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OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad" eSATA / FireWire 800/400 + USB2 Hardware RAID Dual-Drive Enclosure Kit for up to Two SATA Hard Disk Drives. Oxford 936 chipset. All cables included. Supports up to 2 x 2TB Drives! 1 Year Warranty. (OWCMEFW936AL2) Special Offer: Prosoft Drive Genius v2.2.x(Latest) for only $35 with the purchase of this item with an order of total $50 or more. That's 64% off Retail! Offer will show available once qualifying item(s) and basket order total qualifies.	Same Day	$129.99

"Add Your Own SATA Hard Drives"
eSATA/FireWire® 400/ 800/USB 2.0 Dual Drive External Storage Solution

Mercury Elite - AL Pro Dual Bay
"Quad Interface" Performance RAID Solution

Supports up to two 3.5" SATA I/II type hard disk drives
RAID Support: RAID 0, 1, SPAN*
Up to 64MB data buffer
Up to 10,000RPM speeds
Oxford 936DS chipset
Cool Blue drive activity indicator LED
Super quiet operation
Shock resistant aluminum enclosure
All connector cables included

When you want high style in high performance storage, look no further than the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Bay . With the highest quality chipset and drive mechanisms built into a shock resistant portable aluminum enclosure, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Bay is ready to go wherever you need an A/V, Digital Photography, Professional Music, Graphics, General Data, and Time Machine ready storage solution.

“Time Machine Ready” means that our external hard drives are able to keep an up-to-date copy of all of your files and documents under OS X Leopard™.

Go back in time to recover anything with ease!

Professional Grade Plug and Play Data Storage/Backup Performance with Superior Convenience and Reliability

With two 3.5" Serial ATA (SATA I/II) hard drives offering massive storage capacity, the latest Oxford chipset, and a "Quad Interface" of FireWire 800/FireWire 400/ USB 2.0/eSATA connectivity, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Bay "Quad Interface" Performance RAID Solution delivers up to 300MB/s data transfer speeds for demanding data storage and backup needs.

Compatibility

Macintosh Requirements:
• Apple® OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, 10.0.x or later and an available USB 1.1
or FireWire 400 port.
• Apple OS X 10.2.8 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400 port, or eSATA port.

Windows Requirements:
• Windows 98SE or later and an available FireWire 400
or USB 2.0/1.1 port.
• Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1,
FireWire 800/400 port, or eSATA port.

IMPORTANT NOTE IF INSTALLING DRIVES TO CREATE A VOLUME LARGER THAN 2TB: Master Boot Record has a 2TB limit per-volume limit. Because of this, you must format the solution using GPT in Windows. GPT format is only supported by Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows 2003 Server and Vista. GPT format will not work with XP 32 bit or older Windows operating systems. Only Vista systems with EFI can boot from GPT partitions.

OWC NOTE: This drive enclosure requires a 3.5" Serial ATA (SATA) drive mechanism. Most computers produced since 2006 use Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives. Please make sure that the drive you wish to use with this enclosure is compatible. If you need an enclosure for an ATA/IDE hard drive, click here.

3.5" Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drive Connector

Product Specifications

Drive Type

Two 3.5" Serial ATA (SATA) 1.5/3.0GB

Bridge Chipset

Oxford 936DS chipset

Case Material

Brushed Aluminum

*Recommended configurations supported

RAID 0 Performance Striping for maximum performance (requires two identical Hard Drives)
Non-RAID Span mode combines any two drives to give a single volume of combined total drive capacity
RAID 1 also supported, but we strongly recommend the NewerTech Guardian MAXimums for maximum RAID 1 performance requirements.

Drive Speed Support

Up to 10,000RPM

Features

Supports up to two 3.5" SATA I/II type hard disk drives
Up to 64MB data buffer
Up to 10,000RPM speeds
Cool Blue drive activity indicator LED
Super quiet operation
Shock resistant aluminum enclosure
All connector cables included

Port Configuration

One eSATA port
Two FireWire® 800 ports
One FireWire 400 port
One USB 2.0/1.1 B port

Recommended eSATA Cards:
Cards that OWC has tested and
qualified for the Mercury Elite-AL Pro

eSATA Extender Cables for Mac Pro
	Newer Technology eSATA Extender Cable Adapter for Mac Pro (NWTMPQXES2)	PRICE: $24.95 SHIPS: Same Day

PCIe (PCI Express) for Desktops and Towers
	Other World Computing 2 port PCI-e SATA 3G Host Adapter - for Mac Pro, G5 PCIe systems. (OWCPCIESATA2)	PRICE: $47.99 SHIPS: Same Day
	Sonnet Technology Tempo SATA E2P Serial ATA Host Adapter Card (STITSATAIIE2P)	PRICE: $48.97 SHIPS: Same Day
	CalDigit FASTA-2e 2 port PCI-e SATA 3G Host Adapter (CDGFASTA2E)	PRICE: $67.99 SHIPS: Same Day
	Firmtek Seritek/2SE2-E PCI Express (PCIe) Serial ATA Adapter (FTKSATA2SE2E)	PRICE: $99.95 SHIPS: Same Day
	DAT Optic PCIe 8x 4 Channel eSATA host adapter (DOIESATAPCIE8)	PRICE: $167.99 SHIPS: Same Day
	HighPoint RocketRaid 2314 PCI-Express eSATA 4 Port RAID Controller Card (HPTRR2314)	PRICE: $195.99 SHIPS: Same Day
	FirmTek SeriTek/2ME4E Four-Port External PCI-Express Host Adapter. (FTKSATA2ME4E)	PRICE: $198.99 SHIPS: Same Day
	Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P Serial ATA Host Adapter for PCI Express (STITSATAIIE4P)	PRICE: $267.99 SHIPS: Same Day
	HighPoint RocketRaid 2522 PCI-Express x8 eSATA 2 Port mini SAS RAID Controller Card (HPTRRAID2522)	PRICE: $392.99 SHIPS: 2 Days
	HighPoint RocketRaid 3522 PCI-Express x8 mini-SAS 2 Port RAID Controller Card (HPTRRAID3522)	PRICE: $579.99 SHIPS: Same Day

Data Transfer

eSATA port, up to 300MB/s
FireWire® 800 ports, up to 100MB/s
FireWire 400 port, up to 50MB/s
USB 2.0/1.1 B port, up to 60MB/s

Mac Requirements

Apple® OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, 10.0.x or later and an available USB 1.1 or FireWire 400 port. Apple OS X 10.2.8 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400 port, or eSATA port.

Windows Requirements

Windows 98SE or later and an available FireWire 400 or USB 2.0/1.1 port. Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400, or eSATA port.

Power Supply