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OWC Mercury Elite Pro Qx2 eSATA,FireWire 800+USB 3.0 4-Bay SATA Desktop RAID Storage Enclosure with selectable RAID 0,1,5,10 Hardware RAID, NRAID Span Options. Add your own drives! Supports 4TB drive mechanisms. 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty. (M3QX2KIT0GB)

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OWC Mercury Elite Pro Qx2

4-bay add your own drives enclosure kit

Mac / PC / USB 3.0 & 2.0 / FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 Backwards Compatible) / eSATA
The Ultimate Blend of Professional
Performance and Convenience
Install your own set of four matched (same part number) 3.5" Serial ATA (SATA I/II) hard disk drives into this brushed aluminum enclosure with Hardware RAID setting flexibility and experience up to 300MB/s data transfer speed for high performance data storage and redundancy.
User-Selectable Hardware RAID Settings
Thanks to a front panel selector switch, the Mercury Elite Pro Qx2 enables easy configuration of the hardware RAID settings to Span, 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD/Independent drive modes – so you can select the best combination of speed, capacity, redundancy.
Span
Combines the capacity of two or more drives of the same size without any RAID data distribution scheme into one logical desktop volume. This mode can combine the capacity of varying size drives based on the lowest capacity drive in the set.
RAID 0 (Stripe)
Data is split into blocks over two or more drives at same time for high speed and large capacity. The ideal RAID setting for demanding video production/editing.
RAID 1 (Mirror)
The same data is written to two drives for highest level of data safety and redundancy.
RAID 5 (Stripe with Parity)
Data is Striped (RAID 0) while incorporating redundancy over three or more drives for the best combination for speed, capacity, and redundancy. The Multi-Interface 4 Bay Enterprise Class Performance RAID Solutions are pre-configured as RAID 5.
RAID 10 (1+0)
Data is Striped (RAID 0) over two Mirrored sets (RAID 1) of drives for fast redundancy.
JBOD/Independent drive operation
Each drive mounts as an individual volume.
Uses four 3.5" SATA hard drives
(Drives not included)
3.5" sata hard drive
OWC NOTE: This drive enclosure requires matching 3.5" Serial ATA (SATA) drive mechanisms for proper RAID mode operation. For recommended hard drives, please click on the product specs tab below.

Click Here for Qx2 Qualified/Recommended HD list

Qualified Hard Drives

Serial ATA drive models OWC has tested and qualified for use with the Qx2: A 'recommended' drive is one that, through our extensive and ongoing evaluation process, we've found to have optimum operational characteristics required for demanding RAID applications.

Note: OWC is always testing new drive models and adds additional models as they become available and have passed our stringent requirements. If you do not see a new drive model listed, please check back in the future for confirmed OWC Qx2 Qualification.

Note: Regardless of drive model used, OWC requires that all drives used match exactly for proper RAID operation.

**NOT RECOMMENDED**
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 series - all models, particularly the 1.5TB 7200RPM model p/n ST31500341AS due to stability and performance concerns.
  • Western Digital Green drives - all models, due to potential critical operational issues attributed to the IntelliPower technology providing inconsistent variable transfer rates.
Speedtools
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

  • Mercury Elite Pro Qx2 Multi-Interface 4-Bay RAID Solution
  • 39" High Quality Double Shielded eSATA connecting cable
  • 36" High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable)
  • 36" High Quality Double Shielded USB 3.0/2.0 connecting cable
  • Internal UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100 ~ 240v, 50/60Hz input
    12 Volt 8.33 Amp output Power Supply (power cords for International use sold separately).
  • Front panel lock with 2 keys
  • Kensington lock
  • Backup and Utility software available
    • 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
  • OWC Mercury Elite Pro Qx2 Manual (1.5MB PDF)
  • Kensington lock Warranty
  • 1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty 48-Hour Turnaround Time

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Product Specifications:

Chipset

  • JMicron 355 / FW800 (1394B) / FW400(1394A) and JMicron 567 3.0 (2.0/1.1 Backwards compatible)

Interfaces Supported

  • eSATA (SATA-II)
  • FireWire 800 (1394B) (FireWire 400 Backwards compatible)
  • USB 3.0 (2.0 Backwards compatible)

RAID / JBOD Support

  • RAID 0
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 10
  • NRAID Span
  • Independent
Solutions are pre-configured as RAID 5 for optimum speed, protection & capacity
  • JBOD/Independent Drives: each drive operating as a separate volume.

Not Recommended Drives

  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 series – all models, particularly the 1.5TB 7200RPM model p/n ST31500341AS due to stability and performance concerns.
  • Western Digital Green drives – all models, due to potential critical operational issues attributed to the IntelliPower technology providing inconsistent variable transfer rates.
Note: Regardless of drive model used, OWC recommends all drives used in RAID configurations match exactly for proper RAID operation.

Port Configuration

  • eSATA – 1 eSATA port
  • FireWire 800 – (2) 9 pin ports
  • USB 3.0 – (1) 9 pin mini B port

Format

Max Data Transfer Rate

  • eSATA – 300 MB/sec
  • FireWire 800 – 100MB/sec
  • FireWire 400 – 50MB/sec
  • USB 3.0 – 300MB/sec
  • USB 2.0 – 60MB/sec

Port/Interface Bootability

Mercury Elite Pro Qx2 can be used as an external startup drive.

Recommended eSATA Cards

eSATA Extender Cables for Mac Pro
PCIe (PCI Express) for Desktops-
OWC tested and qualified for the
OWC Mercury Elite QX2
PCI for Desktops and Towers
ExpressCard/34 for Laptops

Macintosh System Requirements

  • Minimum Apple G4 processor, 128MB RAM
  • Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, 10.0.x or later and an available FireWire 400 port
  • Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later including 'Mavericks' 10.9.x and an available USB 3.0/2.0, FireWire 800*/400 port, or eSATA port
  • Time Machine® Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later.

Windows System Requirements

  • Minimum Intel Pentium III CPU 500MHz, 128MB RAM
  • Windows XP(64 bit) or later and an available USB 3.0/2.0, FireWire 800*/400, or eSATA port.

Linux Requirements

  • Linux compatible via supported USB and FireWire interfaces.

Software Included

Power Supply

  • Internal UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100 ~ 240v, 50/60Hz input, 12 Volt 8.33 Amp output Power Supply (power cords for International use sold separately).
  • Protection: OCP, OVP, Short

External Case Dimensions

  • 9.65″(D) x 5.31″(W) x 6.96″(H)
  • 245.11mm x 134.87mm x 176.78mm

Enclosure Weight (no accessories)

  • Approximately 8.6 pounds (3.9kg)

Product Manual

Operating Environment:

Temperature

  • (operating) 5°C – 42°C (41°F – 107°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)

Warranty

1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty

The best warranty is one you never have to use, but should the need occur – OWC 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. OWC's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. OWC 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 1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty

Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n M3QX2KIT0GB UPC#: 794504335057
*The use of FireWire 800 interface while the Qx2 is in RAID 5 setting is not recommended for optimum drive speed performance.

Software

Prosoft Macworld 4.5 miceProsoft
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 softwareseparately from solution
Novastor
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 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

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