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3.0TB OWC Mercury Rack Pro RAID-0 Stripe 4 Bay Rack FireWire 800 + USB2.0 Rack Enterprise Solution w/128MB Buffer(32MB per HD)7200RPM SATA drives. Oxford 924. Cables, Prosoft Data Backup 3, NovaBACKUP, Intech SpeedTools. 5yr Warranty (OWMRPF8U2SR0E30) Same Day $1,129.99
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OWC Mercury Rack Pro FW800/400 & USB 2.0 1U
RAID-0 Stripe 4 Bay Performance Enterprise Class Storage Solutions
OWC affordability, reliability, and ease of use in a single 1U rack space.

Hardware Striped RAID-0 SATA drive arrays with a maximum capacity of 4.0TB!:

OWC Mercury Rack Pro RAID-0 storage solutions are hardware striped RAID–0 SATA drive arrays for high-performance applications.

The OWC Mercury Rack Pro RAID-0 consists of 4 matched Enterprise Class SATA hard drives; RAIDed together in pairs (a RAID-0 Stripe) for maximum performance. 2 volumes will show up on your computer's desktop. You can even split the 2 drive RAID-0 stripes onto separate FireWire 800 or USB 2.0 interfaces to maximize performance (Requires 2nd FireWire 800 or USB 2.0 interface card).

Specifically designed to meet the performance demands of video and audio production, the OWC Mercury Rack Pro 4 Bay RAID-0 solution provides data transfer rates of over 115 Megabytes per second! Using the highest capacity Enterprise Class SATA hard drive mechanisms available, and offering Plug & Play simplicity, the possibilities are endless!

Time Machine Ready Logo Time Machine ready means that our external hard drives keep an up-to-date copy of all of your files and document under OS X Leopard™. Go back in time to recover anything with ease.  

Outstanding Features:

High Performance: The High-Speed Oxford 924 FireWire 800 & USB 2.0 chipset combined with the fastest Enterprise Class SATA drive mechanisms available give OWC Mercury Rack Pro RAID 4 Bay storage solutions some of the fastest drive transfer rates possible with FireWire 800, exceeding 115 Megabytes per second in data write and 160 Megabytes per second reading from the storage solution!

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

Ports for all systems: The OWC Mercury Rack Pro series offers maximum capacity in the smallest footprint possible! In addition, the OWC Mercury Rack Pro RAID series offers (2) FireWire 800(1394B) ports and 1 USB 2.0 port per bridge card (The OWC Mercury Rack Pro offers 2 bridge cards per storage solution, with one bridge controlling 2 hard drives) for Easy Plug and Play on ANY system! The OWC Mercury Rack Pro RAID even includes all types of cables!

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

Prosoft 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 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® 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!
All OWC Mercury Rack Pro hard drives are fully compatible with these systems
Apple OS X 10.1.x and later - including the latest 10.4.x Tiger, Apple Mac OS 8.6 and Later.
Mac OS X 10.2.x or later required for FW800 Operation.
Windows ME and Later.
Windows 2000 or later required for FW800 Operation.
Product Specifications:
Chipset:

Custom Oxford 924 FW800 (1394B) and USB 2.0 Chipset - 2 bridges per storage solution
Interfaces Supported:
  • FireWire 800 (1394B)
  • USB 2.0
RAID / JBOD Support:
  • RAID 0 Stripe (Two separate, two-drive volumes)
Drive Rotation Speed:
  • 7200RPM
Data Buffer:
  • 32MB per drive, 128MB total for the solution
Port Configuration:
  • FireWire 800 - (4) 9 pin ports (2 per drive pair)
  • USB 2.0 - (2) "A" ports (1 per drive pair)
Maximum Data
Transfer Rate:
  • FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
  • USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
Macintosh System
Requirements:
  • FireWire 800: Macintosh with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 card. FireWire 800 requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
  • USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 3rd party PCI FireWire interface card running Mac OS 10.1 or later. USB 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.1 or later.
Windows System
Requirements:
  • FireWire 800: Windows system with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 card. FireWire 800 requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP.
  • USB 2.0: Windows system with USB 2.0 3rd party PCI FireWire interface card running Mac OS 10.1 or later. USB 2.0 requires Windows ME, 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:

5-year Enhanced Solution Warranty

For full Warranty information, please click here.
Standard mechanisms: 750GB Seagate Barracuda ES.2 Enterprise-Class Hard Drive
 
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