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120GB OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini Portable SSD USB 3.0 + eSATA Storage Solution Connection Cables, Prosoft Data Backup, Intech HD SpeedTools, and 3 Year OWC Warranty included. (OWCME6UM6EG120) Same Day $179.99
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OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini

120GB SSD
Combo Interface Storage Solution

Mac / PC / eSATA / USB 3.0 & 2.0
  • Mac
  • PC
  • eSATA
  • USB 3.0
High-performance and Plug and Play data storage/backup reliability with a fanless, bus-powered design
Benefits of Elite Mini w/SSD This OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD based Plug and Play external solution provides
  • Exceptional External Drive Performance – up to over 280MB/s
  • Ultra-Quiet & Ultra Low-Power
  • No moving parts, exceptional shock tolerance
With your choice of a 2.5" Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive OR Solid State Drive (SSD), the latest chipset, and USB 3.0/eSATA interfaces, the Mercury Elite Pro mini Portable Storage Solution delivers up to 600MB/s data transfer speeds for demanding data storage and backup needs. All that performance resides in an impact resistant, heat dissipating 5.5 in (L) x 3.8 in (W) x 1.1 in (H) brushed aluminum enclosure with super-quiet operation.

When you want high style in high performance storage, look no further than the Mercury Elite Pro mini. With the highest quality drive mechanism built into a shock resistant portable aluminum enclosure, the Mercury Elite Pro mini is ready to go wherever you need an A/V, Digital Photography, Professional Music, Graphics, General Data, and Time Machine ready storage solution.
  • Interfaces: USB 3.0; eSATA 6G
  • The USB 3.0 Micro-B port is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 cables (USB 3.0 standard A to Micro-B connecting cable is included)
  • All interface cables are included
  • Bus-powered via USB 3.0 (DC to USB connector included)
  • Data transfer speeds up to 600MB/s (via eSATA; 500MB/s via USB 3.0)
  • Drive speeds of up to 7200RPM or Solid State Drive
  • Perfect for digital photography, professional music, graphics, general data, and Time Machine
  • Portable size at 5.5in(L) x 3.8in(W) x 1.1in(H)
  • Brushed aluminum, impact resistant, heat dissipating enclosure
  • Super-quiet, fanless operation
  • Asmedia 1051E and 1456 high-performance chipset
  • Three-year Solution Warranty
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If your OWC or NewerTech brand product should require service during the warranty coverage period, we are committed to delivering the fastest possible service.


Upon receipt of your unit, OWC will make every attempt to service it and arrange shipping back to you all within 48 weekday (Monday-Friday) business hours, excluding U.S. national holidays. This warranty service timeframe does not include data recovery attempts, out of stock items/components, or upgrade/product replacements.

Please allow up to seven additional business days if requesting optional OWC Level 1 Data Recovery services.


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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.


OWC and NewerTech single drive storage solutions come fully backed by an Industry-leading 48-hour turnaround time, with the option of complimentary Level 1 Data Recovery service for the first year, plus additional data recovery options available throughout the warranty period, for complete peace of mind confidence. Please note that Level 1 Data Recovery services add additional time, up to one week, to the 48-hour turnaround.


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  • 48-Hours Warranty Service
  • 1 Year OWC Data Recovery
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Mercury Elite Pro mini.
*When using eSATA connection, the use of a powered USB port or optional AC Adapter (not included) is required.
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

  • OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini Combo Interface SSD
  • High-quality eSATA connecting cable
  • High-quality USB 3.0 connecting cable
  • High-quality DC to USB connector
  • Pre-installed Backup and Utility software
    • Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6, OS X 10.3.9 or later 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
  • Mercury Elite Pro mini Manual (3.8MB PDF)
  • OWC 3-year Solution Warranty with 48-hour Turnaround Time
  • Complimentary Level 1 Data Recovery

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Product Specifications:

Chipset

  • Asmedia 1051E and 1456 High-Performance Chipset

Standard Mechanism

    Full 16 channel Implementation

    Release Candidate (RC) firmware set

    There are two kinds of firmware for SSDs Mass Production (MP) and Release Candidate (RC). Prior to an MP firmware release, there are beta firmware releases and an RC firmware release. Often, the RC is the same as the MP release, however there can be small changes and bug fixes made between the two. OWC has evaluated the RC for the 6Gb/s SandForce 2281 Processor and found it to be stable with no issues reported during our testing. However, as with any evolutionary product, issues may surface as different usages and configurations are employed and it is important to understand that there will be further updates and revisions.

    Since no firmware update is currently offered for the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD, no update page exists. To see the typical steps involved with a self performed field firmware update, please visit our 3Gb/s product update page at: http://eshop.macsales.com/Customized_Pages/Framework.cfm?page=sf_firmware.html

    It is important to note that the current firmware update tool requires the use of Windows XP/Vista/7. OWC is currently working on a Mac OS based update tool, but we do not have an exact availability date.

    120GB Mercury Electra 6G SSD Specifications:

    Specifications

    Controller
    SandForce 2281 Series Processor with 7% Over Provisioning
    NAND
    Tier 1 Asynchronous MLC NAND Flash
    Form Factor
    Standard 9.5mm 2.5"
    Interface
    SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s & 1.5Gb/s supported, SATA 3.0 Compliant
    Capacity1
    120GB useable capacity
    Total Flash Memory Components - 128GB
    8GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction
    Formatted Capacity2
    111GiB
    RAID Support
    Qualified for single drive and multiple drive production workstation RAID 0/1/10/0+1 and SPAN usage.
    SMART Attributes
    Standard5
    Native Command Queuing
    up to 32 commands
    Manufacturer Model Number
    OWCSSDEX6G120
    RoHS Compliant
    Yes
    Format
    Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)

    Physical

    Height (max)
    9.45mm (0.372″)
    Width (max)
    70.06mm (2.758″)
    Length (max)
    100.12mm (3.941″)
    Weight
    80 grams +/- 2 grams
    0.176 lbs +/- 2.82 oz

    Reliability3

    Data Reliability
    ECC Recovery: Up to 55 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector
    Security
    Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant
    TRIM Support
    OS Dependent
    Nonrecoverable Read Errors
    Less than 1 sector per 1016 bits read
    Warranty
    3 Year OWC Warranty
    (Standard return policy applies.)

    Performance

    Sustained
    Reads 6Gb/s (up to)
    556MB/s
    Sustained
    Writes 6Gb/s (up to)
    523MB/s
    Sustained
    Reads 3Gb/s (up to)
    284MB/s
    Sustained
    Writes 3Gb/s (up to)
    268MB/s
    Read Incompressible
    Data Rate (up to)
    208MB/s
    Write Incompressible
    Data Rate (up to)
    235MB/s
    Random 4K Read4
    Up to 60,000 IOPS
    Random 4K Write4
    Up to 60,000 IOPS
    Read Latency
    less than 0.1ms
    Write Latency
    less than 0.1ms
    Read Latency
    less than 0.1ms

    Environmental (Operating)

    Temperature (°F)
    32°F to 158°F
    Temperature (°C)
    0°C to 70°C

    Environmental (Non-Operating)

    Temperature (°F)
    -67°F to 302°F
    Temperature (°C)
    -55°C to 150°C

    Acoustics

    Idle (Typical)
    0.0 bels
    Seek (Typical)
    0.0 bels
    1. 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. 
    2. In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
    3. Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability.
    4. Specifications provided by SandForce.
    5. Temperature reporting is currently an unsupported feature because due to the operating characteristics of SSDs, it is highly unlikely one would ever exceed an OWC Mercury SSD's stated operating temperature ceiling of 158F/70C. However, we are looking into supporting this feature in the future via a firmware update. Firmware updates can be found here: http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/OWC/SSD.
  • 120GB* OWC Mercury Electra 6G Solid-State Drive**

    *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.

Drive Interface

  • SATA (Serial ATA)

Port Configuration

  • eSATA - 1 port
  • USB 3.0 - (1) Micro-B port

Max Data Transfer Rate

  • eSATA - 600 MB/s
  • USB 3.0 - 500 MB/s
  • USB 2.0 - 60MB/s
  • USB 1.1 - 1.5MB/s

Port/Interface Bootability

    Can I use this solution as external startup drive?
  • eSATA: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info
  • USB 3.0: 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

Format

Macintosh System Requirements

  • Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.0.x or later and an available USB 1.1.
  • Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later. Including ‘Lion’ 10.7.x and an available USB2.0/1.1, or eSATA port.
  • Time Machine® Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later.

Windows System Requirements

  • Windows 98SE or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1 port.
  • Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, or eSATA port.

Linux Requirements

  • Linux compatible via supported USB interface.

Power Supply*

  • Bus Power via USB on most computers with USB 2.0 port factory stock.
  • Optional AC Adapter* (available as a separate purchase here)
    • * AC adapter not required for most applications provided computer bus supplies appropriate power needs.

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External Case Dimensions

  • 3.8 in (W) x 5.5 in (D) x 1.1 in (H)
  • 96.52mm x 139.7mm x 27.94mm

Total Shipping Weight

  • Approximately .73 pounds (.33kg)

Software Included

Product Manual

Operating Environment:

Temperature

  • (operating) 0°C – 70°C (32°F – 158°F)
  • (non-operating) –40°C – 85°C (–40°F – 185°F)

Relative Humidity

  • (operating) 5% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)
  • (non-operating) 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)

Shock

  • (non-operating) up to1500G

Vibration

  • (operating) 1.0G (5 - 300Hz)
  • (non-operating) 5.0G (5 - 500Hz)

Load/Unload Cycles

  • 600,000

Warranty

OWC 3 Year Solution Warranty

The best warranty is one you never have to use - but should the need occur - we're proud to provide a superior level of support and service coverage to our customers. OWC and NewerTech storage solutions come fully backed by an Industry-leading 48-hour turnaround time which includes complimentary Level 1 data recovery for the first year, plus additional data recovery options available throughout the warranty period, for complete peace of mind ownership confidence.

View more information about the OWC 3 Year Solution warranty

Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your OWC solution prior to the conclusion of OWC's 3 year Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the OWC warranty.

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Software

Prosoft Macworld 4.5 mice
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
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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