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250GB OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini Portable 5400RPM FW800&400+ USB2+eSATA 8MB Cache Portable SATA 2.5" based Storage Solution. All interface Cables, Prosoft Data Backup, Intech HD SpeedTools, and 3 Year OWC Warranty included. (MEQM5250GB8)
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OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini
250GB 5400RPM
Quad Interface Storage Solution
Mac / PC / eSATA / FireWire 800 / FireWire 400 / USB 2.0 & 1.1
High performance and Plug and Play data storage/ backup
reliability with a fanless, bus powered design.
With your choice of a 2.5" Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive OR Solid State Drive (SSD), the latest chipset, and a "Quad Interface" of FireWire 800/400/USB 2.0/eSATA connectivity, the Mercury Elite Pro mini Portable Storage Solution delivers up to 300MB/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.
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.
- "Quad Interface" FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0, and eSATA for flexible connectivity
- Supports bus powering via any interface*
- Data transfer speeds up to 300MB/s
- Daisy chain multiple FireWire 800 devices
- Drive speeds of up to 7200RPM or Solid State
- Perfect for A/V, Digital Photography, Professional Music, Graphics, General Data, and Time Machine ready.
- Portable size at 5.5in(L) x 3.8in(W) x 1.1in(H)
- Brushed aluminum, impact resistant, heat dissipating, super quiet fanless enclosure
- Oxford 944SE High-Performance Chipset
- Three Year Solution Warranty
*When using eSATA connection, the use of a powered FireWire port or optional AC Adapter (not included) is required
When using FireWire or USB connection, the Elite Pro mini autoswitches to bus power via FireWire or USB connection.
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 "Quad Interface" Hard Drive
- 18″ High Quality eSATA connecting cable (eSATA - eSATA)
- 15″ High Quality FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable)
- 15″ High Quality USB 2.0/1.1 connecting cable
- Backup and Utility software CD
- 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
- Carbon Copy Cloner© for Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- Over 1.5GB of Freeware/Shareware/Public domain software 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
- Oxford 944SE High-Performance Chipset
Standard Mechanism
- 250GB* HGST Travelstar 5K500.B**
*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)
Drive Cache Size
- 8 Megabyte (8,192k)
Drive Rotation Speed
- 5400RPM
Port Configuration
- eSATA - 1 port
- FireWire 800 - (2) 9 pin ports
- USB 2.0/1.1 - (1) 5 pin mini 'b' port
Max Data Transfer Rate
- eSATA - 3.0 Gbit/s (or 300 MB/sec)
- FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
- FireWire 400 - 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)
- USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
- USB 1.1 - 12Mbps (or 1.5MB/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
- FireWire 400: 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
- Pre-formatted for Mac OSX
View instructions on Windows formatting
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 or FireWire 400 port.
- Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later. Including ‘Lion’ 10.7.x and an available USB2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400 port, 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 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.
Linux Requirements
- Linux compatible via supported USB and FireWire interfaces.
Power Supply*
- Bus Power via FireWire 800 supported on all models equipped with an available FireWire 800 port either factory stock or via add on FireWire 800 PCI Card.
- Bus Power via FireWire 400 on all models made in 2001 or later via Factory ports or any model with add on FireWire 400 PCI Card.
- 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.
Recommended eSATA Cards
- Cards that OWC has tested and qualified for the OWC Mercury Elite Pro
- PCIe (PCI Express) for Desktops
Related Items
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
- 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
- Carbon Copy Cloner® for Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- Over 1.5GB of Freeware, Shareware, Public domain software installed
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.
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
Carbon Copy Cloner® for Mac OS X 10.4 or later
CCC 3 features an interface designed to make the cloning and backup procedure very intuitive. In addition to
general backup, CCC can also clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an
exact replica of your source hard drive. CCC's block-level copy offers the absolute best fidelity in the industry!
View detailed software info
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
Reviews
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"In All Cases, Performance Should Be Considered Very Good to Excellent."
— Lloyd Chambers, diglloyd
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"Using One Extensively Over A Month...We Love It."
10 out of 10 — David Weeks, MyMac.com -
"Incredible Speed"
— Scott Amendolare, Reel Grok
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"A High Performance External Drive with Plenty of Connectivity Options... Solidly Made, Robust and Fast..."
— Anthony Caruana, Australian Macworld
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"Performed Flawlessly"
— Marshall Clow, MacNN
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"Really Excels in its Small Foot Print"
— Sven Rafferty, Sven On Tech
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"The...Drive is FAST."
— Krishna Sadasivam, PC Weenies
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"Capacious, Compact, Stylish, and is Real Pleasure to use for File Transfers/Backups or Heavy-Duty Tasks Like Digital Photography."
— Christian Zibreg, Geek.com
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"Versatile Connection Options"
— Chris Holt, Macworld
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"Mighty & Mini... Virtually Silent"
— Bradley Hasemeyer, Gear Patrol
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"I Have Certainly Been Impressed with this Drive ... A Good Sturdy Enclosure for my Precious Data"
— Marcel Dufresne, MaUsE DoubleClick
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"Delivers the speed, large disk space, and reliability OWC is known for in a small form factor."
— Victor Cajiao, Typical Mac User
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"Attractive Brushed Aluminum Body ... Sturdy All-Metal Design ... Great Speed and Compatibility ... Gives Upgraders a Nicely Designed and High Performance Option."
— Kevin O'Brien, StorageReview.com
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Winner of Professional Photographer Magazine 2012 Hot One Award
Benchmarks
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