OWC 20TB HDD miniStack STX Stackable Storage and Thunderbolt Hub Xpansion Solution - Silver
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Product Information
Overview
miniStack STX: Compact Size, Massive Possibilities
The miniStack STX offers unrivalled storage and connectivity expansion, making it the perfect companion for a wide range of devices. With universal SATA HDD/SSD bays and an NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD slot, you can expand your storage capacity significantly. Three Thunderbolt (USB-C) ports enable you to connect to a variety of drives, displays, and desktop accessories.
Expand Your Devices
Despite its compact size, the miniStack STX is a versatile companion for notebooks, desktop machines, tablets, and Chromebooks. These devices often have limited ports, but the miniStack STX addresses this with enhanced connectivity and storage capacity.
Dual Drive Powerhouse
The miniStack STX features a universal SATA drive bay for HDDs or SSDs, providing substantial data storage capacity. For bandwidth-intensive operations, the NVMe M.2 SSD slot delivers exceptional performance, offering near-instant access speeds through PCIe.
Professional-Grade Performance
Experience up to 770MB/s of real-world data transfer speed. Move 5GB of footage in about 6 seconds or transfer thousands of photos in mere seconds. Use the SATA drive for Time Machine or File History backups while working off the NVMe drive. The miniStack STX excels in video editing, photography, audio, virtual machines, and everyday data tasks.
Data Security and Monitoring
Add OWC’s SoftRAID software to your miniStack STX to create a RAID 1 configuration, maintaining identical copies of your data on each drive. SoftRAID offers deep disk health analysis and preventive action alerts, ensuring your data is always safe and accessible.
Seamless Cross-Platform Data Transfer
Transferring data between Macs and Windows PCs is now effortless with OWC’s MacDrive software. Seamlessly move your HFS+ formatted drive between systems with full read and write access. Manage, repair, and browse through Time Machine backups directly from Windows Explorer.
Optimised for Music Production
Build your music setup effortlessly with the miniStack STX’s two configurable drives, ideal for recording and playback of essential tracks in real-time. Store your loop and sample libraries on the NVMe SSD for instant access with near-zero latency.
Unmatched Connectivity
Connect to nearly any past, present, or future device and accessory via three Thunderbolt (USB-C) ports. Create three independent daisy chains, allowing up to five bus-powered Thunderbolt devices with a USB device on the end of each chain for a total of 8 devices.
- Transform your workflow with ultra-fast data transfer speeds, ensuring you spend less time waiting and more time creating
- Seamlessly expand your device's storage capacity, allowing you to store more files, photos, videos, and applications without hassle
- Connect effortlessly to a wide array of devices and accessories, enhancing your productivity and flexibility in any setup
- Experience professional-grade performance with near-instant access speeds, perfect for demanding tasks like video editing and audio production
- Safeguard your valuable data with advanced RAID configurations and disk health monitoring, providing peace of mind and security
- Enjoy cross-platform compatibility, making data transfer between Macs and Windows PCs smooth and straightforward
- Keep your devices powered and ready with continuous power supply, even in sleep mode, ensuring you never miss a beat
Video
Introducing the OWC miniStack STX
With a universal SATA HDD/SSD bay AND an NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD slot, you can expand your mini’s storage capacity to gigantic proportions.
Specifications
- 20TB
- 512 MB
- 1 x 20.0TB Toshiba MG10 Series 7,200RPM Enterprise Capacity Hard Disk Drive with 512 MB cache
- 1 bay supporting: 3.5-inch SATA drives, 2.5-inch SATA drives
- 1 bay supporting: M.2 drives
- Supports NVMe M.2 SSDs with 2280 form factor and "M Key" connector type. Single- and double-sided SSDs are supported/li>
- The maximum performance of an internal M.2 NVMe SSD is 770MB/s due to the bandwidth of the PCIe 3.0 x1 bus inside the miniStack STX
- Thunderbolt 4: up to 8K @ 60Hz or 4K @ 120Hz via a native Thunderbolt 4 display or other display that supports USB-C connections and DisplayPort 1.4
- Yes
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
- macOS 10.15 Catalina
- macOS 11.x Big Sur
- macOS 12.x Monterey
- macOS 13.x Ventura
- macOS 14.x Sonoma
- Windows 10 32-bit edition
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 11
- Yes
- iPadOS 13
- iPadOS 14
- iPadOS 15
- iPadOS 16
- iPadOS 17
- Android 11.x
- Android 12.x
- Android 13.x
- Chrome OS
- Linux
- macOS 11.1 or later for Thunderbolt hosts
- macOS 10.14.6 or later for USB hosts
- No
- External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
- +20, 9A
- Yes
- Thunderbolt 4 host port provides up to 96W of power to the host computer
- Thunderbolt 4 device ports (for external drives and other devices) provide 15W of power
- 1 x host port - Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) up to 40 Gb/s (5000 MB/s)
- 4 x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports
- Thunderbolt (USB-C) or USB (USB-C or USB-A) port
- 1 x cooling fan
- Yes
- Yes
- H: 37 x L: 197 x W: 197 mm
- 1640 g
What's in the box
- 1 x OWC miniStack STX
- 1 x External Power Supply
- 1 x 0.3 m Thunderbolt 4 Cable
- 1 x Quick Start Guide
Manufacturer Information
Part Number
OWCT4MSSH20N00Warranty
- 3 Year Limited Warranty
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