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2017-03-01T10:31:03

Rated 5 out of 5

Steady and Reliable -- and not expensive!

I have bought several variations on this drive over the years, and I've always been impressed. This time, I wanted a fast, reliable, large-capacity work-horse to serve as a redundant back-up drive. I didn't have to think twice about what I would order. This is a great drive.

WARREN H.

OWC / Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro Specifications

  • Additional Included Items

    UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100-240v Input, 50/60Hz Input, 12 Volt 3 Amp Output Power Supply (Adapter Plugs for International Use)
    Vertical Stand
    Mercury Elite Pro Manual (1.2MB PDF)

  • Chipset

    Oxford 944 and Oxford 3100 eSATA/FireWire/USB chipset

  • Standard Mechanism

    3.0TB Toshiba Hard Disk Drive

  • Drive Interface

    SATA (Serial ATA)

  • Drive Cache Size

    64MB (65,536k)

  • Drive Rotation Speed

    7200 RPM

  • Format

    Pre-formatted for the Mac OS X operating system
    The drive will require a re-format if you want to use it with Windows

  • Port Configuration

    USB 3.0 - (1) B Standard-B port
    FireWire 800 - (2) 9 pin ports
    eSATA - 1 port

  • Maximum Data Transfer Rate

    USB 3.0 - Up to 300MB/sec
    USB 2.0 - Up to 60MB/sec
    USB 1.1 - Up to 1.5MB/sec
    FireWire 800 - Up to 100MB/sec
    FireWire 400 - Up to 50MB/sec
    eSATA - Up to 300 MB/sec

  • Port/Interface Bootability

    eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 3.0

  • Macintosh System Requirements 1

    Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 compatible, OS X 10.1.x and later. Including 'Mavericks' 10.9.x (10.2 or later required for FW800 and USB 2.0)
    USB 3.0: Macintosh with USB 3.0 interface, either built in or via USB 3.0 expander card
    USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via USB 2.0 expander card
    FireWire 800: Macintosh with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via FireWire 800 expander card

  • Macintosh System Requirements 2

    FireWire 400: Macintosh with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via FireWire 400 expander card
    eSATA: Macintosh with eSATA interface, either built in or via eSATA expander card
    Time Machine Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later

  • Windows System Requirements 1

    USB 3.0: Windows XP and later with USB 3.0 interface, either built in or via USB 3.0 expander card
    USB 2.0: Windows 2000 and later with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via USB 2.0 expander card
    FireWire 800: Windows 2000 and later with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via FireWire 800 expander card

  • Windows System Requirements 2

    FireWire 400: Windows 2000 and late with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via FireWire 400 expander card
    eSATA: Windows 2000 and later with eSATA interface, either built in or via eSATA expander card

  • Linux Requirements

    Linux compatible via supported USB and FireWire interfaces

  • Power Supply

    UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100-240v input, 50/60Hz input, 12 Volt 3 Amp output Power Supply (adapter plugs for International use)

  • Temperature

    Operating: 5deg.C-55deg.C (41deg.F-131deg.F)
    Non-operating: -40deg.C-65deg.C (-40deg.F-149deg.F)

  • Relative Humidity

    Operating: 8%-90% RH (Non-condensing)
    Non-operating: 5%-95% RH (Non-condensing)

  • Shock

    65G 2mS; (non-operating) 175G 2mS

  • Vibration

    Operating: 1.0G (5-300Hz)
    Non-operating: 5.0G (5-500Hz)

  • MTBF (hours)

    1,200,000

  • Load/Unload Cycles

    300,000

  • Dimensions (W x D x H)

    External Case: 1.5 x 9 x 4.6" / 38.1 x 228.6 x 116.84mm

  • UPC Code

    794504765526

About OWC / Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro

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Steady and Reliable -- and not expensive!

By WARREN H.

I have bought several variations on this drive over the years, and I've always been impressed. This time, I wanted a fast, reliable, large-capacity work-horse to serve as a redundant back-up drive. I didn't have to think twice about what I would order. This is a great drive.

The OWC / Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro 3TB External Hard Drive features a compact and shock-resistant design to ensure it stays functional and keeps your data safe. Inside its enclosure is a 3.5" SATA hard drive with a rotational speed of 7200 RPM and a capacity of 3TB, so you'll have plenty of space to save your favorite music, photos and movies.

The Mercury Elite Pro contains a USB 3.0 port (which is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1), an eSATA port and two 9-pin FireWire 800 ports (backwards compatible with FireWire 400, an adapter is required). The drive also comes out of the box pre-formatted for a Mac computer, but it can easily be re-formatted to work with a PC as well.

OWC / Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro Features

  • High Performance: The next-gen High-Speed Oxford 944 and Oxford 3100 USB/FireWire/eSATA chipset combined with the fastest SATA drive mechanisms available allow Mercury Elite Pro Solutions to deliver the fastest single drive transfer rates possible, up to 300MB/s
  • High Reliability: A top-notch design and the best components ensure the Mercury Elite Pro Series is built to last
  • High Portability: The compact and shock-resistant design has the Mercury Elite Pro Series going places. In addition, the Mercury Elite Pro offers (1) USB 3.0 (backward compatible with USB 2.0/1.1), (2) FireWire 800(1394B) and (1) eSATA ports for easy Plug and Play on virtually ANY system
  • Style: Designed to complement any user's system, the Mercury Elite Pro was created in mind with the Mac Pro system as a starting point. As the pictures show, it's a fine storage solution for any computer
  • Prosoft Engineering Data Backup 3 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
  • NovaStor NovaBACKUP Solution for Windows: 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
  • Intech SpeedTools Utilities: 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

Key Features

  • High Performance
  • High Reliability
  • High Portability
  • Style: Designed to complement any user's system
  • NovaStor NovaBACKUP Solution for Windows
  • Intech SpeedTools Utilities

What's in the box:

  • OWC / Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro 3TB External Hard Drive
  • High Quality Double Shielded eSATA Connecting Cable (eSATA-eSATA)
  • High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 Connecting Cable (9-9 Pin Cable)
  • High Quality Double Shielded USB 3.0 Standard-B to Standard-A (Backward Compatible with USB 2.0/1.1) Connecting Cable
  • OWC 3 Year Warranty
  • (See Specs Section for More Included Items)