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Chipset

• Oxford 944 and Oxford 3100 eSATA/FireWire/USB chipset

Standard Mechanism

• 6.0TB* HGST Hard Disk Drive**
• *1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
  
  **OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components.

Drive Interface

• SATA (Serial ATA)

Drive Cache Size

• 128 Megabyte (131,072k)

Drive Rotation Speed

• 7200RPM

Port Configuration

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

Max 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

• Can I use this solution as an external startup drive?
• eSATA*: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info
• FireWire 800: Supported on Macs meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info
• FireWire 400: Supported on Macs meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info
• USB 3.0: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info

Macintosh System Requirements

• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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.

Format

• Included Drive Guide Software will format drive for either OS X, or Windows Using the OWC Drive Guide

Recommended eSATA Cards

• Cards that OWC has tested and qualified for the OWC Mercury Elite Pro

• eSATA Extender Cables for Mac Pro

  Newer Technology eSATA Extender Cable Adapter $12.50

  PCIe (PCI Express) for Desktops

  NewerTech MAXPower 6G eSATA RAID card w/ port multiplier. $84.99

  Firmtek Seritek/2SE2-E PCI Express eSATA card $99.00

  DAT Optic PCIe 8x 4 Channel eSATA Card $157.99

  HighPoint RocketRAID 2314 PCI-Express eSATA card $175.00

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 sold separately). For replacement power supply, click here.

External Case Dimensions

• 1.5 in (W) x 9 in (D) x 4.6 in (H)
• 38.1mm x 228.6mm x 116.84mm

Total Shipping Weight

• Approximately 2.7 pounds (1.2kg)

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

Product Manual

• Mercury Elite Pro Manual (558KB PDF)

*With certain eSATA interfaces an improperly dismounted message may appear following sleep. This message can be ignored.

Operating Environment:

Temperature

• (operating) 5°C – 42°C (41°F – 107°F)
• (non-operating) -40°C – 65°C (-40°F – 149°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

Warranty

3 Year OWC Solution Limited Warranty

The best warranty is one you never have to use – but should the need occur – we're proud to provide a superior level of support and service coverage to our customers. OWC and NewerTech storage solutions come fully backed by an Industry-leading 48-hour turnaround time which includes complimentary Level 1 data recovery for the first year, plus additional data recovery options available throughout the warranty period, for complete peace of mind ownership confidence.

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Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your OWC solution prior to the conclusion of the 3 Year OWC Solution Limited Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the OWC warranty.