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2.0TB OWC Mercury Rack Pro eSATA JBOD 4 Bay storage solution. eSATA (Port Multiplier) w/64MB Buffer(16MB per HD)7200RPM SATA drives. Cables, Data Backup 3, NovaBACKUP, Intech Speed Tools Included. RAID-Ready, 2yr. Warranty (OWMRPESPMJS20)

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OWC Mercury Rack Pro eSATA Port Multiplier 1U W/ Removable Drive Trays - JBOD 4 Bay Rack Storage Solutions
OWC affordability, reliability, and ease of use in a single 1U rack space.


Need massive amounts of storage? The OWC Mercury Rack Pro offers a maximum capacity of 4.0TB!:

The OWC Mercury Rack Pro Storage Solution is a 4 bay eSATA hard drive enclosure configured as 4 independent hard drives, up to a maximum capacity of 4.0TB (1TB per hard drive mechanism).

The OWC Mercury Rack Pro consists of 4 matched SATA hard drives. 4 volumes will show up on your computer's desktop. The OWC Mercury Rack Pro uses a Port Muitiplier eSATA interface, to cut down on cable clutter - it only requires one standard eSATA cable to run the 4 hard drives. (Requires a eSATA controller card with port multiplier support, not included but available here).

Specifically designed to meet the storage demands of video and audio production, the OWC Mercury Rack Pro 4 Bay 1U Solutions provide data transfer rates of over 80 Megabytes per second! Using the highest capacity SATA hard drive mechanisms available, and offering Plug & Play simplicity, the possibilities are endless!

Outstanding Features:

Great Performance: A high-speed SATA-II card (not included) combined with the fastest SATA-II drive mechanisms available give OWC Mercury Rack Pro eSATA 4 Bay 1U Solutions some of the fastest drive transfer rates possible, exceeding 80 Megabytes Per Second in data read and write per drive! You can even set up your own striped RAID aaray to increase speeds even further! (Transfer speeds variable depending on the SATA controller card you choose to use).

High Reliability: A Top-Notch design and the best components ensure the OWC Mercury Rack Pro series is built to last. The included 2 Year Warranty backs this up!

All connecting cables included: The OWC Mercury Rack Pro eSATA includes all cables you'll need to hook the storage solution to the SATA controller card of your choice - an eSATA cable, and a heavy-duty power cable are included.

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

Software Included
PRoSoft Logo 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!
Intech Speed Tools logoIntech Speed Tools logo
Carbon Copy Cloner logo 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 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 Speed Tools logo 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!

 

All OWC Mercury Rack Pro hard drives are fully compatible with these systems
10.6 Snow Leopard CompatibleApple OS X 10.1.x and later.
Apple Mac OS 8.6 and Later.
Mac OS X 10.2.x or later required for eSATA operation
Windows ME and Later.
Windows 2000 or later required for eSATA Operation.

 

Port Multiplier Card Required!  

In order to use this unit, you need a port muliplication-capable eSATA controller card.

For your convenience, you can find a list of compatible cards here.

 

Product Specifications:
Chipset:

None; direct connection between the hard drives and the controller card.

Interfaces Supported:
  • eSATA (SATA-II)
RAID / JBOD Support:
  • JBOD; 4 independent drive channels
Drive Rotation Speed:
  •  7200RPM
Data Buffer:
  •  16MB per drive, 64MB total for the solution
Port Configuration:
  • eSATA (SATA-II); Port Mutiplier
Maximum Data
Transfer Rate:
  • SATA-II, 3.0GB/sec
Macintosh System
Requirements:
  • eSATA: Macintosh with eSATA via 3rd party controller card interface, (not included). eSATA requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
Windows System
Requirements:
  • eSATA: Windows with eSATA via 3rd party controller card interface, (not included). eSATA requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP.
Software Included:
Power Supply: Input: 100V~240V
Output: 50~60Hz 200W (Max.)
External Case Dimensions: 19" W x 18" D x 1.7" H
Drive Weight
(no accessories):
Approximately 19 pounds
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)
Warranty:

2 Year Warranty

48 Hour Warranty Service
Standard mechanisms: 500GB Hitachi P7K500
 
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