Mercury Elite-AL Pro Plug & Play desktop hardware RAID solution [OWC]

  • April 14, 2009 12:23 pm

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If you find yourself already nearing the limit on that spiffy one or two terabyte harddrive you received for Christmas and are already searching for more, why not forgo yet another object sitting on your more than likely already crowded desk.  Instead venture into the world of desktop raid products.  Readers such as yourself with vast amounts of data that needs to be backed up and are in the market for an easy to use and attractive looking desktop raid solution can effectively call off the search.  OWC has announced the *good god this naming scheme is getting a little out of hand* Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 “Quad-Interface” Plug & Play Desktop Hardware Raid Solution.  Yes that is quite the title for a product.  But what can you expect once you get past the endless title?  The goods (both textual and visual) are just inside.

 

The Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 “Quad-Interface” Plug & Play Desktop Hardware Raid Solution doesn’t just have a pretty face.  It has a pretty nice feature set to go along with it including:

  • 4 Interfaces: Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0, & eSATA
  • 4 Drive bays: Up to 8TB of storage
  • 4 Hardware RAID configurations: 0, 1, 5, 10

 The storage sizes that one could choose from insure that no one has too little or too much…(is there ever too much)?

  • 2TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (500GB x 4 w/64MB cache) & 3 year warranty - $679.99
  • 3TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (750GB x 4 w/128MB cache) & 3 year warranty - $849.99
  • 4TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (1TB x 4 w/128MB cache) & 3 year warranty – $979.99
  • 6TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (1.5TB x 4 w/128MB cache) & 3 year warranty - $1149.99
  • 8TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (2TB x 4 w/128MB cache) & 3 year warranty - $1899.99
  • Enterprise Class 2TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (500GB x 4 w/64MB cache) & 5 year warranty – $799.99
  • Enterprise Class 2TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (500GB x 4 w/64MB cache) & 5 year warranty – $799.99

As you can see you have several options to choose from so that you and your wallet (not so much the latter) are pleasantly happy.  And for all of the Tech Spec nerds out there you can get your fill below:

  • Oxford 936QSE chipset
  • Data buffer up to 128MB
  • Speeds up to 10,000RPM
  • Data transfer speeds up to 300MB/s
  • 2 FireWire 800 ports, 1 FireWire 400 port, 1 USB 2.0 port, 1 eSATA port
  • 4 Front panel selectable Hardware RAID settings: 0, 1, 5, 10 or Span (NRAID)
  • LEDs for RAID selection and hard drive status
  • 4 hot swappable hard drive bays
  • Smart Fan automatically regulates fan speed
  • Fan and power supply warning buzzer
  • Front panel lock with keys for drive security
  • All interface connection cables
  • Internal US/International 100/240V, 50Hz/60Hz, 12V/6A Auto Switching power supply
  • Measurement:  5.31″ (W) x 9.65″ (D) x 6.96″ (H), weight: 8.6 pounds (base case)
  • Warranty: 3 year complete solution warranty, 5 year complete solution warranty for Enterprise Class models
  • Mac and PC compatible
  • Includes $200 retail value disk utility software bundle: Carbon Copy Cloner, ProSoft Engineering® Data Backup 3, NovaStor NovaBACKUP®, and Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™

Whew!  Thats quite an extensive list (and number of bullets I might add) and a lot to take in.  So, why don’t  you sit back, relax, maybe give the list another look over and proceed to the checkout to pick up two.  (One for you and one for me).  Hook a fellow techie up.

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