Accelsior 4m2, new ssd unit with up to 8 tb capacity

Just in time for the launch of Apple's recently redesigned Mac Pro tower, OWC has unveiled the “fastest SSD they've ever built, ” the Accelsior 4M2. The high-end SSD combines multiple M.2 drives to deliver up to 8TB of storage, with a read / write aggregate of over 6000MB / s.

OWC has unveiled the “Fastest SSD They've Ever Built, ” the Accelsior 4M2

The OWC Accelsior 4M2 SSD is essentially a PCIe x8 backplane based on the ASMedia ASM2824 PCIe 3.0 controller, which in turn is used to control all four PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slots. The Accelsior fills these slots with four of OWC's Aura P12 M.2-2280 units. To ensure consistent performance as well as to ensure reliability, the SSD is also equipped with a large heat sink, as four Aura drives can develop high temperatures.

In terms of capacity, the Accelsior 4M2 storage solution will be available in gross capacities of 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB. OWC, in turn, classifies the SSD for sequential read speeds of up to 6, 318 MB / s, as well as sequential write speeds of up to 6, 775 MB / s.

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As is often the case with high-end OWC drives, the Accelsior 4M2 is intended for use with OWC's SoftRAID software, which supports various RAID modes (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD, etc.). Otherwise, the drive can also be used on PCs, but PC users will have to supply their own RAID software.

OWC will begin shipping Accelsior 4M2 SSDs the week of December 30. The barebone card is priced at $ 249.99, the 1TB version costs $ 479.99, while the 8TB model has a retail price of $ 1, 599.99.

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