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OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 eSATA,FireWire 800+USB 2.0 4-Bay SATA Desktop RAID Storage Enclosure with selectable RAID 0,1,5,10 Hardware RAID, NRAID Span Options. Add your own drives! Supports 2TB drive mechanisms. Oxford 936 chipset, 1 Year Warranty (OWCMEQX2KIT0GB) 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	$329.99

Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2
0GB "Quad Interface" 4 Bay Professional Grade Performance RAID Kit

The Ultimate Blend of Professional Performance and Convenience

Four 3.5" Serial ATA (SATA I/II) hard disk drives in a brushed aluminum enclosure with Hardware RAID setting flexibility and up to 300MB/s data transfer speed for high performance data storage and redundancy.

User Selectable Hardware RAID Settings
Thanks to a front panel selector switch, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 enables easy configuration of the Hardware RAID settings - NRAID, 0, 1, 5, 10 - so you can select the best combination of speed, capacity, redundancy, or any combination of the three.

Re-builds without a computer connection!

RAID 1, 5, 10 enables you to keep working even if one drive fails!

NRAID (Span)
Combines capacity of two or more drives of varying size without any RAID data distribution scheme into one logical desktop volume.

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.

RAID 5 (Stripe with Parity)
Data is Striped (RAID 0) while incorporating redundancy over three or more drives for the best combination of speed, capacity, and redundancy.

RAID 10 (1+0)
Data is Striped (RAID 0) over two Mirrored sets (RAID 1) of drives for fast redundancy.


	Time Machine ready means that our external hard drives 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.
	"Fast, Quiet and Nicely Priced."- The Mac Observer
	"This Thing Screams Quality and Speed!" - Sven Raferty, SvenOnTech
	"The QX2 ... Operated Flawlessly in All Modes, With Excellent Performance." - Lloyd Chambers, diglloyd

From day one, the OWC Mercury Elite Series has been designed to be everything you'd hope for and more!

The OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 includes:
Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 "Quad Interface" 4-Bay RAID Enclosure 39" High Quality Double Shielded eSATA connecting cable 72" High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable) 68" High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 400 connecting cable (6-6 Pin cable) 76" High Quality Double Shielded USB 2.0/1.1 connecting cable UL listed power cord 2 keys for front panel lock

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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

Software Included

	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'tneed to 'think' about backing up... It does it for you. A $59.00 Value!

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!

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 and later. A $49.95 Value!

Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™
Intech Hard Disk SpeedTools consists of a suite of utilities managed by an application which administers 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, Intech SpeedTools is powerful enough to allow you to customize which utility component set you would like to create.
An $89.95 Value!

Product Specifications:

Chipset:

Oxford 936QSE chipset

Interfaces Supported:

eSATA (SATA-II) [See Supported eSATA card list below]
FireWire 800 (1394B)
FireWire 400 (1394A)
USB 2.0

RAID / JBOD Support:

RAID 0,1,5,10 Hardware RAID Mode, and NRAID Span Options
Solutions are pre-configured as RAID 5 for optimum speed, protection & capacity

Drive Rotation Speed:

Varies with drive mechanisms installed

Data Buffer:

Varies with drive mechanisms installed

Port Configuration:

eSATA - 1 eSATA port
FireWire 800 (1394B) - (2) 9 pin ports
FireWire 400 (1394A) - (1) 6 pin port
USB 2.0 - (1) "A" port

Macintosh System Requirements:

Minimum Apple G4 processor, 128MB RAM
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 System Requirements:

Minimum Intel Pentium III CPU 500MHz, 128MB RAM
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

Maximum Data
Transfer Rate:

eSATA - 3.0Gbit (or 300MB/sec)
FireWire 800 (1394B) - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
FireWire 400 (1394A) - 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)

Recommended eSATA Cards:
Cards that OWC has tested and
qualified for the Qx2

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

PCI for Desktops and Towers
	FirmTek SeriTek/2SE4 Four-Port External PCI-X Host Adapter W/ Port Multiplier (FTKSATA2SE4)	PRICE: $199.00 SHIPS: Same Day

ExpressCard/34 for Laptops
	OWC ExpressCard/34 eSATA SATA I/II ExpressCard/34 Adapter (OWCEXP34SATA2P1)	PRICE: $19.99 SHIPS: Same Day
	APIOTEK EXTREME Dual eSATA SATA I/II Express Card 34 Adapter (APIEC0003D)	PRICE: $39.99 SHIPS: Same Day

* Note: there are known issues using this card with RAID 5 mode. User may experience drive dismounting when a drive failure occurs. Replacing with a new drive, the Qx2 will rebuild the newly installed drive with no loss of data.

Power Supply:

Internal US/International AutoSwitching (UL, cUL, CE, TUV approved)
Protection: OCP, OVP, Short
Input: AC 100-260V, 50Hz/60Hz
Output: DC +5V/8.4Amp +12V/6Amp (12V peak current 4Amp/10sec)

External Case Dimensions:

5.31" (W) x 9.65" (D) x 6.96" (H)

Enclosure Weight
(no accessories):

Approximately 8.6 pounds (3.9kg)

Operating Environment:

Temperature:

Varies with drive mechanisms installed

Relative humidity:

Varies with drive mechanisms installed

Shock:

Varies with drive mechanisms installed

Vibration:

Varies with drive mechanisms installed

Warranty:

OWC 1 Year Enclosure 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 enclosures that we offer. OWC enclosures are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.

For more information about the OWC 1 Year Enclosure warranty, click here.