OWC Mercury Elite Pro Expanded to Up to 8TB

Other World Computing has expanded the storage capacity of its Mercury Elite Pro single bay and dual bay desktop storage solution line to 8TB.

By utilizing a 3.5" 4TB SATA 6Gb/s hard drive, Mercury Elite Pro storage solutions deliver 33 percent more storage/back-up capacity per drive over current 3TB hard drives With up to a quad interface of FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, and eSATA connections, the Mercury Elite Pro line offers Plug and Play data transfer speeds up to 300MB/s with Mac and PC computers.

Performance for Backup and Storage Needs
The Mercury Elite Pro line of 4.0TB hard drive-based storage solutions are available in three configurations to meet professional A/V production backup and storage need:

• 4TB Mercury Elite Pro with Combo interface (FireWire 400 and USB 2.0) $429.99
• 4TB Mercury Elite Pro with quad interface (FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, eSATA) $469.99
• 8TB Mercury Elite Pro Dual RAID 0 (4TB x 2) with quad interface (FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, eSATA) $869.99
• Mercury Elite Pro Dual RAID is also available in RAID-1, RAID-0+1, and RAID-ready dual eSATA models up to 6TB. All Mercury Elite Pro models include a disk utility software bundle retail valued at more than $100 and all interface connection cables.

High Capacity, Low Environmental Impact
The 4TB hard drive built into Mercury Elite storage solutions employs a halogen-free design and power-efficient operation – up to a 28 percent idle power savings. The drive also uses Advanced Format, which increases the sector size from 512 bytes to 4,096 bytes, thereby increasing capacities and improving error correction capabilities.

All Mercury Elite Pro storage solutions come backed by free lifetime US-based 24/7 technical support and a three-year warranty which includes a 48-hour repair turnaround time with up to one year of complimentary Level 1 data recovery.