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OWC Mercury Elite Pro Performance RAID
Enclosure Kit
Mfr P/N: OWCMEPQ946QL2 OWC SKU: OWCMEPQ946QL2
"Add Your Own SATA Hard Drives"
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
- Supports two 3.5" SATA hard disk drives
- RAID Support: RAID 0, 1, SPAN & Independent Mode
- Up to 64MB data buffer
- Up to 10,000RPM speeds
- Oxford 946 chipset
- Cool Blue drive activity indicator LED
- Super quiet operation
- Shock resistant aluminum enclosure
- All connector cables included
Professional Grade Plug and Play Data Storage/Backup Performance with Superior Convenience and Reliability
- OWC Note: OWC recommends that all drives used in RAID configurations be identical for best performance. For recommended hard drives, please click on the product specs tab below. Please make sure that the drives you wish to use with this enclosure are compatible.
Includes
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- (1) External OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual Bay Hard Drive
- (1) 36" High Quality Double-Shielded eSATA Connecting Cable
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Need an additional power supply? Secondary/replacement power supplies are also available.
Specs
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Drive Bays
- 2 bays supporting: 3.5-inch SATA drives
Storage Interface
- SATA
RAID Capable
- Yes
RAID Levels Supported
- RAID 0
- RAID 1
- SPAN
- JBOD
RAID Features
- Hardware RAID
Device Ports
- (1) USB 2.0 Port
- (1) eSATA 3 Gb/s Port (supports port multiplier)
- (2) FireWire 800 Ports
- (1) FireWire 400 Port
Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
- USB 2.0 : Up to 480Mb/s (or 60MB/s)
- USB 1.1 : Up to 12Mb/s (or 1.5MB/s)
- eSATA Rev 2.x : Up to 3Gb/s (or 375MB/s)
- eSATA Rev 1.x : Up to 1.5Gb/s (or 187.5MB/s)
- FireWire 800 : Up to 800Mb/s (or 100MB/s)
- FireWire 400 : Up to 400Mb/s (or 50MB/s)
Chipset / Controller
- Oxford 936DS
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Contact Start Stops
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Mac OS Compatibility
- Mac OS 8.6
- Mac OS 9.0
- Mac OS 9.1
- Mac OS 9.2
- Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
- Mac OS X 10.1 Puma
- Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
- Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- macOS 10.12 Sierra
PC OS Compatibility
- Windows 98 SE
- Windows 2000
- Windows ME
- Windows XP
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7 32-bit Edition
- Windows 7 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
- Windows 10 32-bit Edition
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 11
Other OS Compatibility
- Linux
External Power Adapter
- Yes
Power Supply
- External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
- Need an additional power supply? Secondary/replacement power supplies are also available.
AC Input
- 100-240V, 50-60Hz, 1.5A
DC Output
- +12V, 5A
Cooling
- (1) cooling fan
Security Slot
- Yes
Power Button
- Yes
Power/Activity LED
- Yes
Housing Color
- Aluminum
Housing Material
- Aluminum
Dimensions
- Height: 13.4 cm (5.3 in)
- Length: 22.9 cm (9.0 in)
- Width: 7.3 cm (2.9 in)
Weight
- 1.4 kg (3.00 lbs)
Ambient Temperature
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Altitude
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Humidity
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Shock
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Noise
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Videos
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Hard Drive Install Video
Customer Reviews
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Installing the drives was straightforward except that removing the inner chassis from the out housing required more force than expected. Don't forget to change the jumpers if you want JBOD mode. Drives were recognized as un-initialized the first time connected to my Mac. Be careful, easy to tip over the unit. Very quiet operation. Blue activity LED is quite intense--a bit much for my HTPC application. Need to disassemble and do something about it. Overall, very satisfied but waiting to see how it holds up over the longer term.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
Verified Purchase.- From:Oakville, ON
- Experience:Power User
- Owned Product:less than a month
..for my two 2TB drives. I searched and searched and do not know why I did not locate this enclosure sooner. It was the only one that had all of the features I needed at an affordable price. I've had my two 2TB Samsung drives in separate enclosures attached to a 2007 Mac Mini for approx two years now so it was nice to finally be able to store them in one attractive enclosure. Although I do not need to use any of the RAID options at the moment, it is nice to know they are available. The only two issues I have with it are: 1) fan noise and 2) when connected via firewire, the drives do not spin down when the Mac goes to sleep. Fortunately, this is not the case with USB. I am unable to test other computers but I've been through enough enclosures to know that it is probably not fault of the Mini . Whenever the new Minis arrive, I will soon be able to test it over firewire 800.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
Verified Purchase.I was looking for a way to host my iTunes video library through a Mac Mini server. I wanted something that provided RAID 1 for data integrity and has fast FireWire connection. This product provided all of that. The setup was easy with only a tweak of the dip switches. The drives are chugging away with issue! The only draw back is the fan is a little loud. Not a huge issue for me as the equipment is in my basement.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
Verified Purchase.