Designed for professionals looking to quickly and efficiently ingest, copy, and edit their content, the PRO-BLADE STATION from SanDisk Professional is a multi-bay desktop array that can be equipped with up to four 4TB PRO-BLADE SSD mags, for an overall capacity of 16TB. The PRO-BLADE STATION delivers speeds of up to 3000 MB/s, which is fast enough to handle 12K, 8K, and 4K video, as well as other demanding workloads. This modular and scalable SSD workstation connects to your host system using a 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 interface. There is also a second Thunderbolt 3 port for daisy chaining and the PRO-BLADE STATION is powered using a 100W USB-C input.

4TB Storage Capacity    4 x 1TB PRO-BLADE SSD Mags    2 x 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 Ports    Read Speeds up to 3000 MB/s    Write Speeds up to 2600 MB/s    Edit 12K, 8K, and 4K Video    NVMe PCIe 3.0 Interface    Can Withstand Drops up to 9.8'    Crush Rating up to 4000 lb    Preformatted APFS for macOS 10.13+

Save time on your most demanding projects using the PRO-BLADE STATION modular NVMe SSD workstation with 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 where you need high throughput.

Utilize the 4 PRO-BLADE SSD mag slots to edit, copy, and move massive amounts of data quickly, with read speeds of up to 3000 MB/s and write speeds of up to 2600 MB/s.

When time is money, avoid downtime waiting for transfers by simply moving PRO-BLADE SSD mags between a PRO-BLADE TRANSPORT portable enclosure and the PRO-BLADE STATION desktop enclosures.

Ingest from or download to all four PRO-BLADE SSD mags at once to speed through your workflow. Quickly move between projects by simply swapping out the PRO-BLADE SSD mags. The PRO-BLADE STATION offers versatile SSD modularity to let you create a customized setup based on your needs.

Features flow-through active ventilation to help cool PRO-BLADE SSD mags and maintain high-speed performance throughout your project.

Mount the PRO-BLADE STATION to your custom rig setup with its load-bearing mounting points.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Will I get 40gbps on my M1 Max MacBook using this with the Blade Station? This device stated 20GB/s, but the station claims 40GB/s.

A: This drive can achieve read speeds of up to 3000 MB/s with the Pro-Blade Station.

Q: 2. Will this device ever be able to use 8TB blades, for a total of 32TB?

A: Regarding the SanDisk Professional 16TB Professional PRO-BLADE STATION Kit with PRO-BLADE SSD Mag (4 x 4TB), at this time, SanDisk does not make an 8TB version of the PRO-BLADE SSD Mag.

Q: 3. Is the SanDisk pro blade station and transport compatible with all the different blade capacity SDD mags?

A: The SanDisk Professional 8TB Professional PRO-BLADE STATION Kit with PRO-BLADE SSD Mag (4 x 2TB) BH #SAPBST2K comes with 4x 2TB blades but is compatible with other sizes as well.

Q: 4. If I can format the bade to FAT32, will it work inserted into a SanDisk Project drive formatted APSF?

A: Yes, the SanDisk Professional 2TB PRO-BLADE SSD Mag, (B&H # SAPB2TB), would work inserted into a SanDisk Project Drive even if it's a different format than the SanDisk Professional Project Drive. In that scenario, the Project drive is simply acting as a hub/reader.

Q: 5. Is this in any way water resistant? Or just a fancy enclosure without many benefits?

A: No, the SanDisk Professional 2TB PRO-BLADE SSD MAG is not water resistant.

Q: 6. It can be use with canon r3 and r5 ?

A: No, neither the Canon EOS R3 Mirrorless Camera or the Canon EOS R5 Mirrorless Camera have the ability to record directly to an SSD. These cannot be used with the SanDisk Professional 8TB Professional PRO-BLADE STATION Kit with PRO-BLADE TRANSPORT SSDs (4 x 2TB) for direct recording.

Q: 7. Can the Pro Blade be adapted to insert into the Pro Dock 4?

A: The SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE SSD Mag can not be adapted to work with the SanDisk Professional PRO-DOCK 4 (BH #SAPD14F0000N).

Q: 8. Does the Blad mag itself have any port to connect directly to Mac, or does it need to be used with the Blade Station or transport?

A: This drive must be used with the Blade station or transport, it is not able to connect directly to a computer on its own.

Q: 9. Will there be 0tb ? Just the empty mag?

A: This SanDisk Professional 1TB PRO-BLADE SSD MAG drive contains a 1TB volume preformatted APFS.

Q: 10. Will this be compatible with the new Pro Dock?

A: This SanDisk Professional 1TB PRO-BLADE SSD MAG is compatible with the SanDisk PRO-BLADE Station and Transport.