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1.0TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro USB 2.0 Complete 7200RPM Solution + w/Built in USB 2.0 Hub. Dual Bay enclosure, includes a convenient USB 2.0 hub, with one port right on the front. W/ Prosoft Data Backup 3, Intech HDST. 3 Year Warranty. (OWCMHU27H1.0T32) Same Day $179.99
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OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Drive
USB 2.0 Storage Solution + Powered USB 2.0 Hub

Dual 3.5" SATA drive bays for up to 2.0TB capacity and integrated USB 2.0 powered hub for high performance data storage/backup and device connectivity.


Plenty of room!
With two 3.5" SATA drive bays offering up to 2.0TB of capacity, you'll have plenty of room for storing your files, photos, movies and music!

Convenient
The built-in powered USB 2.0 hub makes integrating the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Drive to your system easy. Its front-mounted port makes it simple to attach your favorite USB drive, digital camera, or music player to your computer.

Reliable
The Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Drive's all-metal construction helps protect your data. In addition to offering better physical protection to the drives than plastic, it also allows for easier heat dissipation, keeping your drives cooler and reducing the chances of drive failure due to overheating.

“Time Machine Ready” means that our external hard drives are able to 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!

Software included
PRoSoft LogoMacworld Top ProductMacworld 4.5 miceProsoft Engineering® Data Backup
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, FREE!

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 and later. A $49.95 Value, FREE!
Intech Speed Tools logoIntech® SpeedTools Utilities™
Intech Hard Disk 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, FREE!


System Compatibility
Apple OS X 10.1.x and later - including the latest 10.5.x Leopard, Apple Mac OS 8.6 and Later.
Mac OS X 10.2.x or later required for USB 2.0 performance.
Windows ME and Later.
Windows ME or later required for USB 2.0 performance.

Product Specifications:

Chipset:

JMICRON 20336

Interfaces Supported:

USB 2.0 (1.1 Backwards compatible)

RAID / JBOD Support:

• 2 independent drives
• 1 Large set (JBOD)

Drive Rotation Speed:

7200 RPM

Data Buffer:

32 Megabyte (2 Drives with 16MB (16,384k) cache each)

Port Configuration:

• (1) USB 2.0 High Speed "Type B" (to computer)
• (3) USB 2.0 High Speed "Type A" (to other devices)
    – (2) rear ports
    – (1) front port

Maximum Data
Transfer Rate:

• USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (60MB/sec)
• USB 1.1 - 12Mbps (1.5MB/s)

Macintosh
System Requirements:

USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 2.0 card. USB 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.

USB 1.1: Macintosh with USB 1.1 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 1.1 card. USB 1.1 requires Mac OS 8.6 or later.

Windows
System Requirements:

USB 2.0: Windows system with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 2.0 card. USB 2.0 requires Windows ME, 2000 or XP.

USB 1.1: Windows system with USB 1.1 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 1.1 card. USB 1.1 requires Windows ME, 2000 or XP.

Software Included:

Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows 2000 or later
Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 - X only)

Power Supply:

100-240v 50/60hz US/International Auto Switching

External Case Dimensions:

9.3" x 2.8" x 5.6" (237mm x 72mm x 142mm)

Drive Weight
(no accessories):

Approximately 3.0 pounds (1.36kg)

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:

(operating) 65G 2mS (non-operating) 175G 2mS

Vibration:

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

MTBF:

More than 300,000 power-on hours

Warranty:

Three Year Repair/Replacement Warranty - In addition to OWC's Warranty, the mechanisms inside this solution may have up to an additional 3 years warranty direct with the drive manufacturer.

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.

Standard mechanisms:

(2) 500GB Hitachi Deskstar P7K500

Performance Benchmarks
Tested using a Power Macintosh G4/Dual 1.25GHz (FireWire 800) system running Mac OS X 10.4.11

     
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This OWC Mercury Elite -AL Pro drive includes:

 



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