{"id":10553,"date":"2011-06-06T07:43:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T12:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=10553"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:33:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:33:23","slug":"owc-mercury-extreme-pro-6g-ssd-now-offers-industrys-first-five-year-warranty-for-sandforce-based-ssd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/10553-owc-mercury-extreme-pro-6g-ssd-now-offers-industrys-first-five-year-warranty-for-sandforce-based-ssd\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD Now Offers Industry’s First Five Year Warranty For SandForce Based SSD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Other World Computing today announced that the OWC <\/strong>Mercury EXTREME\u00a0Pro 6G SSD line is the industry\u2019s first SandForce processor-based 6Gb\/s SATA Revision 3.0 SSD offering an enterprise-class level 5 year warranty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Designed & Built in the USA – Highest Quality Components Ensure Longest Reliability<\/strong><\/p>\n

Designed and built in the USA, the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD is backed by OWC\u2019s industry leading warranty coverage because OWC SSDs <\/strong>utilize Tier 1\/Grade A synchronous NAND flash<\/strong>. \u00a0Built for high performance use in consumer\/prosumer single drive production workstations and multi-drive RAID 0\/1\/10\/SPAN configurations, the highly reliable OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSDs continue OWC\u2019s history of offering the first Solid State Drive 30 day money back guarantee in the industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Five Year Warranty Covers All OWC Pro 6G SSDs<\/strong><\/p>\n

OWC is also retroactively extending two additional years of warranty coverage<\/strong> to owners of the Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G who purchased their drive beginning mid April 2011 when it was offered with a three year warranty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased to offer the industry\u2019s longest warranty coverage on the latest and fastest SSD data interface<\/strong> and make it retroactive on all purchases of our Extreme Pro 6G SSD,\u201d said Larry O\u2019Connor, Founder and CEO, Other World Computing. \u201cBy building OWC Mercury SSDs with the best components and engineering processes available, we can offer consumers the best pre and post purchase assurances for the ultimate in SSD ownership confidence.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fastest SSDs on the Market<\/strong><\/p>\n

With prices starting at $297.99,<\/strong> for consumers with a Mac or PC with the SATA Revision 2.0 (3Gb\/s) data bus or the latest SATA Revision 3.0 (6Gb\/s) interface, the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD offers the highest bandwidth potential with near bus saturating speed when installed in either interface<\/strong>.\u00a0 OWC benchmark testing confirms the Pro 6G SSD delivers up to 284MB\/s sustained reads and 266MB\/s writes in the SATA Revision 2.0 300MB\/s max speed bus.\u00a0 Taking advantage of the SATA Revision 3.0 interface\u2019s maximum bandwidth of 600MB\/s, the Pro 6G SSD provides up to 559MB\/s sustained reads and 527MB\/s writes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

No Degradation<\/strong> in Data Transfer Speeds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike other SSDs that offer fast read\/write performance during first initial uses, but can then experience significant write speed degradation over repeated, long-term usage, independent tests by leading drive performance experts confirm the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD\u2019s ultra-efficient Block Management & Wear Leveling technologies are able to eliminate virtually any reduction in data transfer speeds<\/strong> over heavy long-term usage of the drive and without dependency on OS TRIM management.\u00a0 StorageReview<\/em> awarded it \u2018Editor\u2019s Choice\u2019 <\/strong>because it \u201ccranks out chart topping scores throughout testing.\u201d <\/strong>Barefeats<\/em> called the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD \u201cthe fastest drive we\u2019ve tested to date\u201d<\/strong> and MacPerformanceGuide<\/em> said \u201cnever before seen drive speeds\u2026.awesome!\u201d<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Up To 100X Greater Data Protection<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By utilizing SandForce DuraClass\u00a0technology, the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G is able to provide up to 100X higher data protection<\/strong> than ordinary SSDs<\/strong> as well as leading enterprise class hard disk drives. By combining the highest level of Error Correction Code (ECC) and SandForce RAISE\u00a0(Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) technology along with 7% over provisioning<\/strong>, the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G provides RAID-like data protection and reliability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Three Capacity Models Available Starting From $297.99<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ideal for use in demanding performance-intensive applications such as Audio\/Video editing, HD-video, digital photography, professional music, graphics, the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G line is qualified for use in consumer\/prosumer single drive production workstations as well as multi-drive RAID 0\/1\/10\/SPAN configurations<\/strong> and is available in the following capacities:<\/p>\n