Accelerate your creative workflow with the 44TB RAID Array USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 - Glyph Technologiesfrom Glyph Technologies. Featuring a 10 Gb/s compatible USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 connection, this high-speed desktop storage system features two 22TB enterprise class 7200 rpm, 3.5" SATA drives, providing 44TB of raw storage capacity for your 4K videos, high-resolution RAW photos, and other important files. The convenient hardware-based RAID controls allow you to quickly configure the dual drive array for RAID 0 to maximize capacity and speeds of up to 550 MB/s. Configuring the unit for RAID 1 provides data redundancy. The Blackbox PRO RAID Array is preformatted for Mac systems, so you can get straight to using it right out of the box. Windows users must reformat the drives before use.

The Blackbox PRO RAID features a comprehensive 3-year hardware warranty, which includes the cables, in addition to two years of Level 1 data recovery and one year of advanced replacement.

2 x 22TB 7200 rpm Enterprise 3.5" HDDs    2 x 3.5" Drive Bays    10 Gb/s USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 Host Connection    Supports RAID 0, 1, JBOD & SPAN    Hardware RAID Controller    Up to 550 MB/s Data Transfer Speed    Cooling Fan    Preformatted for Mac    Windows Compatible with Reformat

The USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 connection can transfer up to 10 Gb/s with compatible devices and is designed to work with Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.0 systems using the included cables.

This desktop drive system includes two enterprise class 7200 rpm, 3.5" 22TB drives with data transfer speeds of up to 550 MB/s.

With hardware-based RAID 0, 1, JBOD, and SPAN support, you can configure your Blackbox PRO RAID system without having to deal with finicky software solutions. Use the convenient switches to configure the system for RAID 0 to maximize speed and usable capacity or RAID 1 for data redundancy.

The rugged aluminum shell acts as a heatsink keeping the internal hard drive at its optimal temperature to deliver higher sustained speeds.

The Blackbox PRO is formatted for Mac computers and is Time Machine compatible right out of the box. You can reformat the drives for Windows.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. What's the difference between the Enterprise and Standard versions?

A: You can research this. Generally, enterprise drives have improved reliability, data integrity, and performance.

Q: 2. Is there a reliability issue between 3TB and 2TB drives, some suggest 3TB drives are bound to fail sooner than 2TB, is this true? What will be the file transfer rate if I'm using this on windows PC with USB 2.0. I do not have a MAC and plan to install a PCIe for USB 3.0 if my PC supports it. Thanks

A: A large video library for a production company was duplicated on 2 of these drives. One is with me to work with my Mac. The other is with my editor and his PC and AVID set up. We have only had the drives since October 2016. A 1TB Glyph RAID drive did fail after 6 years. So I do not think the size of the drive matters. The 1TB drive was kept indoors in an edit facility. Sometimes S*** happens.

Q: 3. Anyone have experience editing 4K multi cam on these drives? How was the performance?

A: The Glyph Technologies 40TB Blackbox PRO RAID 2-Bay RAID Array (2 x 20TB, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2) perform well for multicamera 4K video editing.

Q: 4. Are the drives swappable in this array?

A: Not from what I can tell

Q: 5. Looking at the picture displayed it shows FireWire and eSata. Where are the thunderbolt ports?

A: Check the picture again, they might have put up an incorrect one before. This unit only has: 2 x Thunderbolt 2 | 1 x USB 3.0 Type-B

Q: 6. hard disk

A: It comes with the hard drives included.

Q: 7. If a drive fails, can you swap it out for another one?

A: This unit is not meant to be self-serviced by a user.

Q: 8. What brand of hard drives are inside the glyph raid unit ?

A: Glyph Technologies do not publish the brand of drive they have installed.

Q: 9. formatted for mac?

A: yes, mac os X Extended (journaled)

Q: 10. how do you change the raid setup?

A: There's a switch on the back to change from RAID 0 and 1. Mine came in RAID 1 and I didn't want to change it to RAID 0, but my guess is the change isn't too complicated, especially when the drive is empty.