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AKiTiO Thunder3 PCIe Box

As of November 8, 2018, the AKiTiO Thunder3 PCIe Box has been discontinued and this model is no longer being manufactured, sold or maintained.

The AKiTiO Thunder3 PCIe Box was a Thunderbolt™ 3 PCIe expansion box that provided an additional PCIe slot for Thunderbolt 3 computers (e.g. laptop computers) where installing an internal expansion card is not an option and for systems where there is not enough space for more PCIe cards.

The closest alternative is the OWC Mercury Helios 3S.

Compatible with Thunderbolt

Does your company design or produce PCIe cards that you think would be a great solution for your customers to be used as an external Thunderbolt solution? We'd love hearing from you and setup a test to confirm the compatibility, hopefully adding your card to our growing list of compatible PCIe cards for our customers to choose from.

Or, are you the proud owner of a PCIe expansion chassis from Akitio and found that the PCIe card you are using works just perfect over Thunderbolt? If the card is not already on our compatibility list, we'd love knowing more about your setup!

IBC 2018

Akitio, along with European partner Angelbird of Austria, welcomed many visitors to their booth at IBC 2018. It was a very busy show, with numerous distributors, resellers, and end-users discovering Akitio's innovative products for the first time. We look forward to returning in 2019!

RAID

When using a storage enclosure that can house multiple drives, depending on the hardware, you can either use the built-in hardware RAID controller to manage your drives or you can use software on the computer instead to create and manage a RAID.

How did you set up your drives? Are you using a RAID for increased data transfer rates or to backup your data?

60W Power Delivery

The USB Power Delivery (PD) specification enables power delivery up to 100W but how much power exactly is provided depends on the device.

In general, 27W is enough to maintain or slightly recharge the battery when the computer is not under load and 60W is enough to recharge the battery even when the computer is under moderate load.