Give your system a storage performance boost with the 72TB Accelsior SE PCIe 3.0 Expansion Chassis from OWC / Other World Computing. Designed for DITs, video editors, VFX and 3D artists, colorists, creative content producers, and more, the Accelsior SE expands your onboard storage and can scale to your production needs. It can transfer data at speeds up to 6496 MB/s and may be configured as a RAID 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, or 10, each of which provides performance enhancements, allows for 1:1 data redundancy, or a combination of both.

Built with a storage capacity of 72TB, the Accelsior SE is equipped with nine 8TB OWC Aura Ultra IV NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs, allowing you to save all your important files easily. A plug-and-play design allows you to install this card within your Windows or Mac system without the need to download additional drivers or software. An internal cooling fan manages airflow within the card to ensure your drives do not buckle under potential heat buildup while also minimizing sound within your case. The Accelsior SE features a PCIe 3.0 x8 interface, but may be used in larger slots and is backward compatible with PCIe 2.0, allowing you to experience enhanced data transfer speeds with a wide range of devices.

Please note this card also requires a full height, full length PCIe slot. Also, OWC's RAID software, SoftRAID Premium, requires macOS 10.14 or later, Windows 10 or later, or Windows Server 2019 or 2022. M1 Macs required macOS 11.3 or later. SoftRAID is licensed pre computer and RAID 10 (1+0) is coming soon to Windows.

72TB Storage Capacity    PCIe 3.0 x8 / NVMe 1.3 Interface    9 x 8TB Aura Ultra IV NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSDs    RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, and 10    SoftRAID Premium Software Controller    Data Transfers up to 6496 MB/s    Internal Cooling Fan    Plug-and-Play Design    Backward Compatible with PCIe 2.0    Windows and Mac Compatible

OWC knows you require special tools to get the job done and be your best. Whether you're a DIT, pro video editor, VFX artist, or a colorist, you need extremely large and exceptionally fast storage in a single solution. The Accelsior SE (Special Edition) is a large single internal NVMe SSD RAID solution and will completely transform how you utilize your Mac Pro 2019-current or PC tower computer.

Up to 72TB of usable storage in RAID 0 with speeds up to 6496 MB/s for seamless editing and cutting edge VFX, 8K, and 360VR workflows. Perhaps you need RAID 5 data reliability for peace-of-mind or production requirements. That's where this special storage solution really shines. You still get up to 64TB storage and up to 5546 MB/s throughput. Speed. Capacity. Reliability. You truly can have it all with the Accelsior SE.

OWC's team is filled with creatives highly experienced in all phases of the video production world. They get your need for more speed and capacity when it comes to everything from backup to editing. The Accelsior SE is a simply elegant problem-solver for pros like you that need more from their storage:

• DITs needing to offload OCF from several media cards in parallel at maximum speeds while also having the ability to choose RAID 5 reliability for either peace-of-mind confidence or to meet production requirements
• Professional video editors desiring a high-performance scratch disk for seamless editing experience with all their files centralized for quick accessibility
• VFX 3D artists wanting to speed up cached simulations and image sequences processing by reducing the workload (and slowdown) placed on their computer's processor and RAM storage
• Colorists needing the bandwidth and capacity to effectively work with 8K sequence files or performing HDR color grading with Dolby Vision 16-bit TIFF images sequences
• Any creative content producer seeking the highest internal drive performance from their PCIe card compatible workstation

SoftRAID is a fast and flexible application to configure, maintain, and protect your RAID volumes on Mac and PC. OWC enclosures include three years of SoftRAID Premium.

• High-Performance RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) volumes
• Predictive Health Monitoring proactively notifies of Volume and Disk issues well before failure, provided on your computer and remotely
• 35+ Years of Experience of Pro Support to provide peace-of-mind with setup help, ongoing questions, or urgent disk issues
• And many more unique features

OWC understands the importance of your data. That is why every OWC solution receives comprehensive testing to deliver the reliability you expect. Your Accelsior SE undergoes a complete burn-in and performance certification process to ensure it's ready for your most demanding workflow right from the packaging.

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra
• 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-/64-bit)
• Windows 11
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Does this utilize the speed of NVMe?

A: yes with Sequential Read Speed 6318 MB/s

Q: 2. The 18 TB drive is recognized as 16 TB on my acer concept3 D laptop that runs windows 10. Have I been sent the wrong drive? Another question: can the drive be used between apple and pc (I use both).

A: I would check the disk formatting options. To ensure it is being properly utilized on apple or pc operating systems both FAT32, and exFAT are compatible.

Q: 3. Is this work with Mac Pro 2019?

A: Yes, it works in the 2019 Mac Pro.

Q: 4. Does this ext. drive use MEMEO Dashboard software?

A: MEMEO Dashboard software is not included with the Seagate Expansion Desktop External HDD.

Q: 5. Why do you advertise the Mac Pro 5,1 when it only has PCIe 2.0 and your product uses PCIe 3.0?

A: Because the 4M2 is backwards compatible with PCIe 2.0. Of course the speeds are reduced, but it works perfectly in the 5,1.

Q: 6. Which "select Windows PC towers" is this card compatible for?

A: I'm not sure where that language is located, but it will work in any PC running Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 with an available full height PCIe 3.0 8X slot.

Q: 7. Are the M.2 NVMe sticks removable, replaceable and upgradable, or is everything glued/soldered down?

A: Yes, the SSD's are replaceable on the OWC 32TB Accelsior 4M2 PCIE 3.0 M.2 Nvme SSD Hard Drive BH #OWSSDACL32TB. They are not soldered down or glued.

Q: 8. THIS HARD DRIVE WORKS with the Mac Pro rack 2023?

A: Yes, the OWC 16TB Accelsior 4M2 PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD is compatible with a 2023 Mac Pro computer.

Q: 9. Does this have 8 lanes or 16 lanes on the PCI bus?

A: 8 lanes.

Q: 10. If you don't use the RAID software on a MacPro do these drives mount as four individual SSD's?

A: The OWC 4TB Accelsior 4M2 PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD (B&H # OWSSDL4M204T) can mount SSDs individually in a JBOD format.