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The xMac mini Module is designed to hold a Mac mini. In our testing with a 2018 six-core i7 Mac mini, the computer delivered the same performance while reporting temperatures about the same under load when inside the enclosure, as it does when it is out. Speed is what you'd expect - a slot singly can deliver about 2600 megabytes per second read and write, and the pair in a RAID can deliver about 2900 megabytes per second, drive model depending.Ī pair of temperature-controlled fans maintain the temperature inside the enclosure. The latter is intended to connect a bus-powered USB storage drive, an iLok USB-A thumb drive, or other software licensing dongle similar to the USB-A inside Apple's Mac Pro.įurthermore, there's a pair of M.2 NVMe SSD sockets for expanding the storage capacity via Thunderbolt 3, which can sea one or two M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSDs. These aren't all of the ports the Thunderbolt dock element offers, as inside, there's an extra Thunderbolt 3 port along with a USB 3.2 Type-A port. The Thunderbolt 3 dock element adds four front-panel ports, providing one pass-through Thunderbolt 3 port, two USB 3.2 Type-C ports, and one USB 3.2 Type-A port. The front of the xMac mini Module includes a pass-through Thunderbolt 3 connection. Supplied with rail racks for a depth of up to 24 inches, the enclosure measures 19 inches wide, 16.5 inches deep, and 3.5 inches tall. Made from steel instead of aluminum, it also takes two of the modules but includes a blanking plate if only one module is installed. The Dual-Mode Rackmount Enclosure takes up 2U in a cabinet. Made from aluminum, the desktop enclosures are 16.7 inches deep, with the single also measuring 3.5 inches wide and 9 inches high, while the dual is 6.9 inches wide and 9.1 inches tall. The Dual-Module Desktop Enclosure and the rack-mounted model hold two modules each, and a Single Module Desktop Enclosure contains one.

First, there are three enclosures in Sonnet's strategy. Sonnet DuoModo system: Enclosures and modularity However, until Tuesday, there weren't any cohesive systems allowing a user to enclose a Mac mini and either GPU or PCI-E expansion in a single enclosure, much less a modular one allowing you to customize an enclosure with exactly what you need. A PCI-E breakout box for Thunderbolt equipment isn't a new concept - the eGPU sprung from the idea.