
“Bus-powered” drives are great for backups in one respect - they don’t need an external power supply as the computer provides all of the power they require. Once you have your new drive, unpack it, make sure it’s plugged into your Mac with the proper cable (usually included) and that it has power running to it.

The OWC ThunderBay 8 has eight drive bays and comes with SoftRAID to simplify creating an array to your specifications OWC’s new ThunderBay 8 (see image below) holds up to eight individual drives for a capacity of up to 128TB, and since it uses Thunderbolt 3 as the drive interface, six of the units can be daisy-chained together for up to 768TB of redundant RAID storage. What we mean by redundant is that one drive can fail and the data is still fully accessible until the bad drive is replaced. RAID storage uses multiple disks and specialized controllers to turn a number of drives into one large, redundant drive.

This makes automation of regular tasks a breeze.For even more capacity or speed that can support video editing, you might want to consider a Redundant Array of Independent Disks, also known as a RAID array.Very easy and comprehensive command line interface.Compatible to all Windows file systems (FAT16, FAT32, NTFS).Restoring a system partition will require DOS other drives can be restored using Windows.If a disk is restored to it's original state, it will be exactly the same as at the time of Backup - byte for byte.Complete Restore of a disk in case of Disaster.This works with any program of your choice, including (of course) the Windows Explorer.You may use, compare, or restore these files directly from the Disk Image file. Drive Snapshot creates a virtual drive, containing all your drives data.Easy Use and Restore of single Files or directories.This enables a very fast and easy way to backup servers and other computers, that must run 24 hours a day.There are no difficulties with opened files. The new Snapshot technology ensures, that all data are consistent, and reflect the PC's data at the start of backup.Continue your work, while the Backup is in progress.

There is no restart (to DOS) necessary.Create Disk Image Backups, while running Windows.Here are some key features of "Drive Snapshot": The image file can be mounted as a virtual drive, so you can easily restore (or use) single files or directories, using the Windows Explorer, or other program. If disaster strikes (a virus, trojan, or hard disk crash), a complete and exact restauration of your system will be possible in only few minutes. Drive Snapshot it allows you to backup your partition or your hard disk drive and it also can create a disk image of your system. Drive Snapshot creates an exact Disk Image of your system into a file, including the operating system, installed programs, your data and all security attributes - while windows is running and you continue to work.
