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960GB (480GB+480GB) Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini Portable Electra 3G SSD FW800&400+USB2+eSATA SATA Dual 2.5" SSD based Storage Solution. Connection Cables, Prosoft Data Backup, Intech HD SpeedTools included. 3 Year Newer Technology Warranty. (NWTGM8QMSSD960)
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NewerTech Guardian
MAXimus mini
480GB + 480GB 960GB total capacity Ultra Portable, Secure Storage Solution
with Versatile Interface
Mac / PC / eSATA / FireWire 800 / FireWire 400 / USB 2.0 & 1.1
Powerful, Dual Drive RAID 0/1 Performance
in a Bus-Powered, Portable Design
in a Bus-Powered, Portable Design
OWC SSDs make Guardian MAXimus mini the ideal mobile RAID solution
- No moving parts
- Silent
- Extreme shock tolerance
Which all adds up to the highest drive performance and reliability you can take out "in the field"!
MAXProtect or MAXPerform – Your Choice
NewerTech Guardian MAXimus storage solution provides maximum Plug-and-Play "Live Activity" data backup and protection in a space-saving mini footprint. In the pre-configured MAXProtect mode, Guardian MAXimus mini guards against data loss and costly system downtime by writing the same information in real-time to create a "mirrored" copy of up to 480GB of data. For those seeking faster performance, Guardian MAXimus mini can be easily switched to MAXPerform mode for up to 960GB of high speed performance storage. Whatever your preference, Guardian MAXimus mini offers MAXimum performance, flexibility, and reliability for critical data backup.MAXiumum Portability
Guardian MAXimus mini is ready to go wherever your "mobile office" needs take you. Bus-powered (no AC adapter required) and weighing as little as 1.24 pounds, it offers maximum data protection with minimal gear bag bulk. While ultra compact, the Guardian MAXimus mini comes packed with high performance features like dual hard drives or SSDs, data transfer speeds up to 300MB/s, and user conveniences like a front panel LCM screen/control interface for drive and system status monitoring.
Why You Need Guardian MAXimus mini RAID-0, RAID-1
With the RAID-0 striped mode, Guardian MAXimus mini dedicates its drives to maximum performance ensuring you stay working at the highest speeds. In the RAID-1 mode, you get a "live activity" backup of financial records, medical files, business projects...any critical data that you simply cannot risk losing. You're always protected against data loss as the same information is copied in real-time to two separate drives for a "mirrored" copy. You're also protected from costly system downtime and data restoring after a single hard drive-equipped system crash. By having a second, "mirrored" copy, you can keep working and saving until the failed drive is replaced. Best of all? After replacing that drive, the Guardian MAXimus mini automatically rebuilds the "mirror" by copying all the data to the new drive!
Built with the Mercury Electra 3G SSD model featuring industry leading SandForce® DuraClass™ Technologies:
- DuraWrite™ extends the endurance of your Solid State Drive (SSD).
- Intelligent Block Management & Wear Leveling automatically distributes data evenly across the entire SSD.
- Intelligent Read Disturb Management spreads the active read/write across the flash components eliminating data corruption caused by constant use.
- Intelligent "Recycling" for advanced free space management gradually re-writes data across the SSD over time to ensure data never gets corrupted.
- RAISE™ (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data on your drive similar to having a RAID setup.
- Best-in-Class ECC Protection for longest data retention and drive life.
Test Certified for HD Video capture and playback of HDV, DVC Pro, and ProRes 422HQ file formats via eSATA and FireWire 800
OWC's A Closer Look
Includes the Powerful SpeedTools Utility Suite for Mac
The comprehensive Mac utility used by professionals for accurate Mac diagnosis and maintenance.
Click the SOFTWARE tab below to learn more »
Includes
- NewerTech Guardian MAXimus mini storage solution
- High Quality Double Shielded eSATA connecting cable
- High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable)
- High Quality Double Shielded USB 2.0/1.1 connecting cable
- UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100 ~ 240v, 50/60Hz input, 12Volt 2 Amp output Power Supply (adapter plugs for International use sold separately). For replacement power supply, click here.
- Pre-installed Backup and Utility software
- Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 - X only)
- Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
- NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows 2000 or later
- Over 1.5GB of Freeware/Shareware/Public domain software pre-installed
- NewerTech 3 Year Solution Warranty with 48-Hour Turnaround Time
- Complimentary 6 Month Level 1 Data Recovery
- Guardian MAXimus mini Manual (7.8MB PDF)
Features
- Uses two paired (identical) 2.5″ SATA type hard disk drives or solid state drives up to 9mm tall
- LCM display menu provides convenience of drive and system status
- Super quiet operation with a rugged, heat dissipating anodized aluminum enclosure
- Shock resistant design
- Bus powered via FireWire, or use FireWire for power while using an eSATA connection for data.
Gallery
Product Specifications:
Drive Type
- Two paired (identical) 2.5″ SATA devices
Bridge Chipset
- Oxford 936DS chipset with eSATA, FW800(1394B), and USB 2.0
Standard Mechanism
- 2 x 480GB* Mercury Electra™ 3G SSD**
*1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
**OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components.
Maximum Data Transfer Rate
- eSATA - 3.0Gbps (or 300MB/sec)
- FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
- USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
Port/Interface Bootability
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Can I use this solution as external startup drive?
- eSATA: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info
- FireWire 800: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info
- USB 2.0: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info
Macintosh System Requirements
- Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 compatible, OS X 10.1.x and later. Including ‘Lion’ 10.7.x (10.2 or later required for FW800 and USB 2.0)
- eSATA: Macintosh with eSATA interface, either built in or via PCI eSATA card.
- FireWire 800: Macintosh with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via PCI FireWire 800 card.
- USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via PCI USB 2.0 card.
- Time Machine® Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later.
Windows System Requirements
- Windows ME and later.
- Windows 2000 or later required for FW800 Operation.
Linux Requirements
- Linux compatible via supported USB and FireWire interfaces.
Selectable RAID Modes
- MAXProtect RAID 1 (factory default)
- MAXPerform RAID 0
Recommended eSATA Cards
- Cards that OWC has tested and qualified for the GuardianMAXimus mini
- eSATA Extender Cables for Mac ProPCIe (PCI Express) for DesktopsPCI for Desktops and TowersExpressCard/34 for Laptops
Power Supply
- External US/International 2A UL listed Power Adapter
Format
- Pre-formatted for Mac OSX For instructions on Windows formatting click here.
Software Included
- Intech® Hard Disk SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 – X only)
- ProSoft Engineering® Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
- NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows 2000 or later
- Over 1.5GB of Freeware, Shareware, Public domain software installed
Enclosure Size
- 5.2″(D) x 3.5″(W) x 2.1″(H)
- 90mm x 56mm x 33mm
Enclosure Weight (no accessories)
- 1lb. (0.46kg) (bare enclosure)
Product Manual
Operating Environment:
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
- 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
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.
View more information about the NewerTech 3 Year Solution warranty
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.
IMPORTANT LAPTOP USER NOTE: There have been reports of system hangs in relation to hibernation mode. We recommend not using ANY program that puts your laptop into hibernation mode when using an SSD.
Normal, automatic sleep mode functions perfectly with no issues.
We also highly recommend you avoid draining your battery completely (5% or less remaining charge) to avoid being automatically switched into hibernation mode by your machine's power saving settings. If your notebook does go into hibernation mode, the machine can hang once it is plugged into an outlet or when using a charged battery as the machine comes out of hibernation mode. If you should experience this, you will need to restart your machine and any unsaved work from that session will be lost. SandForce is working on this issue and it will be addressed in a future firmware update. We will post the update on our firmware update page as soon as it becomes available.
Manufacturer provided specifications for Newer Technology p/n NWTGM8QMSSD960
Normal, automatic sleep mode functions perfectly with no issues.
We also highly recommend you avoid draining your battery completely (5% or less remaining charge) to avoid being automatically switched into hibernation mode by your machine's power saving settings. If your notebook does go into hibernation mode, the machine can hang once it is plugged into an outlet or when using a charged battery as the machine comes out of hibernation mode. If you should experience this, you will need to restart your machine and any unsaved work from that session will be lost. SandForce is working on this issue and it will be addressed in a future firmware update. We will post the update on our firmware update page as soon as it becomes available.
Software
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't need to 'think' about backing up... It does it for you.
A $59.00 Value! View detailed software info, or click here to purchase software separately from solution
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 or later.A $49.95 Value! View detailed software info
Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™
Intech SpeedTools consists of a suite of utilities managed by an application which controls 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, yet powerful enough to allow you to customize which utility component set you would like to create.
An $89.95 Value! View detailed software info, or click here to purchase software separately from solution
Benchmarks
Click any of the benchmarks below to view the results.
RAID 0 (Striped) Test Results
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QuickBench - eSATA
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BlackMagic Performance - eSATA
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AJA System Test - eSATA
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QuickBench - FireWire 800
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QuickBench - FireWire 400
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QuickBench - USB 2.0
RAID 1 (Mirrored) Test Results
Reviews
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"Faster Than Any Other External Drive I've Run Off My MacBook Pro... As Fast As You Can Get"
— Ctein, The Online Photographer
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Storage Visions™ 2011 Award Finalist
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"Superior Performance... Highly Recommended"
— Lloyd Chambers, DigLloyd
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"If You're Looking for a RAID-1 Solution...We Recommend That You Give the Guardian MAXimus mini a Serious Look."
— Chris Main & Todd Willis, Photoshop User Magazine
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"Small, lightweight, fast, and quiet. What more do you need from an external RAID?"
— Rich Lefko, MyMac.com
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"Performance from Guardian MAXimus Mini was stellar... compact enough to go just about anywhere... a clear winner in many scenarios and may just be our new favorite mobile storage product."
— Kevin O'Brien, Storage Reviews.com
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"...impressive functionality... a great device... a win-win for anyone who chooses to purchase the Guardian MAXimus Mini!"
— Paul Alcorn, The SSD Review
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"...If you want something that is really portable...offers you RAID options...I would recommend this..."
— Joshua Schnell, Macgasm
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"...very functional and useful... well built... small enough to fit almost anywhere."
— Nasioulis Evangelos, By The Way
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"...a perfect redundant storage companion. ...Newer Technology has unleashed another winner product..."
— Steve Sande, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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"...a solution for location photographers...against data loss... secure and vibration resistant..."
— Stan Sholik, Professional Photographer
1. 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). The above capacity specifications are
based on the factory default configuration of RAID 1. If the RAID 0 configuration
is set, capacities are doubled.
2. 1MB per 2.4 megapixel JPEG photo - low resolution
3. DVD Quality Digital Video at a 2.597GB/hour data rate
4. 2.85MB per MP3 song
1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity. varies depending upon
operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The above capacity specifications are
based on the factory default configuration of RAID 1. If the RAID 0 configuration
is set, capacities are doubled.
2. 1MB per 2.4 megapixel JPEG photo - low resolution
3. DVD Quality Digital Video at a 2.597GB/hour data rate
4. 2.85MB per MP3 song
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