Overview
Transform Your Workspace with the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub
Discover a seamless blend of speed, versatility, and connectivity with the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub. This powerful external storage enclosure and hub is designed to enhance your digital lifestyle, offering lightning-fast performance and unmatched flexibility for professionals, creatives, and home users alike. Whether you're editing videos, managing backups, or connecting multiple devices, this solution elevates your workflow with ease and efficiency.
Unrivalled Speed for Your Demanding Tasks
Experience data transfer speeds that redefine productivity. With real-world tested performance of up to 567MB/s for HDDs and an impressive 1026MB/s for SSDs, the Mercury Elite Pro Dual ensures your files move at breakneck speed. Transfer an entire DVD in under five seconds or 1,000 photos in just two seconds. This level of performance makes it ideal for photographers, videographers, and anyone who needs quick access to large files, ensuring you spend less time waiting and more time creating.
Versatile Connectivity for All Your Devices
The built-in three-port USB hub transforms this enclosure into a central hub for your digital world. Connect cameras, audio mixers, card readers, tablets, keyboards, or even gaming consoles with ease. Each port delivers full power and performance, supporting high-speed storage at up to 1250MB/s while also charging and syncing your mobile devices. This backward-compatible hub ensures your current and future USB devices work flawlessly, making it a future-proof addition to your setup.
Customisable Storage to Suit Your Needs
With dual bays supporting both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA drives, the Mercury Elite Pro Dual offers flexible storage options. Choose from RAID 0 for maximum speed, RAID 1 for data protection, or SPAN and Independent modes to tailor performance to your specific needs. This adaptability makes it perfect for everything from high-demand production studios to your home office, ensuring your data is always secure and accessible.
Effortless Integration and Portability
Designed for convenience, this enclosure is plug-and-play ready with no drivers required, and it includes high-quality USB cables for instant connectivity to any USB-equipped Mac, PC, or mobile device like an iPad Pro. Its compact size and lightweight design make it easy to carry, freeing up desk space and allowing you to work from anywhere. The whisper-quiet operation ensures you can focus without distraction, while the OWC Dock Ejector software safely dismounts drives with a single click, protecting your data from loss or corruption.
Reliable and Secure for Any Environment
Built to withstand busy workspaces, the Mercury Elite Pro Dual is compatible with OWC ClingOn cable stabilisers to secure USB-C connections, preventing accidental disconnections from bumps or movement. Paired with OWC MacDrive software (available separately), it ensures seamless cross-platform use between Macs and PCs, making it a versatile choice for any user.
- Transform your workflow with blazing-fast data transfer speeds of up to 1026MB/s for SSDs, enabling you to back up large files, edit high-resolution videos, or transfer thousands of photos in seconds, saving you valuable time
- Streamline your workspace by connecting multiple devices through three high-speed USB ports, supporting everything from cameras to keyboards with full power and performance, keeping all your tools at your fingertips
- Customise your storage with dual bays for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA drives and flexible RAID options (RAID 0, RAID 1, SPAN, or Independent), ensuring your data is secure and tailored to your specific needs
- Work distraction-free with the whisper-quiet design, perfect for focused environments, while the compact 5.8-inch by 3.3-inch form factor saves desk space and travels easily
- Protect your workflow with optional OWC ClingOn cable stabilisers and Dock Ejector software, preventing accidental disconnections and ensuring safe drive dismounts to safeguard your data
- Elevate your digital lifestyle with universal USB compatibility, included high-quality cables, and plug-and-play simplicity, making the Mercury Elite Pro Dual the ultimate solution for seamless integration with any Mac, PC, or USB-equipped device
Video
Dual-drive hardware RAID storage solution with USB hub offers file and footage storage, accessory connectivity, and device charging to home offices, small businesses, and creative pros.
Compatibility
Compatible with the devices listed below.
MacBook
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
Mac Pro
iMac
Mac mini
Mac Studio
Specifications
- Drive Bays
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- 2 bays supporting: 2.5-inch SATA HDDs, 2.5-inch SATA SSDs, 3.5-inch SATA HDDs, 3.5-inch SATA SSDs
- Hot Plug Support
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- Yes
- Boot Support
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- Independent volumes bootable in macOS
- RAID Capable
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- Yes
- RAID Levels Supported
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- RAID 0
- RAID 1
- SPAN
- JBOD
- RAID Features
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- Hardware RAID
- Device Ports
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- 1 x host port - USB 3.2 Gen 2 (USB-C) up to 10Gb/s (1250MB/s) - USB 2.0/3.0 backwards compatible
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port up to 10Gb/s (1250MB/s) - USB 2.0/3.0 backwards compatible
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports up to 10Gb/s (1250MB/s) - USB 2.0/3.0 backwards compatible
- Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
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- USB 3.2 Gen 2: up to 10Gb/s (or 1250MB/s)
- Chipset / Controller
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- SATA/RAID Controller: 1 x Asmedia ASM-1352R
- USB Hub: 1 x Genesys Logic GL-3590
- MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
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- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Contact Start Stops
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- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Host Interface Requirements
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- USB (USB-C or USB-A) or Thunderbolt (USB-C) port
- Mac OS Compatibility
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- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- macOS 10.12 Sierra
- macOS 10.13 High Sierra
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
- macOS 10.15 Catalina
- macOS 11.x Big Sur
- macOS 12.x Monterey
- macOS 13.x Ventura
- macOS 14.x Sonoma
- macOS 15.x Sequoia
- PC OS Compatibility
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- Windows 7 32-bit Edition
- Windows 7 64-bit Edition
- Windows Home Server 2011
- Windows 8 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows 10 32-bit Edition
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 11
- Linux OS Compatibility
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- Yes
- Mobile OS Compatibility
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- iPadOS 13
- iPadOS 14
- iPadOS 15
- iPadOS 16
- iPadOS 17
- iPadOS 18
- Android 10.x
- Android 11.x
- Android 12.x
- Android 13.x
- Android 14.x
- Android 15.x
- Other OS Compatibility
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- Chrome OS
- Driver Required
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- No
- External Power Adapter
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- Yes
- Power Supply
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- External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
- Certifications
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- CE, FCC, VCCI, RCM, BSMI
- Dimensions
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- H: 147 x L: 239 x W: 85
- Weight
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- 1400 g
What's in the box?
- 1 x OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub External Storage Enclosure
- 1 x External Power Supply
- 1 x Power Cable
- 1 x 1 m USB-C Cable
- 1 x USB-C to USB-A Cable
Warranty
- 1 Year Limited Warranty
Part Number
- OWCMEDCH7T00