Description
OWC U.2 Workflow SSD Solution made of OWC U2 Shuttle and OWC Mercury Helios 3S with NVMe Interchange System
The Ultimate Transportable Film Production Storage Solution
Highlights
- Ideal for media workflows: dramatically lowers production to lab shipping costs vs shipping larger, heavier drives
- Lightning fast: up to 2800MB/s
- Includes SoftRAID Pro: robust software for creating, monitoring, and managing advanced RAID sets
- RAID ready: configure for max capacity, speed, protection, or combination of attributes
- Easy Swaps: transport the U2 Shuttle to other OWC U.2 bay devices like the OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 and PCs
- Charge while working: 85W of notebook charging
- 3-Year OWC Limited Warranty
Speed. Security. Savings. The seemingly impossible trinity of what you desire from your media workflow data storage is now an achievable reality with the OWC U.2 Workflow Solution. As an early pioneer and now leading developer of U.2 storage solutions, we’ve utilized our expertise to create the ultimate high-performance transportable film production storage solution. Blistering speed. Massive capacity. RAID-ready flexibility. Swappable convenience. It’s all ready for you to immediately put to work with nothing to configure or assemble with the OWC U.2 Workflow Solution.
Meet Your Supporting Cast
Delivering a starring performance requires a diversely talented cast. Taking the spotlight is the OWC U2 Shuttle. It’s the world’s first shuttle for four NVMe SSDs that easily inserts into 3.5-inch U.2 drive bays. It’s everything you’ve wanted in a multiple blade SSD – and similar to our award-winning ThunderBlade - but with enhanced capabilities for media production workflows.
Next up is the dynamic duo of the OWC U.2 NVMe Interchange System and the OWC Mercury Helios 3S. With a locking drive bay to keep your data secure, the Interchange System transforms the Mercury Helios 3S PCIe expansion chassis into a swappable U.2 bay. In true OWC fashion to make things super easy for you, the Interchange System drive bay conveniently arrives with the OWC U2 Shuttle installed with your choice of massive OWC Aura Pro SSD capacities.
Saves You Time and Money
For over three decades, OWC has listened to pros like you and created innovative solutions that solved your data storage challenges. As such, we heard you loud and clear about getting drives to post-production on a tight deadline with an equally tight project budget. The OWC U.2 Workflow Solution saves you time and money while safeguarding your data with an easy three step drive swap process:
- Step 1. Disconnect the Thunderbolt cable from the Helios 3S and unlock the drive bay.
- Step 2. Pull the U2 Shuttle out of the bay and ship it to post-production.
- Step 3. Slide U2 Shuttle into the drive bay, lock the drive bay, and reconnect the Thunderbolt cable to keep your data and projects flowing smoothly and securely.
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!
Includes SoftRAID Pro: Easy and Complete Drive Management
SoftRAID Pro is the most powerful, intuitive software RAID utility on the market. Multiple RAID options 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 Pro has you covered.
Packed with features like drive validation, verification and failure prediction—SoftRAID Pro 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 Pro is the perfect solution.
- Advanced: Create RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) arrays1
- Protected: SoftRAID Monitor constantly watches your disks and alerts you if problems are detected
- Validated: Volume validation ensures sectors can be read and parity is correct
- Certified: Checks disks before use to ensure they are safe for data storage
- Vigilant: Error prediction helps protect against unexpected failure
- Universal: Move SoftRAID arrays seamlessly between Macs and PCs with built-in OWC MacDrive technology
SoftRAID provides a level of performance that you simply can’t get with hardware RAID.
Dive deeper into the benefits of OWC SoftRAID ».
Your Digital Life…Protected for FREE
Backing up and protecting your data is critically important. But all too often it’s a task that falls to the bottom of the “to do” list, and you don’t realize it until it is too late. That’s why OWC has partnered with Acronis to give you 1 full year of the #1 personal backup and antivirus software to integrate into your workflow.
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office safeguards you from today’s data threats—from accidents to failures to attacks. With easy, intuitive backup and Ai-enhanced antimalware technology, your digital life is protected—photos, files, applications, systems, and the devices they are on.
- Complete Backup and Fast Recovery: quickly restore your files or entire system at any time
- Easy Disk Cloning and Full Image Backup: just two clicks to start a full disk image backup
- Cloud, Local or Hybrid Cloud: back up locally, to the cloud, or both. It’s your choice
Learn more about Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
- RAID 4/1+0 (10) are Mac only at this time.
- Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt compatibility requires a certified Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 (mDP) adapter and a Thunderbolt 2 cable. This configuration provides data transfer at Thunderbolt 2 speeds (up to 20Gb/s) but does not support notebook charging.
Includes
(1) OWC U.2 Workflow Solution consisting of OWC U2 Shuttle (SSD installed according to capacity option choosen) and OWC Mercury Helios 3S with NVMe Interchange System
(1) Power Supply
(1) OWC SoftRAID Pro
(1) Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
(1) Quick start guide
3-Year OWC Limited Warranty
| Capacities | 4TB/ 8TB/ 16TB/ 32TB |
| Standard Mechanism |
4TB - (4) 1TB OWC Aura P12 Pro PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD 8TB - (4) 2.0TB OWC Aura Pro IV PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD 16TB - (4) 4.0TB OWC Aura P12 Pro PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD 32TB - (4) 8.0TB OWC Aura P12 Pro PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD *OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components. |
| Display Support | Up to one 8K display @ 60Hz |
| Chipset | Thunderbolt 3: Titan Ridge (JHL7440) PCIe switch: ASM2812X |
| Form Factor | 3.5-inch U.2 |
| Storage Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 |
| Card Interface | PCIe |
| PCIe Lanes | x 4 |
| PCIe Slot | x 16 |
| PCIe Version | PCI Express 3.1 |
| RAID Support | Yes |
| RoHS Compliant | Yes |
| Certifications | CE, FCC, VCCI, RCM, BSMI |
| Data Rate | Max theoretical PCIe bandwidth: 3940 MB/s (varies by SSD and host device) Max theoretical bandwidth inside a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure: 2800 MB/s |
| Plug and Play | Yes |
| RAID Capable | Yes |
| RAID Levels Supported | RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 4 RAID 5 RAID 10 JBOD |
| RAID Features | Software RAID |
| Mac OS Compatibility | macOS 10.14 Mojave macOS 10.15 Catalina macOS 11.x Big Sur macOS 12.x Monterey macOS 13.x Ventura |
| PC OS Compatibility | Windows 11 Windows 10 64-bit Edition |
| Other Requirements | macOS 10.14.5 or later is required. OWC U2 Shuttle requires a compatible NVMe U.2 host enclosure, such as the OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 (top 4 bays only, top-left recommended), the OWC Helios 3S with U.2 NVMe Interchange System, or the OWC Elite Mercury Pro U.2 Dual. |
| Host Port Requirements | Thunderbolt (USB-C) port (backward compatible with Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt1) |
| Supported PCIe Cards | Mechanical: x16 slot and enclosure support cards up to half-length, full-height, and double-width Bandwidth: PCIe 3.0 x4. Cards that require a minimum of x8 or more PCIe lanes are not supported. GPUs not supported If the card requires a driver it must be Thunderbolt-aware. Cards that require more than 75W are not supported. |
| Driver Required | SoftRAID Only |
| Power Supply | External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply |
| AC Input | 100-240V, 50-60 Hz, 2.2A |
| DC Output | +12V, 12.5A |
| Wattage | 150W |
| External Power Adapter | Yes |
| Power Delivery | One Thunderbolt 3 port with 85W power delivery One Thunderbolt 3 port with 15W power delivery |
| Drive Bays |
1 bay supporting: 3.5-inch U.2 drives, M.2 drives (with M.2 to U.2 adapter) Included OWC U2 Shuttle contains four NVMe M.2 2280 "M Key" SSDs |
| Expansion Slots | PCIe 3.0 interface (x4) with x16 physical slot |
| Device Ports | (1) Host Port - Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) up to 40 Gb/s (5000 MB/s) (1) Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Port (1) DisplayPort Port |
| Internal Connectivity | U2 |
| Cooling | (1) cooling fan |
| Security Slot | Yes |
| Housing Color | Black |
| Housing Material | Aluminum |
| Dimensions | Height: 8.2 cm (3.2 in) Length: 23.3 cm (9.2 in) Width: 14.3 cm (5.6 in) |
| Weight | 2.7 kg (6.05 lbs) |
| Ambient Temperature | Operating: 41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C) Non-Operating: -4°F to 140°F (-20°C to 60°C) |
| Altitude | Operating: -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft) Non-Operating: -304.8 m to 12,192.0 m (-1,000 ft to 40,000 ft) |
| Humidity | Operating: 8% to 90% non-condensing Non-Operating: 5% to 95% non-condensing |
| Notes |
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Compatibility
Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020) (January 2020) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 3.5GHz 8-Core
Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020) (January 2020) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 3.3GHz 12-Core
Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020) (January 2020) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 3.2GHz 16-Core
Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020) (January 2020) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 2.7GHz 24-Core
Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020) (January 2020) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 2.5GHz 28-Core
Mac Pro (Late 2019) (December 2019) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 3.5GHz 8-Core
Mac Pro (Late 2019) (December 2019) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 3.3GHz 12-Core
Mac Pro (Late 2019) (December 2019) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 3.2GHz 16-Core
Mac Pro (Late 2019) (December 2019) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 2.7GHz 24-Core
Mac Pro (Late 2019) (December 2019) Model ID: MacPro7,1 | 2.5GHz 28-Core
Mac Pro (Late 2013) Late 2013 Model ID: MacPro6,1
Requires Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 (mDP) Adapter and Thunderbolt 2 cable.
Mac Studio (Early 2022) Early 2022 Model ID: Mac13,2 & Mac13,1 | Apple M1 Ultra & Apple M1 Max
Mac mini (Late 2020) Late 2020 Model ID: Macmini9,1 | Apple M1
Mac mini (Late 2018) (November, 2018) Model ID: Macmini8,1 | 3.6GHz i3, 3.0GHz i5, 3.2GHz i7
Mac mini (Late 2014) Late 2014 Model ID: Macmini7,1
Requires Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 (mDP) Adapter and Thunderbolt 2 cable.
iMac Pro (27-inch Late 2017) (December 2017) Model ID: iMacPro1,1 | 3.2GHz 8-core, 3.0GHz 10-core, 2.3GHz 14-core, 2.5GHz 18-core
iMac (Retina 4.5K, 24-inch, Mid 2021) Mid 2021 Model ID: iMac21,2 & iMac21,1 | Apple M1
iMac w/Retina 5K display (27-inch Mid 2020) (August 2020) Model ID: iMac20,1; iMac20,2 | 3.1GHz i5, 3.3GHz i5, 3.8GHz i7, 3.6GHz i9
iMac w/Retina 5K display (27-inch Early 2019) (March 2019) Model ID: iMac19,1 | 3.0GHz i5, 3.1GHz i5, 3.7GHz i5, 3.6GHz i9
iMac w/Retina 4K display (21.5-inch Early 2019) (March 2019) Model ID:iMac19,2 | 3.6GHz i3, 3.0GHz i5, 3.2GHz i7
iMac w/Retina 5K display (27-inch Mid 2017) (June 2017) Model ID:iMac18,3 | 3.4GHz i5, 3.5GHz i5, 3.8GHz i5, 4.2GHz i7
iMac w/Retina 4K display (21.5-inch Mid 2017) (June 2017) Model ID:iMac18,2 | 3.0GHz i5, 3.4GHz i5, 3.6GHz i7
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017) (June 2017) Model ID:iMac18,1 | 2.3GHz i5
MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2020) (May, 2020) Model ID: MacBookPro16,3 | 1.4GHz i5, 1.7GHz i7
MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2020) (May, 2020) Model ID: MacBookPro16,2 | 2.0GHz i5, 2.3GHz i7
MacBook Pro (16-inch Touch Mid 2019) (November, 2019) Model ID: MacBookPro16,1 | 2.6GHz i7, 2.3GHz i9, 2.4GHz i9
MacBook Pro (15-inch Touch Mid 2019) (May, 2019) Model ID: MacBookPro15,1; MacBookPro15,3 | 2.6GHz i7, 2.3GHz i9, 2.4GHz i9
MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2019) (July, 2019) Model ID: MacBookPro15,4 | 1.4GHz i5, 1.7GHz i7
MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2019) (May, 2019) Model ID: MacBookPro15,2 | 2.4GHz i5, 2.8GHz i7
MacBook Pro (15-inch Touch Mid 2018) (July, 2018) Model ID: MacBookPro15,1 | 2.2GHz i7, 2.6GHz i7, 2.9GHz i9
MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2018) (July, 2018) Model ID: MacBookPro15,2 | 2.3GHz i5, 2.7GHz i7
MacBook Pro (15-inch Touch Mid 2017) (June, 2017) Model ID: MacBookPro14,3 | 2.8GHz i7, 2.9GHz i7, 3.1GHz i7
MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2017) (June, 2017) Model ID: MacBookPro14,2 | 3.1GHz i5, 3.3GHz i5, 3.5GHz i7
MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina display Mid 2017) (June, 2017) Model ID: MacBookPro14,1 | 2.3GHz i5, 2.5GHz i7
MacBook Pro (15-inch Touch Late 2016) (October, 2016) Model ID: MacBookPro13,3 | 2.6GHz, 2.7GHz, 2.9GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Late 2016) (October, 2016) Model ID: MacBookPro13,2 | 2.9GHz, 3.1GHz, 3.3GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina display Late 2016) (October, 2016) Model ID: MacBookPro13,1 | 2.0GHz, 2.4GHz
MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2020) Late 2020 Model ID: MacBookAir10,1 | Apple M1
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2022) Mid 2022 Model ID: Mac14,2 | Apple M2
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2020) (March 2020) Model ID: MacBookAir9,1 | 1.1GHz i3, 1.1GHz i5, 1.2GHz i7
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2019) (July 2019) Model ID: MacBookAir8,2 | 1.6GHz i5
MacBook Air (13-inch Late 2018) (November 2018) Model ID: MacBookAir8.1 | 1.6GHz i5
PC Compatible
Compatible with Intel / AMD based desktop/laptop PCs with built-in Thunderbolt 3 ports.
Extended Compatibility...
Add a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 (mDP) adapter to extend compatibility to the following machines:
Mac Pro (December, 2013) Model ID: MacPro6,1 | 2.7GHz 3.0GHz, 3.5GHz, 3.7GHz
iMac w/Retina 5K display (27-inch Late 2015) (October 2015) Model ID:iMac17,1 | 3.2GHz i5, 3.3GHz i5, 4.0GHz i7
iMac w/ Retina 4K display (21.5-inch Late 2015) (October 2015) Model ID:iMac16,2 | 3.1GHz i5, 3.3GHz i7
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015) (October 2015) Model ID: iMac16,1 or iMac16,2 | 1.6GHz i5, 2.8GHz i5, 3.1GHz i5, 3.3GHz i7
iMac w/Retina 5K display (27-inch Mid 2015) (May 2015) Model ID: iMac15,1 | 3.3GHz i5, 3.5GHz i5, 4.0GHz i7
iMac w/Retina 5K display (27-inch Late 2014) (October 2014) Model ID: iMac15,1 | 3.5GHz i5, 4.0GHz i7
iMac (27-inch Late 2013) (September 2013) Model ID: iMac14,2 | 3.2GHz i5, 3.4GHz i5, 3.5GHz i7
iMac (27-inch Late 2012) (October 2012) Model ID: iMac13,2 | 2.9GHz i5, 3.2GHz i5, 3.4GHz i7
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) (May 2011) Model ID: iMac12,2 | 2.7GHz i5, 3.1GHz i5, 3.4GHz i7
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2014) (June 2014) Model ID: iMac14,4 | 1.4GHz i5
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) (September 2013) Model ID: iMac14,3 | 2.9GHz i5 or 3.1GHz i7
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) (September 2013) Model ID: iMac14,1 | 2.7GHz i5
iMac (21.5-inch Early 2013) (March 2013) Model ID: iMac13,1 | 3.3GHz i3
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2012) (October 2012) Model ID: iMac13,1 | 2.7GHz i5 , 2.9GHz i5, 3.1GHz i7
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2011) (August 2011) Model ID: iMac12,1 | 3.1GHz i3
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011) (May 2011) Model ID: iMac12,1 | 2.5GHz i5 , 2.7GHz i5, 2.8GHz i7
Mac mini (Late 2014) (October, 2014) Model ID: Macmini7,1 | 1.4GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz
Mac mini (Late 2012) (October, 2012) Model ID: Macmini6,1 & Macmini6,2 | 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.6GHz
Mac mini (Late 2012 Server) (October, 2012) Model ID: Macmini6,2 | 2.3GHz, 2.6GHz
Mac mini (Mid 2011) (July, 2011) Model ID: Macmini5,1 & Macmini5,2 | 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.7GHz
Mac mini (Mid 2011 Server) (July, 2011) Model ID: Macmini5,3 | 2.0GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina display Mid 2015) (May, 2015) Model ID: MacBookPro11,4; MacBookPro11,5 | 2.2GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.8GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina display Early 2015) (March, 2015) Model ID: MacBookPro12,1 | 2.7GHz, 2.9GHz, 3.1GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Display 2013 - 2014) (October, 2013 - July, 2014) Model ID: MacBookPro11,1 | 2.4GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.8GHz, 2.9GHz, 3.0GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Display 2013 - 2014) (October, 2013 - July, 2014) Model ID: MacBookPro11,2 | 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.8GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Display 2013 - 2014) (October, 2013 - July, 2014) Model ID: MacBookPro11,3 | 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.8GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Display 2013) (January, 2013) Model ID: MacBookPro10,1 | 2.4GHz, 2.7GHz, 2.8GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Display 2013) (January, 2013) Model ID: MacBookPro10,2 | 2.5GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.9GHz, 3.0GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Display 2012-2013) (October, 2012) Model ID: MacBookPro10,2 | 2.5GHz, 2.9GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Display 2012) (June, 2012) Model ID: MacBookPro10,1 | 2.3GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.7GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2012) (June, 2012) Model ID: MacBookPro9,1 | 2.3GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.7GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch 2012) (June, 2012) Model ID: MacBookPro9,2 | 2.5GHz, 2.9GHz
MacBook Pro (17-inch 2011) (October, 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,3 | 2.4GHz, 2.5GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2011) (October, 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,2 | 2.2GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.5GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch 2011) (October, 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,1 | 2.4GHz, 2.8GHz
MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2011) (February, 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,3 | 2.2GHz, 2.3GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011) (February, 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,2 | 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, 2.3GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011) (February, 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,2 | 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, 2.3GHz
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2015) (March 2015) Model ID: MacBookAir7,2 | 1.6GHz i5, 2.2GHz i7
MacBook Air (11-inch Early 2015) (March 2015) Model ID: MacBookAir7,1 | 1.6GHz i5, 2.2GHz i7
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013) (June, 2013) Model ID: MacBookAir6,2 | 1.3GHz, 1.7GHz
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2013) (June, 2013) Model ID: MacBookAir6,1 | 1.3GHz, 1.7GHz
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012) (June, 2012) Model ID: MacBookAir5,2 | 1.8GHz, 2.0GHz
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012) (June, 2012) Model ID: MacBookAir5,1 | 1.7GHz, 2.0GHz
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011) (July, 2011) Model ID: MacBookAir4,2 | 1.7GHz, 1.8GHz
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011) (July, 2011) Model ID: MacBookAir4,1 | 1.6GHz, 1.8GHz
