OWC Mercury Legacy Pro SSD, SandForce Equipped, SATA, IDE/ATA Drive

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Why OWC SSD?

Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant.
Intelligent "recycling" for advanced free space management.
Best in class error correction (ECC) and SandForce RAISE (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) technology provides RAID-like data protection and reliability without loss of transfer speed due to parity.
SandForce Processor with 7% over-provisioning maximizes read and write performance to greatly extend the endurance and overall reliability of the drive.
Up to 100X greater data protection than what the highest rated enterprise class conventional hard disk drive (HDD) provides.
SandForce DuraClass technology with Ultra-efficient Block Management & Wear Leveling offers highest endurance, performance and power efficiency in a SSD.

Over Provisioning & Wear Management Explained

Some of the drive space in OWC SSDs are allocated for RAISE - which provides real time data redundancy, ECC Error Correction, and reserve cell space.

Example: An OWC Pro SSD that's 240GB in size with 7% over-provisioning is actually a 256GB drive with 7% allocated for data management, and to maintain the drive's high-performance level.

Unlike most SSDs on the market today, the Mercury Pro family uses advanced DuraWrite wear-leveling and block management technologies to keep Read/Write performance at peak while others see performance fall.

SPECIFICATIONS

Controller:

SandForce SF2181 Series Processor with full 7% Over Provisioning firmware set

Recommended Applications:

Qualified for single drive and multiple drive usage.

SMART attributes:

Standard

Bandwidth:

Sustained Sequential Read: up to 285MB/s
Sustained Sequential Write: up to 275MB/s

I/O Per Second (IOPS)**:

Random 4KB: Up to 50,000 IOPS

NAND Flash Components

Tier 1 Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND Flash Memory

Read Latency

less than 0.1ms

Write Latency:

less than 0.1ms

Reliability:

2,000,000 Mean Time To Failure (MTTF)
(based on SandForce processor operation)

Interface:

IDE/ATA
Native Command Queuing up to 32 commands
SMART Command Transport

TRIM Support:

Advanced TRIM Support in Windows 7

Operating Environment Temperature:

0ºC to +70ºC

Non-Operating Environment Temperature:

-55ºC to +150ºC

Power Consumption:

Active: 2200mW (2.2W) Typical, up to 2500mW (2.5W)
Inactive (DIPM): 90mW (.09W) Typical

Protection:

ECC Recovery: Up to 24 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector
Unrecoverable Read Errors: Less than 1 sector per 10¹⁶ bits read

Security:

Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant

RoHS Compliant:

Format:

Unformatted.

Form Factor, Weight and Dimensions:

2.5" Industry Standard Hard Drive
80 grams +/- 2 grams
100.12mm x 70.06mm x 9.45mm

Warranty:

3 Year OWC Warranty

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*Compared to Crucial C300 256GB using 4.3W in write mode

** Specifications provided by SandForce.

*** Qualified for single drive and multiple drive (RAID 1 & SPAN) usage.

Mercury Legacy is a trademark of New Concepts Development Corporation. FireWire, Mac and Power Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. SandForce, SandForce DuraClass and SandForce RAISE are trademarks of LSI Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other marks may be the trademark or registered trademark property of their owners.