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OWC Mercury Rack Pro Specifications

  • Interfaces Supported

    Unit provides one (1) External mini-SAS, supporting up to 24Gb/s
    Enclosure uses 3.5" Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives

  • RAID / JBOD Support

    RAID-Ready and JBOD; 4 independent drive channels

  • Standard Mechanism

    4x 10.0TB Seagate Enterprise Capacity Hard Disk Drives

  • Drive Rotation Speed

    7200 RPM

  • Drive Cache Size

    64MB per drive, 256MB total for the solution

  • Port Configuration

    External mini-SAS up to 24Gb/s

  • Format

    Included Drive Guide Software will format drive for either OS X, or Windows

  • Max Data Transfer Rate

    External mini-SAS - up to 24Gb/s (or 2400 MB/sec)

  • Recommended external mini-SAS Cards

    Available cards for the OWC Mercury Rack Pro
    PCIe (PCI Express) for Desktops

  • Macintosh System Requirements

    Mini-SAS cable included: 1M mini-SAS cable (included) is required for use with SATA/SAS 6Gb/s drives due to signal integrity requirements, longer cable lengths are not supported. When using SATA/SAS 3Gb/s drives, longer cable lengths (sold separately) can be used and are available
    External mini-SAS: Macintosh with external mini-SAS via 3rd party controller card interface, (not included). external mini-SAS requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later. Including 'Mavericks' 10.9.x

  • Macintosh System Requirements (Cont.)

    Time Machine Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later

  • Windows System Requirements

    Mini-SAS cable included: 1M mini-SAS cable (included) is required for use with SATA/SAS 6Gb/s drives due to signal integrity requirements, longer cable lengths are not supported. When using SATA/SAS 3Gb/s drives, longer cable lengths (sold separately) can be used and are available
    External mini-SAS: Windows with external mini-SAS via 3rd party controller card interface, (not included). external mini-SAS requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP

  • Software Included

    Intech Hard Disk 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
    Over 1.5GB of Freeware, Shareware, Public domain software installed

  • Cooling

    Three (3) 4cm Brushless, whisper quiet, constant speed fans

  • Power Supply

    UL Listed U.S./International Adjustable 100 - 240v, 50/60Hz, 200W (Max.) input Power Supply

  • Operating Temperature

    5 to 42 deg. C (41 to 108 deg. F)

  • Non-Operating Temperature

    -40 to 65 deg. C (-40 to 149 deg. F)

  • Operating Humidity

    8% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)

  • Non-Operating Humidity

    5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)

  • Shock

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

  • Operating Vibration

    1.0G (5 - 300Hz)

  • Non-Operating Vibration

    5.0G (5 - 500Hz)

  • Dimensions (D x W x H)

    11.9 x 17.3 x 1.7" (302.26 x 439.42 x 43.18mm)
    With rack mounting handles: 11.9 x 19.2 x 1.7" (302.26 x 487.68 x 43.18mm)

  • Weight

    Enclosure: 10lbs (4.54kg) (Approx.)

About OWC Mercury Rack Pro

OWC Affordability, Reliability and Ease-Of-Use in a Single 1U Rack Space

Need Massive Amounts of Storage
The OWC Mercury Rack Pro Enterprise Class Storage Solution is a four bay external mini-SAS hard drive enclosure configured as four independent hard drives, up to a maximum capacity of 40.0TB (8.0TB per hard drive mechanism). The OWC Mercury Rack Pro features a single external mini-SAS interface, to not only reduce cable clutter, but to provide four full channels of data (one per drive) through a single external mini-SAS cable. It's like having four separate eSATA/SAS cables but in a single package.

Designed specifically to meet the demands of server, audio production and video production environments, the OWC Mercury Rack Pro four Bay 1U Solutions provide data transfer rates of up to 24Gb/s data rates! Using the highest capacity SATA hard drive mechanisms available and offering Plug & Play simplicity, the possibilities are endless!

Outstanding Features

Great Performance
Using the fastest SATA drive mechanisms available gives the OWC Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS 4 Bay 1 U Solutions a solid, performance focused base. Adding a high-speed external mini-SAS card (not included) further enhances the OWC Mercury Rack Pro providing some of the fastest drive transfer rates possible, up to 24Gb/s!

High Reliability
A Top-Notch design using the best components gives the OWC Mercury Rack Pro an industry leading 5 Year OWC Mercury Rack Pro Enterprise Limited Warranty and ensures the series is built to last!

Flexible Form
The OWC Mercury Rack Pro can easily be converted to a desktop form-factor via a Phillips screwdriver by simply removing the rack ears and installing the included anti-skid, vibration dampening feet.

What's in the box:

  • OWC Mercury Rack Pro 40TB 1U 4 Bay Rack Enterprise Class Storage Solution
  • Integrated ROHS
  • CE & FCC Compliant Power Supply
  • mini-SAS Cable (1 Meter)
  • Rack Mounting Handles
  • Anti-Skid
  • Vibration Dampening Desktop Mounting Feet
  • Screws for Rack / Desktop Conversion
  • Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS Manual
  • Complimentary 6 Month Level 1 Data Recovery
  • OWC 5 Year Limited Warranty