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OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Storage Solutions

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro™ Storage Solutions

Sleek, Fast, & Fully Plug and Play Professional Performance Storage Solution PRO TOOLS Tested and Certified 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatible The Ultimate Solution for any Data Storage Need!
All Mercury Elite-AL Pro models are ideally configured for Audio, Video, Digital Photography, Professional Music, Graphics, General Data and Back-Up applications, and are Prosoft Engineering Data Backup Certified for Mac or NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows.
Compatible with:
Mac OS 8.5–9.2.2 | Mac OS X 10.0.3 and later | Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
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Mercury Elite-AL Pro FW 800/400+USB 2.0+eSATA Back View Mercury Elite-AL Pro FW 400+USB 2.0 Back View
eSATA+FW 800/400+ USB 2.0 FW 400+ USB 2.0
Mercury Elite-AL Pro, the professional grade storage solution.
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OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Storage Solutions
FireWire 800/400 + USB2,
+ eSATA 'Quad Interface'
FireWire 400
+ USB 2.0
Capacity Hard Drive Speed Cache Price Price
160GB 7200RPM 8MB - $84.99
250GB 7200RPM 8MB $114.99 $89.99
320GB 7200RPM 16MB $119.99 $92.99
500GB 7200RPM 16MB $127.99 $95.99
750GB 7200RPM 32MB $159.99 $119.99
1.0TB 7200RPM 32MB $169.99 $129.99
1.5TB 7200RPM 32MB $199.99 $159.99
NEW! 2.0TB 7200RPM 32MB $249.99 $209.99
Key Features Include:    
  • Cool Blue activity indicator LED
  • Super quiet operation
  • Rugged, machined aluminum enclosure
  • Ideally configured for audio, video, and data backup applications
  • Ultra-protective Shock Isolation System
  • U.S. / International 100 ~ 240v Auto Switching Power Supply
  • Data transfer rates over 150MBs/second
  • Up to 32MB Data Buffer
  • Feature Performance Oxford 9XX Chipset
  • Three Year Solution Warranty
Mercury Elite-AL Pro 800 Mirror RAID

Mercury Elite-AL Pro
800 MIRROR RAID

320GB to 2.0TB RAID 1 Mirrored
Redundant Solutions
from
$269.99

Mercury Elite-AL Pro
FW800/400+USB2 FW800/400

640GB to 4.0TB RAID 0 Striped
Performance RAID
from
$169.99

Mercury Elite-AL Pro
800 RAID 0+1 FW800/400

640GB to 4.0TB RAID 0+1 Striped
Redundant Mirrored Solutions
from
$459.99

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Reviews & Awards
CPU Review 4.5 of 5
   
System Requirements:

Macintosh® Requirements:
Apple® OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 and an available USB 1.1 or FireWire 400 port.
Apple OS X 10.2.8 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400 port, or eSATA port.

Windows® Requirements:
Windows 98SE or later and an available FireWire 400 or USB 2.0/1.1 port.
Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400, or eSATA port.

System Requirements:

Macintosh® Requirements:
Apple® OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 and an available USB 1.1 or FireWire 400 port.
Apple OS X 10.2.8 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400 port, or eSATA port.

Windows® Requirements:
Windows 98SE or later and an available FireWire 400 or USB 2.0/1.1 port.
Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400, or eSATA port.

 
Models include:
PRoSoft Logo Macworld Top ProductMacworld 4.5 miceProSoft Engineering® Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8
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. more info
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. more info
Intech Speed Tools logo
Intech® Hard Disk SpeedTools Utilities™ for Mac OS X
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. 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.
 
Mercury Elite AL Pro 0GB
Mercury Elite-AL Pro 0GB 'Add your own HD' Kit without Software
0GB FireWire 400 + USB 2.0 Combo
Oxford934 - uses SATA 3.5" HDs:
$47.99
0GB FireWire 400 + USB 2.0 Combo
Oxford911+ - uses standard ATA/IDE HDs:
$47.99
0GB Quad eSATA FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 Combo Oxford 924
- uses SATA 3.5" HDs:
$89.99
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7200RPM Hard Drives only
OWC recommends FW800 & eSATA interfaces.
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