connector/port that this product has.
USB Type-C
USB connectivity:The product has USB connector.
Yes

Power
AC adapter frequency:
50 - 60 Hz
AC adapter input current:
1.5 A
AC adapter input voltage:
100 - 240 V
External power adapter:
Yes
Power source type:What the power source is.
AC, DC

Storage
RAID levels:RAID is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit for the purposes of data redundancy and performance improvement. Data is distributed across the drives in one of several ways, referred to as RAID levels, depending on the specific level of redundancy and performance required.
0, 1, 4, 5, 10
Total installed storage capacity:
1 TB
Installed storage drive type:Type of storage drives built into the device e.g. HDD (hard disk drive), SSD (solid-state drive).
SSD
Number of storage drives supported:
4
Supported storage drive interfaces:
PCI Express 4.0
Storage drive size:
M.2

System requirements
Mac operating systems supported:Mac operating systems e.g. OS X can be used with the device.
Yes
Windows operating systems supported:Windows vesions wich can be used with the device.
Yes

Technical details
Compliance certificates:
CE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), RoHS

Weight & dimensions
Weight:Weight of the product without packaging (net weight). If possible, the net weight is given including standard accessories and supplies. Please note that sometimes the manufacturer leaves out the weight of accessories and/or supplies.
1.8 kg
Height:The measurement of the product from head to foot or from base to top.
139 mm
Depth:The distance from the front to the back of something.
178 mm
Width:The measurement or extent of something from side to side.
60 mm

Product details

810179170721-XEX OWC 0810179170721

OWC Express 4M2 4-Slot M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure without SoftRaid - USB4 Up to 3200MB/s

£229.99 and In stock

SKU: 810179170721-XEX


Parent Product

OWCUS4EXP4M2 OWC


MPN: OWCUS4EXP4M2

OWC Express 4M2 4-Slot M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure without SoftRaid - USB4 Up to 3200MB/s

Quick Code: Q3361343 MPN: 810179170721-XEX
£229.99

Quantity:
In Stock