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OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini

480GB SSD
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.

Benefits of Elite Mini w/SSD This OWC Mercury Elite 3G SSD based Plug and Play external solution provides

Exceptional External Drive Performance – up to over 240MB/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 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.

"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

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Mercury Elite Pro mini.

*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" SSD
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
Pre-installed Backup and Utility software

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

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

Oxford 944SE High-Performance Chipset

Standard Mechanism

480GB Mercury Electra 3G SSD Specifications:

Specifications

Controller

SandForce 2181 Series Processor with 7% Over Provisioning

NAND

Tier 1 Asynchronous MLC NAND Flash Memory

Form Factor

Standard 9.5mm 2.5"

Interface

SATA 3Gb/s

Capacity¹

480GB useable capacity
Total Flash Memory Components - 512GB
32GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction

Formatted Capacity²

447GiB

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

OWCSSDEX3G480

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 (up to)

285MB/s

Sustained
Writes (up to)

275MB/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

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

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.
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.
Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability.
Specifications provided by SandForce.
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.

480GB* OWC Mercury Electra 3G 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
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

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)

Recommended eSATA Cards

Cards that OWC has tested and qualified for the OWC Mercury Elite Pro
PCIe (PCI Express) for Desktops

NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G PCIe 2.0 Card $39.99

NewerTech MAXPower 6G eSATA RAID card w/ port multiplier. $84.99

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
Over 1.5GB of Freeware, Shareware, Public domain software installed

Product Manual

Mercury Elite Pro mini Manual (3.8MB PDF)

Operating Environment:

Temperature

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

Tech note: Sandforce processor based SSDs, like the OWC Extreme Enterprise SSD, do not fully support all SMART status attributes, in particular temperature reporting. This will be addressed in the future, but at this time SSDs can incorrectly report to be 200 degrees F. This is solely a reporting error. At no time have any OWC brand SSDs approached an unsafe temperature lev

Relative Humidity

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

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.

Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n MEQMSSD480

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

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

"...among the fastest and versatile around." — Dennis Sellers, MacNews

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