It also has a large rear fan to keep the drives cooler for longer life and reliability. A durable dark aluminum casing provides excellent heat dissipation. This 20G Thunderbolt 2 four-bay external drive case from Akitio is designed for both 2.5" SSDs where speed is the priority - or for full-size 3.5" desktop hard drives when you want to maximize the storage capacity.
The enclosures and backplanes didn't change much, so TBolt2 capable hardware reached the consumer market rather quickly.Īkitio ThunderBolt 2 SSD Enclosure Akitio Thunder2 RAID Enclosure Worse, most Thunderbolt 2 drive cases were primarily for 3.5" SATA drives, not the more common 2.5" SSD form-factor.įor many computer storage hardware manufacturers, the transition to TBolt2 only involved minor modifications to the PCB - Printed Circuit Board to accommodate next-gen 20G Thunderbolt 2 chipsets and spec-tolerant component modifications.
With the transition to Thunderbolt 3, manufacturers are abandoning Thunderbolt 2 storage development so only a small legacy market remains of largely discontinued or used enclosures. Supports 2.5 & 3.5" SATA Drives + USB 3.0 Too Although the ThunderBolt storage makers made a rapid and relatively painless transition to 20Gbps Thunderbolt 2 modifications to their existing product lines, it was short-lived.
There's a dwindling selection of Intel and Apple Thunderbolt 2 drive cases and enclosures to allow users to assemble their own TBolt2 backup drive solutions with the off-the-shelf hard disk HDD or solid-state SSD drive of their choosing. Drive Enclosures With Thunderbolt 2 Ports
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