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Mercury Elite-AL Pro Performance 7200RPM RAID
Triple Interface: FW800/400+USB2 | QUAD Interface: eSATA+FW800/400+USB2.0
640GB to 4.0TB RAID 0 Striped SATA-Equipped Performance Solutions
 
Mercury Elite Aluminum Pro RAID

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


OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual RAID Solutions
are Hardware Striped RAID-0 arrays for high-performance applications. Specifically designed to meet the performance demands of video and audio production, Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual RAID Solutions provide data transfer rates of over 200 Megabytes per second via eSATA (QUAD) and over 80 Mbytes per second via FireWire 800! High Performance Plug & Play simplicity that makes for endless possibilities!

 

FW400/800

USB 2.0

eSATA
Triple
Triple Interface back panel
Quad
QUAD Interface back panel
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TRIPLE
FW800/FW400/
USB 2.0
QUAD
FW800/FW400/
USB 2.0 / eSATA
Capacity HD Speed Cache Price Price
640GB Striped
 7200RPM
32MB
1.0TB (1000GB) Striped
 7200RPM
32MB
1.5TB (1500GB) Striped
 7200RPM
64MB
2.0TB (2000GB) Striped
 7200RPM
64MB
3.0TB (3000GB) Striped
 7200RPM
64MB
NEW! 4.0TB (4000GB) Striped
7200RPM
64MB
RAID IllustrationStriped (RAID 0) Explained
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Speed is key in a RAID 0 "Stripe" array. In a RAID 0 "Stripe" array, blocks of data alternate writing to two or more drives. This spreads out the workload to provide write and read speed increases over a single drive. This also combines the drive together to form one large volume, for example two 500GB drives would form a 1TB volume in a RAID 0 array.
Models with Drives Feature:
PRoSoft Logo Macworld Top Product Macworld 4.5 mice 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! more info
NovaStor NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows 2000 or later
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! more info
Intech Speed Tools logo
Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 - X only)
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! more info
Carbon Copy Cloner
Carbon Copy Cloner
Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) from Bombich Software is the widely popular cloning and backup utility that lets Mac users create block-level backup and bootable OS X volumes. In addition to multiple backup choices, the latest version of CCC now features support for block-level copying, the most accurate method of creating an exact replica of a startup drive. A redesigned user interface makes cloning and backups very intuitive while advanced scheduling capabilities lets users decide which backup tasks should run and when.
 
OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Bay Hardware RAID 'Add your own HDs' Enclosure Kit Options
Mercury Elite Aluminum Pro RAIDFor 2 x IDE/ATA Hard Drives
FireWire 800/400 Kit - $67.99
  Mercury Elite Aluminum Pro RAIDFor 2 x SATA I/II Hard Drives
FW800/400+USB2 Interface - $107.99
FW800/400+USB2+eSATA - $129.99
All Mercury Elite Models are tested and fully suitable for Audio/Video and are Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup NovaStor NovaBACKUP® Certified.
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"Really, really fast ... looks cool ... it's a sweet drive"
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5 Stars
4 Apples - Outstanding from MacHome
Camera and Mic Fully Certified, OWC High Performance Audio–Video Solutions
Key Features include:
System Requirements:
10.6 Snow Leopard Compatible
  • Mac running any Apple OS Version 8.5 through 9.2.2, 10.0.3 and later (including 10.6.x 'Leopard')
  • PC Running Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista; or any OS/device with support available interface options.
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