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| OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini bus-powered "Quad Interface" RAID Storage Enclosure w/Software Utilities. Accommodates two 2.5" SATA HDD or SSD. eSATA / FW800 / FW400 / USB2 Selectable RAID 0, 1, SPAN, or Independent modes. 1 Year OWC Warranty. (MEQMH0GBKS) | Same Day | $89.99 |
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OWC Mercury
Elite Pro Dual mini
0GB Add your own drive enclosure
"Quad Interface" RAID Storage Enclosure
Mac / PC / eSATA / FireWire 800 / FireWire 400 / USB 2.0 & 1.1
High Performance Dual Drive, Bus-Powered Hardware RAID Data Storage/Backup with Plug & Play Convenience
With your choice of two 2.5″ Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives OR Solid State Drives (SSD), the latest Oxford chipset, and a "Quad Interface" of FireWire 800/400/USB 2.0/eSATA connectivity, the Mercury Elite Pro Dual 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, bus powered (no AC adapter required), heat dissipating 5.6 in (D) x 6.1 in (W) x 1.1 in (H) brushed aluminum enclosure with near silent, fanless operation.
When you want high style in high performance storage, look no further than the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini
With your own drive mechanisms built into a shock resistant, portable aluminum enclosure, the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini is ready to go wherever you need a near silent, compact A/V, Digital Photography, Professional Music, Graphics, General Data, and Time Machine ready Hardware RAID storage solution.
RAID 0 (Stripe)
Data is split into blocks over two or more drives at same time for high speed and large capacity.
RAID 1 (Mirror)
Data is written at same time to two drives only for highest level of data safety and redundancy.
SPAN
Combines capacity of two or more drives of the same size without any RAID data distribution scheme into one logical desktop volume. Will also combine the capacity of varying size drives based on the lowest capacity drive in the set.
OWC NOTE: This drive enclosure requires a 2.5" 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.
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 Dual mini "Quad Interface" Bus Powered, Compact Enclosure
- High Quality Double Shielded eSATA connecting cable
- High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable)
- High Quality Double Shielded USB 2.0/1.1 connecting cable
- FireWire 800 to 12 Volt Power Cable (For optimum results when using eSATA data connection)
- Utility Software Bundle*
- 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
- Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Assembly Manual (5MB PDF)
- OWC 1 Year Warranty with 48-Hour Turnaround Time
Features
- Oxford 946 Chipset
- Hardware RAID Modes: 0, 1, SPAN or Independent Mode
- System status LEDs
- Near silent fanless operation
- Heat dissipating anodized aluminum enclosure
- Ultra-protective Shock Isolation System
- Bus Powered Design through FireWire ports
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Product Specifications:
Drive Type
- Two paired (identical) 2.5″ SATA devices
Bridge Chipset
- Oxford 946 chipset with eSATA, FW400(1394A), FW800(1394B), and USB 2.0
Drive Mechanisms Supported
- Any two 2.5" SATA hard drive or SSD up to 12.5mm in size.
Drive Rotation Speed
- Dependent on drive mechanism installed
Drive Cache Size
- Dependent on drive mechanism installed
Maximum Data Transfer Rate
- eSATA - 3.0Gbps (or 300MB/sec)
- FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
- FireWire 400 - 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)
- USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/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
Macintosh System Requirements
- Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 compatible, OS X 10.1.x and later. Including ‘Lion’ 10.7.x (10.2 or later required for FW800 and USB 2.0)
- eSATA: Macintosh with eSATA interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI eSATA card.
- FireWire 800: Macintosh with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 card.
- USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 2.0 card.
- Time Machine® Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later.
Windows System Requirements
- Windows ME and later.
- Windows 2000 or later required for FW800 Operation.
Linux Requirements
- Linux compatible via supported USB and FireWire interfaces.
Recommended eSATA Cards
- Cards that OWC has tested and qualified for the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini
- eSATA Extender Cables for Mac ProPCIe (PCI Express) for DesktopsPCI for Desktops and TowersExpressCard/34 for Laptops
Selectable RAID Modes*
- RAID 0 (Stripe)
- RAID 1 (Mirror)
- SPAN
- Independent Drives
*Unit will arrive pre-configured for RAID 0
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.
- Optional AC Adapter* (available as a separate purchase here)
* AC adapter not required for most applications provided computer bus supplies appropriate power needs.
Format
- Pre-formatted for Mac OSX For instructions on Windows formatting click here.
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
Enclosure Size
- 5.6″(D) x 6.1″(W) x 1.1″(H)
- 14.4 cm x 15.4 cm x 2.8 cm
Enclosure Weight (no accessories)
- Weighs as little as 1.70 lbs with SSDs, 1.75 lbs with hard drives
Product Manual
Operating Environment:
Temperature
- (operating) Up to 0°C – 70°C (32°F – 158°F)
- (non-operating) Up to –40°C – 85°C (–40°F – 185°F)
Relative Humidity
- (operating) Up to 5% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)
- (non-operating) Up to 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)
Shock
- Up to 1500G
Vibration
- Dependent on drive mechanism installed
MTBF
- Dependent on drive mechanism installed
Warranty
OWC 1 Year Solution 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 OWC 1 Year Solution 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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"A Quiet Little Box that I can Connect to a MacBook...The Way I Visualize RAID Will Have to Change...Completely Silent"
— Steve Sande, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
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"Superior Performance... Highly Recommended"
— Lloyd Chambers, DigLloyd
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"I Found the Drive's Performance to be Excellent and Very Quiet. Sturdily Built... Worth Looking Into."
— Charles Hamilton, Gigaom
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"...broke all of our FireWire read records"
— Mauricio Grijalva, Macworld - 640GB RAID-0
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"If you are in the market for a fast and portable RAID0 or RAID1 enclosure that doesn't need external power, the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual Mini fits the bill perfectly."
— Kevin O'Brien, Storage Reviews.com
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"...we would recommend the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual Mini with absolutely no hesitation. ...cool and quiet... hard to beat!"
— Paul Alcorn, The SSD Review
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