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MAXimum Performance & Compatibility
Underneath Guardian MAX’s sleek, unassuming housing beats the heart of a super protector ready to save large amounts of precious data quickly, reliably, and effortlessly. Pre-configured hardware RAID solutions feature 2 paired lightning fast SATA (Type I/II) drives with up to 2.0TB each of storage capacity and a high speed Oxford 936DS chipset featuring FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0, and eSATA ports to deliver some of the fastest single drive transfer rates possible...up to 300MB per second! Enclosure only kits also available for "add your own hard drive" flexibility and economy. With its multiple interface connections, Guardian MAXimus makes adding vault-like mirrored data storage performance to Macintosh and Windows computers Plug and Play easy.
MAXimum Real Time Redundancy
Real performance can also be measured by intangibles like having peace of mind knowing your critical data is always safe! Should you experience a hard drive failure, the ever vigilant Guardian MAXimus automatically and seamlessly continues data read/write functions with the remaining drive. And with the convenient front panel drive status LEDs, you'll know at a glance which drive is being accessed and if you need to take any action.
MAXimum Portability
With its shock resistant design, diminutive 5.8 pound weight (bare case is 2.6 lbs.), and 9.3" x 2.8" x 5.6" (237mm x 72mm x 142mm) dimensions, Guardian MAXimus is ready to go to wherever you need a storage sentinel on duty.
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Why You Need Guardian MAXimus RAID-1
Guardian MAXimus is "live activity" backup of financial records, medical files, business projects...any critical data that you simply cannot risk losing. It's always guarding against data loss by writing the same information in real-time to two separate drives for a "mirrored" copy. It also protects you from costly system downtime and data restoring after a single hard drive-equipped system crash. Even daily scheduled software driven data backups can't protect you from the time of your last backup and when the hard drive fails.
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Our solutions work with OS X Leopard's Time Machine feature to keep an up-to-date copy of all of your files and documents. Go back in time to recover anything with ease. |
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| Software Included |
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Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup 3
for Mac OS X v10.2.8
or later
Backup Made Easy. Data Backup makes it easy to backup to FireWire and USB drives, network drives, CDs and even DVDs. Make schedules so you don'tneed to 'think' about backing up... It does it for you. A $59.00 Value! |
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Carbon Copy Cloner© for Mac OS X 10.4 or later
CCC 3 features an interface designed to make the cloning and backup procedure very intuitive. In addition to general backup, CCC can also clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. CCC's block-level copy offers the absolute best fidelity in the industry! |
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NovaStor NovaBACKUP® Solution
for Windows®
NovaBACKUP has been helping millions of users recover from data loss and disasters for over 18 years. Feature rich, NovaBACKUP provides a powerful backup solution. Built-in support for hundreds of the most popular storage devices and a step-by-step backup and restore wizard makes NovaBACKUP extremely easy to use. Requires Windows 2000 and later. A $49.95 Value! |
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Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™
Intech Hard Disk SpeedTools consists of a suite of utilities managed by an application which administers the launching, documentation and version control of each individual component utility, such as Disk Defrag and QuickBack. An easy-to-use installation and removal application is provided to make installation a snap, Intech SpeedTools is powerful enough to allow you to customize which utility component set you would like to create.
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| Product Specifications |
| Drive Type |
Two paired (identical) 500GB 3.5" SATA (Type I/II) drives |
| Bridge Chipset |
Custom Oxford 936DS eSATA, FW400(1394A), FW800(1394B), and USB 2.0 Integrated Chipset |
| Drive Rotation Speed |
7200 RPM |
| Data Cache Size |
32 Megabyte (2 Drives with 16MB (16,384K) cache each) |
Maximum Data
Transfer Rate: |
- eSATA - 3.0Gbps (or 300MB/sec)
- FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
- FireWire 400 - 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)
- USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
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| Mac Requirements |
- Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 compatible, OS X 10.1.x and later (10.2 or later required for FW800 and USB 2.0)
- eSATA: Macintosh with eSATA interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI eSATA card.
- FireWire 800: Macintosh with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 card.
- FireWire 400: Macintosh with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 400 card.
- USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 2.0 card.
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| Windows Requirements |
- Windows ME and later.
- Windows 2000 or later required for FW800 Operation.
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| Power Supply |
- US/International 100~240V 4.2A - UL Listed power supply
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| Enclosure Size |
9.3"(D) 2.8"(W) 5.6"(H)
(237mm x 72mm x 142mm) |
Enclosure Weight
(no accessories) |
2.68lbs. (1.22kg) (bare enclosure) |
| Software Included |
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Recommended eSATA Cards:
Cards that OWC has tested and qualified for the Guardian MAXimus |
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| Format: |
Pre-formatted for Mac OSX
For instructions on Windows formatting click here. |
| Operating Environment |
| Operating Noise |
Thermoregulated Smart Fan for super quiet operation |
| Temperature |
(operating) 5°C - 55°C (41°F - 131°F)
(non-operating) -40°C - 65°C (-40°F - 149°F) |
| Relative Humidity |
(operating) 8% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)
(non-operating) 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing) |
| Shock |
(operating) 65G 2mS;
(non-operating) 175G 2mS |
| Vibration |
(operating) 1.0G (5 - 300Hz)
(non-operating) 5.0G (5 - 500Hz) |
| MTBF |
More than 300,000 power-on hours |
| Standard Mechanism |
Two x 500GB Hitachi Deskstar™ 7K1000.C*
*OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components. |
| Warranty |
NewerTech 3 Year Solution Warranty
The best warranty is one you never have to use, but should the need occur – NewerTech is proud to provide a superior level of support and warranty coverage to our customers. Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. NewerTech's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. NewerTech solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.
Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your NewerTech solution prior to the conclusion of NewerTech's 3 year Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the NewerTech warranty.
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| What Can You Store On A NewerTech Guardian MAXimus? |
This chart is an illustrative example of different file formats and the vast number of your digital lifestyle files that can be stored on the Guardian MAXimus. |
320GB (Mirrored)
32MB Cache |
500GB (Mirrored)
32MB Cache |
750GB (Mirrored)
64MB Cache |
1.0TB (Mirrored)
64MB Cache |
1.5TB (Mirrored)
64MB Cache |
2.0TB (Mirrored)
64MB Cache |
300GB (Mirrored)
32MB Cache |
Photos:
(1MB per 2.4 megapixel JPEG photo - low resolution) |
320,000
Pictures
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500,000
Pictures
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750,000
Pictures
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1,000,000
Pictures |
1,500,000
Pictures |
2,000,000
Pictures |
300,000
Pictures
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Photos:
(2.4MB per 4 megapixel JPEG photo) |
160,000
Pictures
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250,000
Pictures
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375,000
Pictures
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500,000
Pictures |
625,000
Pictures |
1,000,000
Pictures |
125,000
Pictures
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Uncompressed Digital Video:
(13GB/hour data rate) |
24.32
Hours
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38
Hours
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57
Hours |
76
Hours |
115
Hours |
152
Hours |
23
Hours
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Movies:
(2GB/hour DVD Quality MPEG) |
160 DVD
Quality Movies |
250 DVD
Quality Movies |
375 DVD
Quality Movies |
500 DVD
Quality Movies |
750 DVD
Quality Movies |
1000 DVD
Quality Movies |
150 DVD
Quality Movies |
Music:
(2.85MB per MP3 song) |
112,000
Songs |
175,000
Songs |
262,500
Songs |
350,000
Songs |
526,000
Songs |
700,000
Songs |
105,500
Songs |
The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). |
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| Performance Benchmarks |
eSATA
eSATA
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FireWire
FireWire 800 (1394B)
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USB
USB 2.0
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High Def Video Test Results
AJA System Test
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FireWire 400 (1394A) |
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Click benchmark images
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