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4.0TB OWC Mercury Rack Pro 1U FireWire 800/400, USB2, eSATA 7200RPM 4-Bay Solution w/Removable Trays. FireWire 800, FireWire 800 to 400, USB2, eSATA Cables + Prosoft Data Backup 3, NovaBACKUP, Intech Speed Tools all Included. 2 Year OWC Warranty. (OWMRPF8U2ESJS40) $10.00 Instant Rebate available from OWC with purchases made between 01/21/2010 and 05/25/2010 when you purchase 1 or more qualifying items, limit 1. Must purchase with: MXPCIE6GS2 or 1 other itemsMXPCIE6GS2 ---- Additional Offer also available: ---- Special Offer: Buy Prosoft Drive Genius v2.2.x(Latest) for only $29 with this qualifying storage item, That's 70% Off Retail! Offer will be shown in basket once this item is added.	Same Day	$659.99

OWC Mercury Rack Pro eSATA / FireWire 800 / USB 2.0 1U
4.0TB NRAID (SPAN) 4 Bay Rack Storage Solution with Removable Drive Trays
OWC affordability, reliability, and ease of use in a single 1U rack space.

Need massive amounts of storage?

The OWC Mercury Rack Pro Storage Solution is a 4 bay eSATA / FireWire 800 / USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure configured as NRAID (SPAN).

The OWC Mercury Rack Pro consists of four matched Desktop Class SATA hard drives that appear as one single volume 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 cable to run the 4 hard drives. You can also connect the OWC Mercury Rack Pro using a FireWire 800 (1394b) or USB 2.0 cable for use with nearly every Mac or PC made - no special interface cards needed!

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!

Great Compatibility: The OWC Mercury Rack Pro includes the most common types of connections to work with nearly every computer - eSATA, FireWire, and USB 2.0. Whatever machine you need to use, the OWC Mercury Rack Pro can do it!

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 includes all cables you'll need to hook the storage solution to your computer - it includes the following cables: eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 800-400 (for backwards compatibility) and a heavy-duty power cord.

Just like the illustrious OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro™ single bay solutions with a much higer capacity and rack mount design!

The OWC Mercury Rack Pro includes:

OWC Mercury Rack Pro 4 Bay 1U Storage Solution
eSATA connecting cable
FireWire 800 connecting cable
FIreWire 800-400 connecting cable
Heavy Duty Power Cable
Drive Carrier Release Keys
Color Instruction Manual
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)

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Product Specifications:
Bus Interface:	eSATA FireWire 800 (1394B) FireWire 400 (1394a) USB 2.0 USB 1.1
Chipset:	RAIDON ASIC 2044
RAID / JBOD Support:	NRAID (SPAN)
Standard mechanisms:	4 x 1.0TB Hitachi Deskstar™ 7K1000.C
Drive Interface:	SATA (Serial ATA)
Drive Cache Size:	32 MB per drive, 128MB total for the solution
Drive Rotation Speed:	7200RPM
Port Configuration:	eSATA (SATA-II) Port Mutiplier (1 Port) FireWire 800 (2 ports) USB 2.0 (1 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	Can I use this solution as external startup drive? Boot via eSATA: Not Supported Boot via FireWire 400: Yes - Click for more info Boot via FireWire 800: Yes - Click for more info Boot via USB2: Yes - Click for more info
Format:	Pre-formatted for Mac OSX For instructions on Windows formatting click here.
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 and an available USB2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400 port, or eSATA port.
Windows System Requirements:	Minimum Intel Pentium III CPU 500MHz, 128MB RAM eSATA: Windows XP 64-bit, 2003 Server, and all versions of Vista systems with eSATA PCI Interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI eSATA card. FireWire 800 (1394B): Windows XP 64-bit, 2003 Server, and all versions of Vista systems with FireWire 800 (1394B) interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 (1394B) card. FireWire 400 (1394A): Windows XP 64-bit, 2003 Server, and all versions of Vista systems with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 400 card. USB 2.0: Windows XP 64-bit, 2003 Server, and all versions of Vista systems with USB 2.0 3rd party PCI FireWire interface card, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 2.0 card. NOTE: Master Boot Record has a 2TB limit per-volume limit. Because of this, you must format the solution using GPT in Windows. GPT format is only supported by Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows 2003 Server and Vista. GPT format will not work with XP 32 bit or older Windows operating systems. Only Vista systems with EFI can boot from GPT partitions.
Power Supply:	Input: 100V~240V Output: 50~60Hz 200W (Max.)
External Case Dimensions:	18"(D) x 19"(W) x 1.7"(H)
Drive Weight (no accessories):	Approximately 19 pounds
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 Carbon Copy Cloner© for Mac OS X 10.4 or later Over 1.5GB of Freeware/Shareware/Public domain software installed
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:	OWC 2 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. For more information about the OWC 2 Year Solution warranty, click here. Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your OWC solution prior to the conclusion of OWC's 2 year Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the OWC warranty.

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't need 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 or 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!

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