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Mercury Elite–AL Pro 800 RAID STRIPE FireWire 800/400
320GB to 1.5TB RAID 0 Striped Performance Solutions
Hardware Striped RAID-0 arrays with
a maximum capacity of 1.5TB!
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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 80 Mbytes per second! With highest capacity external drive available and Plug & Play simplicity, the possibilities are endless!
FireWire
FireWire 400 (1394A)
FireWire 800 (1394B)

Striped
(RAID 0) Explained
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RAID Illustration
Two identical hard drives have half of the data written to each physical disk in the same logical volume. Capacity is twice (2x) the single drive size.
Mercury Elite Aluminum Pro RAID 
Total Capacity Speed Total Cache Pricing
320GB Striped 7200RPM 16MB
500GB Striped 7200RPM 32MB
640GB Striped 7200RPM 32MB
800GB Striped 7200RPM 32MB
1TB (1000GB) Striped 7200RPM 32MB
1.5TB (1500GB) Striped 7200RPM 32MB
 
Models with Drives Feature:
PRoSoft LogoMacworld Top ProductMacworld 4.5 miceProsoft 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! more info
NovaStorNovaStor 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, FREE! more info
Intech Speed Tools logoIntech® 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, FREE! more info
 
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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“Speedy and Solid (RAID) Array"
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Camera and Mic Fully Certified, OWC High Performance Audio–Video Solutions
Key Features include:

• Paired 7200 rpm drives, Striped in RAID 0 for High Performance

• Cool Blue Activity Indicator LED!

• Shock Resistant Design

• Super Quiet Operation

• Large 4, 16 or 32MB Data Buffer

• U.S. / International 90 ~ 240v AutoSwitching

• Custom Oxford 912 FireWire Bridge

• FireWire 800 Data Rates over 80 Megs/second

• FireWire 400 Data Rates over 40 Megs/second

• (2) FW800 9 Pin Ports

• (1) FW400 6 Pin Port

• Software:
Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup

NovaBACKUP® Solution for Windows®
Intech® Hard Disk SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 - X only)

• Two Year Limited Warranty

System Requirements:

MacintoshMac:
Compatible with all Apple OS Versions 8.5 through 9.2.x; Apple OS X 10.0.3 and higher (including OS X 'Tiger' 10.4.x).
Windows: Compatible with Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP; Any OS or device with standard FireWire or USB support.
    Single Drives | Dual Drive RAID | 800 Mirror RAID | 800 Stripe+Mirror RAIDFW800/400+USB SATA RAID
Mercury Elite AL Pro Solutions
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