OWC Trades Accelsior PCIe SSD for Accelsior E2
$150 rebate until May 15
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on May 2, 2013 at 1:52 pm
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World Computing, announced the OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD
Trade-Up Program.
The program enables owners of the
original Accelsior PCIe card to trade up to a Accelsior_E2 card and
get a cash rebate or upgrade storage capacity up to 960GB with higher
capacity Accelsior SSD blades. The Accelsior_E2 card features two
bootable 6Gb/s expansion interfaces for connecting eSATA external
drives for the highest possible internal and external storage
performance.
Three Step Card Trade-Up Program
Purchase a $199.99
0GB Mercury Accelsior_E2 card. Customers who purchased the
original Accelsior from 1/1/2013 and later can trade in the original
card until May 15 and receive a $150 rebate. After May 15 and for
customers who purchased the Accelsior 12/31/2012 and earlier, OWC
will offer a $100 rebate.
- Transfer the original Accelsior’s SSD
blades to the new E2 card. The original Accelsior SSD blades are 100%
compatible with the Accelsior_E2 and are easy to install by following
OWC’s ‘how-to’ video
and ‘how-to’ guide. - Send in the original card to receive
rebate check.
Upgrade Blade Capacity
to Maximize
Original Accelsior Investment
Originally introduced at the 2012 NAB
show, the Accelsior has been well received by computer users, praised
on technology performance sites like macperformanceguide.com and
barefeats.com, and awarded a Gold Stevie at the 2012 American
Business Awards.
A feature of the Accelsior is the
ability to utilize larger Mercury Accelsior SSD blades when capacity
needs increase. The Trade-Up Program provides a blade upgrade path of
up to 960GB of SSD capacity and offers a cash back rebate up to $300
for the original blades.
Accelsior SSD Trade-Up blades are
available in the following capacities:
Accelsior_E2 Also Available as
Complete Solution
A plug and play Mercury Accelsior_E2
PCIe SSD card is also available for ordering in the following dual
Mercury Accelsior blade SSD capacity configurations:
Speeds Up Booting, App Launches,
and
Intensive Processes
By utilizing the fastest data interface
available in a Mac Pro or PC – the PCIe slot – it offers nearly 3x
the performance vs. a SSD in a SATA 2.0 3Gb/s drive bay with data
rates up to 820MB/s. With speed beyond 6Gb/s, owners of PCs and Apple
Mac Pros can stop waiting for I/O-intensive apps like Photoshop,
Final Cut Pro, or Avid Pro Tools to render, capture or process, as
well as experience near instantaneous booting and application
launches.
Adds Faster Than Factory Interface
to Mac Pros
Featuring two 6Gb/s eSATA expansion
interfaces, the Accelsior_E2 offers file transfer and backup speeds
up to 6x as fast -600MB/s- than the fastest Mac Pro factory offered
interface of FireWire 800, which offers up to 100MB/s speed. The two
eSATA ports are bootable and ideal for a variety of application
requirements, enabling up to 32TB or more of additional external
drive capacity.
Use with Thunderbolt Equipped
Apple
MacBooks, iMacs, Mac mini, and PCs Too
The Accelsior_E2 isn’t just for Mac
Pros. By utilizing an external PCIe expansion chassis equipped with
Thunderbolt technology, such as the OWC Mercury Helios, the
performance benefits of the Accelsior_E2 can also be enjoyed by
customers with Mac or PC machines with the Thunderbolt interface.
Connect Single Solutions or Create
RAID Array
Compatible with 1.5Gb/s, 3Gb/s, and/or
6Gb/s external drives, the Accelsior_E2 offers two eSATA storage
expansion interfaces. Each interface can connect to a variety of OWC
and NewerTech single and dual drive RAID solutions and other brand
eSATA interface equipped solutions. By using Apple Disk Utility or
SoftRAID with Macs, or various software RAID applications for PCs,
customers can even create a RAID array between two connected drives.
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