Awards & Reviews

NewerTech Guardian Maximus WINS 2008 Macsimum Macworld Award

"Guardian MAXimus For Up To The Minute Protection"

–Terry White's Tech Blog

"Anyone Could Set This System Up In Less Than 10 Minutes"

–MacDirectory

"You Cannot Beat This Unit"

–Typical Mac User Podcast

"I Use It To Back Up My Main Photo Workstation at Home"

–Scott Kelby, Photoshop User

"A Sweet, Virtually Problem-Free
Back-up Strategy."

–MyMac.com

"Extremely Easy To Set Up ...
Easy To Operate"

–Gear Diary

"Outstanding"

–The Mac Observer

"An Eco-Friendly RAID 1 Powerhouse with a Shock-Resistant Design"

–Jack Neubart, Shutterbug

"Easy To Use For Such a Powerful RAID Solution"

–Digitally Daunted

"It's An Excellent All-Around Solution That Offers Both Versatility and Ease of Operation."

–MacRevu

Newertech Guardian Maximus Backup Drive Awarded Storage Visions 2008 Finalist At CES

–Applelinks.com

"Quite Compact"

–Marcel Binder, Tom's Hardware

"I have been recommending the Guardian Maximus from OWC for 5 years for secure and fast backup solutions in the Post Production and Master's level classes I teach in Los Angeles."

– Timothy Greenwood, Producer, Member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, eTECHTim.com

"...large storage solution...gives you the peace of mind that your data is safe..."

–Lazy Tech Guys, Lazy Tech Guys

• included
• system requirements
• product specifications

• One Guardian MAXimus Enclosure
• High quality double shielded connecting cables:
• One FireWire 800 (9-9 Pin cable)
• One FireWire 400 (6-6 Pin cable)
• One USB 3.0/1.1
• One eSATA
• UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100 ~ 240v, 50/60Hz input, 12 Volt 5 Amp output Power Supply (adapter plugs for International use sold separately). For replacement power supply, click here.
Pre-installed Backup and Utility software
Intech® 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
Pre-installed Backup and Utility software.

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Mac Requirements
• Apple OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, 10.0.x or later and an available USB 1.1 or FireWire 400 port.
• Apple OS X 10.2.8 or later including ‘Lion’ 10.7.x and an available USB 3.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400 port, or eSATA port.

Windows Requirements
• Windows 98SE or later and an available FireWire 400 or USB 3.0/1.1 port.
• Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 3.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400, or eSATA port.

Linux Requirements
• Linux compatible via supported USB and FireWire interfaces.

Features
• Up to 4.0TB + 4.0TB (Mirrored) SATA Hard Drive Storage Solution**
• Up to 128MB Total drive cache**
• Two FireWire 800 9 pin ports
• One FireWire 400 6 pin port
• One USB 3.0 "B" port -backwards compatible with USB 2.0/1.1
• One eSATA port
• Front panel drive status LEDs
• whisper quiet cooling fan operation
• Shock resistant design

Drive Type
• Two paired (identical) 3.5" SATA drives required

Bridge Chipset
• Custom Oxford 946 eSATA, FW400(1394A), FW800(1394B), and Ox3100 USB 3.0 Integrated Chipset

Maximum Data Transfer Rate
• USB 3.0 - 500MB/s
• eSATA - 300MB/s
• FireWire 800 - 100MB/s
• FireWire 400 - 50MB/s
• USB 2.0 - 60MB/s

Enclosure Size
• 8.97"(D) x 2.88"(W) x 5.25"(H)
• 227.84mm x 73.15mm x 133.35mm

Enclosure Weight (no accessories)
• 2.335lbs. (1.059kg) (bare enclosure)

Format
• Pre-formatted for Mac OSX
• Fully compatible w/Windows
  (reformating required)

Warranty
• 3 Years



**In pre-configured solutions, "add your own hard drive" kits also available.