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OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual mini
Two-Bay RAID USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) + FireWire 800 Bus-Powered Portable External Storage Enclosure for 2.5-inch SATA Drives
Mfr P/N: MEMD3F0GB OWC SKU: OWCMEMD3F0GB
Highlights
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Portable Dual-Drive Performance
This portable, bus-powered drive is perfect for backup, audio/video, photography, music, graphics, data management and more. Large storage capacity and selectable RAID-0, RAID-1, or span drive modes let you choose the best combination of speed, capacity, and redundancy. Get dual-drive high-performance and capacity with easy access to your data at the office, on the road, or at home.
Install Two 2.5" Drives
The best portable dual drive case has room to pack two identical 2.5" hard drives or SSDs up to 12.5mm tall. Add up to 3.0TB of hard drive capacity or go ultra fast with two SSDs up to 960GB. Pick the RAID mode that best suits your needs, and get up to 500MB/s of performance in RAID-0, use RAID-1 for instant data backup, or create a large drive with span.
Portable. Practical. Durable.
A rugged aluminum enclosure provides great looks with durable protection for the Elite Pro Dual mini's two internal drives. A sleek and slim design makes it practical and rugged enough to be tossed into your gear bag at a moment's notice while taking up minimal desktop space. You can also stack multiple drives together to easily add more storage capabilities.
Dual-Drive Plug & Play Convenience
Simply use the included FireWire or USB cables to connect the Elite Pro Dual mini to your Mac or PC to enjoy plug-and-play convenience and take advantage of it's capacity and up to 500MB/s performance.
Your Choice of RAID Modes
RAID-1 Mirror
Both drives are used to write two "mirrored" copies of your data at the same time to provide an instant backup copy of your data.
RAID-0 Performance Stripe
Both drives are combined together to create a single drive volume that's much faster and provides larger capacity.
NRAID (Span)
Creates a larger drive by combining the capacity of two or more drives of the same or varying sizes into a larger drive volume.
Includes
- (1) OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini External Storage Enclosure
- (1) High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 Connecting Cable
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Need an additional power supply? Secondary/replacement power supplies are also available.
Specs
Drive Bays
- 2 bays supporting: 2.5-inch SATA HDDs, 2.5-inch SATA SSDs
- Supports drives up to 12.5mm in height
Storage Interface
- SATA
RAID Capable
- Yes
RAID Levels Supported
- RAID 0
- RAID 1
- SPAN
- JBOD
RAID Features
- Hardware RAID
Device Ports
- (1) USB 3.0 Port
- (2) FireWire 800 Ports
Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 : Up to 5Gb/s (or 625MB/s)
- USB 2.0 : Up to 480Mb/s (or 60MB/s)
- USB 1.1 : Up to 12Mb/s (or 1.5MB/s)
- FireWire 800 : Up to 800Mb/s (or 100MB/s)
- FireWire 400 : Up to 400Mb/s (or 50MB/s)
Chipset / Controller
- Oxford 946DSE / Oxford 3101
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Contact Start Stops
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Mac OS Compatibility
- Mac OS 8.6
- Mac OS 9.0
- Mac OS 9.1
- Mac OS 9.2
- Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
- Mac OS X 10.1 Puma
- Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
- Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- macOS 10.12 Sierra
PC OS Compatibility
- Windows 98 SE
- Windows 2000
- Windows ME
- Windows XP
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7 32-bit Edition
- Windows 7 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
- Windows 10 32-bit Edition
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 11
Other OS Compatibility
- Linux
External Power Adapter
- Optional
Power Supply
- Bus-powered (Optional AC adapter) UL-listed universal auto-switching
- Need an additional power supply? Secondary/replacement power supplies are also available.
AC Input
- 100-240V, 50-60Hz, 3.0A
DC Output
- +5V, 2A
Security Slot
- No
Power Button
- Yes
Power/Activity LED
- Yes
Housing Color
- Aluminum
Housing Material
- Aluminum
Dimensions
- Height: 2.8 cm (1.1 in)
- Length: 14.4 cm (5.7 in)
- Width: 15.4 cm (6.1 in)
Weight
- 810.0 g (1.79 lbs)
Reach Certification
- Yes
Ambient Temperature
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Altitude
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Humidity
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Shock
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Noise
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed