OWC Mercury Rack Pro Mini-SAS Rackmount RAID

Other World Computing announced new OWC Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS 4-bay 1U rackmount solutions starting at $499.99 MSRP that combine four 6Gb/s storage devices (or data channels) with up to 12TB of capacity into one port and one cable connection for data throughput rates up to 24Gb/s.

Eight Mac and PC Compatible Solutions
Up To 12TB
The Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS is immediately available in 8 pre-configured solutions, from 2TB to 12TB, priced starting at $499.99 MSRP. It is compatible with Apple OS X 10.2 and higher and Windows Windows XP and later operating systems and comes with a $100 retail value disk utility software bundle and up to a 5 year solution warranty.

One Port, One Cable, Four Channels of Data
The mini-SAS port equipped Mercury Rack Pro is like having four eSATA outputs for the ultimate in data transfer rates, but ‘bundles’ those four channels of data output into a single cable connection. Now SMBs, SOHOs, and creative production professionals have a storage solution that reduces cable complexity.

Can Be Used Like Four Bay Drive Dock
For capacity with high degree of drive access flexibility, the Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS can be used like a four bay drive dock. All four drives in the Mercury Rack Pro show up as individual drives, so users can then mix and match drives of any size and brand and hot swap the drives. It can also be used to RAID drives in a desired array with the additional purchase of third party RAID software or a SAS-SATA RAID controller card.

Easy Drive Management
and Convertible For Desktop Use
Featuring a trayless drive bay design, the Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS makes drive management, access, and replacement ‘slide and swap’ easy. Removable rack mounting ears and included anti-skid feet also allow the Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS to be converted for desktop use.

Enterprise Equipped For 24/7 Use
While all Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS standard solutions are covered by a two year warranty, enterprise models use enterprise class SATA hard drives manufactured to specifications intended for the more demanding requirements of 24/7 server environments. As a result, enterprise editions of the Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS are covered by a five year warranty which includes a one year overnight cross-ship warranty and three years of Level One Data Recovery services, if needed.

Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS key features:

• Supports up to four 3TB, 3.5" SATA hard drives for up to 12TB total storage capacity
• Four SAS-SATA 3.5" drives up to 15,000 RPM can also be utilized
• One external mini-SAS port supporting up to 24Gb/s data rates
• Up to 256MB total data buffer
• Trayless drive bays for easy drive management
• JBOD (four independent drives)
• RAID-ready via third party RAID software or a SAS-SATA RAID controller card
• Whisper Quiet three cooling fan operation
• Drive status and activity LED indicators
• Internal, US/International 100/240V power supply
• Warranty: 2 year Standard Solution, 5 year Enterprise Solution
• Mac and PC compatible
• Includes an over $100 retail value utility software bundle consisting of Prosoft Engineering Data Backup 3, NovaStor NovaBACKUP, Intech SpeedTools Utilities, and Carbon Copy Cloner.

Checkout Savings Plus
Up To 60% Off Leading Software Titles

• Complimenting the $100 retail value utility software bundle included with every Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS are three additional money-saving OWC offers:
• Complete an order on tghe company’s web site using Checkout with Amazon to get up to $50 instant savings.
• Maintain, repair, optimize, and manage drives with the retail version of Drive Genius 3 for $39, a savings of 60% off retail.
• Run Windows applications on a Mac with Parallels Desktop Version 6 for as low as $39, a savings of up to 50% off retail.