Connect two USB 3.1 Gen. 1 Type-A devices over a long distance with the 32.8' TechLogix Networx MOFO Fiber Optic USB 3.1 Gen. 1 Type-A Male to Type-A Female Extension Cable. It supports transfer speeds up to 5 Gb/s and uses fiber optic wiring to support long cable runs and virtually eliminate interference.

Transfer Rates up to 5 Gb/s    Plenum-Rated    Plug-and-Play Design

• Fiber-based USB cable
• Compatible with USB 3.1 Gen. 1 (SuperSpeed) devices; not compatible with USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 devices
• No external power required – powered by the USB bus (4.75 to 5.25V)
• Interference-free performance
• Four-strand multimode OM3 construction supports re-termination in the field for upgrades and repurposing
• Plenum-rated jacket
• 4.3mm jacket diameter
• Kevlar-strength design
• 1.8" minimum bend rating
• 70 lb max pull strength
• 32 to 122°F operating temperature with up to 85% non-condensing humidity

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Can this be used with just one drive, leaving the other bay empty?

A: This enclosure should still operate with one drive installed. However, the whole purpose of a RAID enclosure is to use all available slots to set it up in a RAID system.

Q: 2. Can this drive be formatted as 2 2T volumes, and if so how does that affect data transfer rate?

A: If using on a Mac, the answer is 1) Yes, you can format into multiple partitions and 2) Its possible that partitioning could lower performance when both partitions are being used simultaneously, meaning both volumes are either reading and or writing at the same time. This performance hit may not be much more than reading/writing to two different directories/folders on a single partition. It could also depend on how a particular file system stores data on the various OS's available to you.

Q: 3. can this provide power to macbook?

A: It's not a power adapter - it's for holding hard drives for additional storage...

Q: 4. Hi - using this device, are drives hot swappable if not in raid mode?

A: Yes, see pg. 13 of manual: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/640718.pdf

Q: 5. For archiving, would you buy one of these and use in RAID 0 (for maximum size) or an 8TB desktop-size drive (losing the benefit of portability and encryption) ?

A: If one drive fails in a RAID 0 configuration, you would lose all of your data. The desktop drive has the advantage of an external power source. You could use a program like bitlocker to encrypt the drive. If you are looking for a portable solution, you could divide the data across 2 or 3 Lacie 5TB Rugged drives.

Q: 6. This drive shows up when I select USB-Powered in the search criteria. Actually, several AC-powered drives show up in the results when I select USB-Powered . You should fix that.Oh, it has to be a question? OK, are you _trying_ to be misleading, or was it accidental?

A: This is an excellent hard drive, one of the best I have had. It is ac powered.

Q: 7. Is it possible to transfer all data from the old hard drive to the new SSD, and how is it working? Thank you

A: Yes, it is possible to use the Atech Flash Technology Blackjet VX-2SSD USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C RAID Enclosure BH #ATBJ0200R01 to transfer data from a hard drive to a SATA SSD. You would use a program like Acronis to clone the drives.

Q: 8. Can this be bus powered?

A: No, this would not be able to be buss powered.

Q: 9. Can this product be daisy chained?

A: The Atech Flash Technology Blackjet VX-2SSD USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C RAID Enclosure only has a single USB-C port so it cannot be daisy-chained unless you place it at the end of the chain.

Q: 10. Do the drives go entirely inside of the enclosure or do they stick out like a drive dock?

A: They stick out a little.