Thunder3 RAID Station From Akitio

Akitio unveiled his Thunder3 RAID Station.

This solution combines four functions every laptop user needs into one product, adding additional storage space, providing important interfaces such as GbE, USB and DisplayPort, recharging the battery and reading SD cards. All this is built into a single product that connects to a PC or Mac via Thunderbolt 3 interface.

“With the Thunder3 RAID Station, we created an all-in-one solution for laptop users that includes all the basic functions that are sorely missing on the ever smaller and more portable laptops“, said Richard Wright, VP, sales and marketing, Akitio. “Instead of having to buy multiple dongles, a docking station and some external drives, this product does it all and it’s as simple as connecting a single Thunderbolt 3 cable to the computer.“

The Thunder3 RAID Station can house two 2.5″ or 3.5″ SATA drives, which can be configured as RAID-0, RAID-1, SPAN or Non-RAID. It features two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a DisplayPort video output, a two-port USB hub for legacy USB devices, a 1GbE interface to connect the computer to fast networks, an SD card reader and it supports power delivery up to 27W. The second Thunderbolt 3 port on the Thunder3 RAID Station operates the same as a Thunderbolt 3 computer port by supporting Thunderbolt 3 (up to five daisy chained), as well as allowing users to connect USB Type-C devices (10Gb/s) such as external HDDs, and DisplayPort monitors.

The Thunder3 RAID Station will be available in 4Q17.