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OWC Bundle: 1.0TB OWC Mercury Elite Pro eSATA RAID READY Solution 500GB + 500GB (1.0TB Total Capacity) w/ NewerTech eSATA 6G PCIe Card. 3 Year OWC Drive Solution Warranty & 1 Year NewerTech Controller Card Warranty. (MESRPCIET1.0)

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OWC DIY Bundle:

1.0TB OWC Mercury Elite Pro,
NewerTech eSATA 6G PCIe Card,
OWC Software Bundle

Mac / PC / eSATA
  • Mac
  • PC
  • eSATA
  • OWC Mercury Elite Pro eSATA Dual Drive
    External 'RAID READY' Solution
  • NewerTech eSATA 6G PCIe Controller
Everything you need in one package, ready to:
  • Add the latest eSATA storage performance standard to your PCI-Express Slot equipped Mac Pro or PC.
  • Quickly transfer data up to 600Mb/s via eSATA to your drive solution.
  • Setup as individual volumes, RAID-1 Mirror, RAID-0 Stripe, or SPAN via Apple's disk utility or Windows PC Raid utility.
  • All this with Plug and Play ease...No Drivers to install OR update- EVER!
High Performance:
Serial ATA is one of the fastest data transfer technologies on the market! Whether you're storing Audio/Video files, Music, Photos, Movies, or backing up your entire system, this affordable RAID Ready external storage device will give you a reliable, high-speed solution for your important files!
Transfer Data Up to 6X Faster:
From faster backups and file transfers to high-end Audio/Video editing, connecting eSATA equipped devices to a performance eSATA card can take data transfer performance to an entirely new level. By adding the NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G PCIe 2.0 Controller Card to your Mac Pro or PC, you can connect ANY eSATA interfaced equipped external storage solution or optical drive and be future ready for up to 600MB/s data transfer rates.
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

Special OWC Bundle includes
  • OWC Mercury Elite Pro "RAID Ready" dual hard drive
  • NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G PCIe 2.0 Controller Card
  • Two - 36" High Quality Double Shielded eSATA connecting cables (eSATA - eSATA)
  • UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100 ~ 240v, 50/60Hz input, 12 Volt 5 Amp output Power Supply (adapter plugs for International use sold separately). For replacement power supply, click here.
  • Extra aluminum bracket for the card.
  • 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
  • CD with User Manual & Windows drivers
  • Mercury Elite Pro Dual-Drive eSATA Assembly Manual (4.2MB PDF)
  • OWC 3 Year Solution Warranty with 48-Hour Turnaround Time
  • Complimentary 6 Month Level 1 Data Recovery

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Mercury Elite Pro eSATA Solution Specs:

Bus Interface

  • eSATA

Chipset

  • None; direct connection between the hard drive and the controller card.

Standard Mechanism

    500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 Specifications:

    Specifications

    Form Factor
    3.5″ HDD
    Interface
    SATA 3Gb/s
    Capacity1
    500GB
    Formatted Capacity2
    465GiB
    Rotational Speed
    7200 RPM
    Cache / Data Buffer
    32MB
    Manufacturer Model Number
    ST3500418AS
    RoHS Compliant
    Yes
    Format

    Physical

    Height (max)
    19.98mm (0.787″)
    Width (max)
    101.6mm (4.000″)
    Length (max)
    146.99mm (5.787″)
    Weight (typical)
    415g (0.915 lbs.)
    Guaranteed Sectors
    976,773,168
    Bytes per Sector
    512

    Reliability3

    Contact Start-Stops
    50,000
    Annual Failure Rate
    0.34%
    Nonrecoverable Read Errors
    1 per 1014 bits read
    Warranty
    3 Year Seagate Warranty

    Performance

    Transfer Rate (Max)
    3.0 Gb/s
    Average Latency
    4.16ms

    Power

    Maximum Start Current, DC
    2.0 Amp
    Seek Power
    <8.0 Watts
    Idle Mode
    <5.0 Watts

    Environmental (Operating)

    Shock
    70 G max at 2ms
    Ambient Temperature (°F)
    32°F to 140°F
    Ambient Temperature (°C)
    0°C to 60°C
    Altitude
    -304.8 m to 3,048 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000+ ft)

    Environmental (Non-Operating)

    Shock
    350 G max at 1ms
    Ambient Temperature (°F)
    -40°F to 158°F
    Ambient Temperature (°C)
    -40°C to 70°C
    Altitude
    -304.8 m to 12,192 m (-1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)

    Acoustics

    Idle (Typical)
    2.6 bels
    Seek (Typical)
    2.75 bels
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.
  • 2 x 500GB* Seagate Barracuda 7200.12**
    *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

  • 16 Megabyte (16,394k) per drive

Drive Rotation Speed

  • 7200RPM

Port Configuration

  • eSATA - 2 ports (1 port for each drive)

Max Data Transfer Rate

  • eSATA - 6.0 Gbit/s (or 500 MB/sec)

Port/Interface Bootability

    Can I use this solution as external startup drive?
  • eSATA: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info

RAID Support

  • Comes configured as two independent drives
  • RAID 0 (Striped) or RAID 1 (Mirrored) can be setup using
    • Software such as Disk Utility or SoftRAID
    • Hardware using a RAID card (sold separately)

Format

Macintosh System Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later including ‘Lion’ 10.7.x and two available eSATA ports.
  • Time Machine® Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later.

Windows System Requirements

  • Windows 2000 or later and two available eSATA ports.

Power Supply

External Case Dimensions

  • 9.0 in (D) x 2.9 in (W) x 5.3 in (H)

Total Shipping Weight

  • Approximately 2.7 pounds (1.2kg)

Software Included

Product Manual

Operating Environment:

Temperature

  • (operating) 5°C – 55°C (41°F – 131°F)
  • (non-operating) –40°C – 65°C (–40°F – 149°F)

Relative Humidity

  • (operating) 8% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)
  • (non-operating) 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)

Shock

  • 70G 2mS; (non-operating) 175G 2mS

Vibration

  • (operating) 1.0G (5 - 300Hz)
  • (non-operating) 5.0G (5 - 500Hz)

MTBF (hours)

  • 1,200,000

Load/Unload Cycles

  • 50,000

Warranty

OWC 3 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 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.

eSATA 6G Controller Card Specs:

Type

  • SATA 6.0Gb/s

External

  • Ports 2 x eSATA

Features

  • PCIe 2.0x1 backwards compatible with PCIe 1.0.
  • Two eSATA 6Gb/s ports (up to 600MB/s per port*).
  • eSATA hot plug support**.
  • Plug and Play ready industry standard AHCI compliance.
  • Out-of-the-box ready driverless install for Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.6, Windows Vista & Windows 7, and any Linux version with built- in AHCI support. (Windows 2000/XP/2003 requires driver install)
  • Compatible with SATA based hard disk and SSDs.

Interface

  • PCI-Express 2.0 x1

Form Factor

  • Low Profile Ready

Transfer Rate

  • 600MB/s per port

Operating Systems

  • Out-of-the-box ready driverless install for Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.6, Windows Vista & Windows 7, and any Linux version with built- in AHCI support.

Compatible With

  • Mac Pro early 2008 to current (Model ID 3,1 and 4,1) and PCs that have an open PCIe 2.0 slot Mac Pro (Model ID 1,1 and 2,1) that have an open PCIe 1.0 slot.

Warranty

Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n MESRPCIET1.0

Software

Prosoft Macworld 4.5 mice
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
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 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

Benchmarks

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OWC DIY Bundle: 1.0TB OWC Mercury Elite Pro, NewerTech eSATA 6G PCIe Card, OWC Software Bundle Mfr P/N: MESRPCIET1.0 OWC SKU: OWCMESRPCIET1.0 'RAID READY' Solution with Card Solution 3 Year Warranty
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