OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Enclosure for 2.5" Drives (Bus Powered with USB 3.1 Gen 2 performance)
Overview
OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini bus-powered USB 3.1 Gen 2 RAID Storage Enclosure
Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini is the latest high-performance portable RAID from OWC. Packing dual-drive, USB 3.1 Gen 2 performance into a portable, bus-powered form factor, this is the perfect drive for high demand applications on the go. With ample capacities, no matter where you are, Elite Pro Dual mini delivers the performance and flexibility to meet the most extreme workflow requirements for pros working with rich media content.
Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini features easily user selectable modes RAID 0 and RAID 1. Choose the configuration that suits your needs. In RAID 0, experience blistering data transfer speeds up to 738MB/s. Or select RAID 1 for greater data redundancy from mirrored disks.
A rugged aluminium chassis designed for near silent fan-less, cooling, keeps your drives protected, cool and quiet everywhere you go. The slimline, side-by-side configuration means Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini fits easily in your laptop or gear bag. And because it's fully bus-powered, Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini is the perfect solution for your portable creative workflow.
Like all OWC drives, Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini is built to the highest standards of reliability and performance. Because 100% reliability is always the goal, Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini is rigorously quality tested, and backed by an OWC 3 year limited warranty and 24/7 customer support.
- Rugged aluminium chassis
- Near-silent fan-less cooling
- Selectable modes RAID 0 and RAID 1
- Fully bus-powered
Compatibility
Compatible with the devices listed below.
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
iMac
Mac mini
Specifications
- Software Requirements
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OS (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
- OS X 10.7 or later
- Windows 7 or later
- Chrome OS
- macOS 10.12 or later and Thundebolt 3 interface
- Windows 8.1 or later
- Chrome OS
- Driver not required for OS X
- Driver not required for Windows
- Driver not required for Chrome
- Hardware Requirements
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- Minimum: Mac or PC with a USB 3.1 Gen 1 port (Standard-A or Type-C)
- Recommended (Best Performance) Mac or PC with a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port
- Bootability
- OS X 10.7 or later
- Interface (Chipset)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 / SATA RAID Controller (ASMedia ASM1352R)
- UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) Compliant
- Yes
- Drive(s) Supported
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- 2 x 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s drives (drive height up to 9.5mm)
- SATA revision 3.0 (6Gb/s) compliant
- Compatible with SATA revisions 2.0 (3Gb/s) and 1.0 (1.5Gb/s)
- Performance
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USB 3.1 Gen 2
- Compressible Data: 633 MB/s Read and 738 MB/s Write
- Incompressible Data: 689 MB/s Read and 573 MB/s Write
- Random Read/Write (IOPS): 29K IOPS Read and 31K IOPS Write
- Compressible Data: 437 MB/s Read and 431 MB/s Write
- Incompressible Data: 425 MB/s Read and 414 MB/s Write
- RAID Modes Supported
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- Hardware
- RAID 0, 1, SPAN, and Independent drive mode
- Initial Configuration
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- RAID 0
- Included Drive Guide software will format the drive for either OS X or Windows
- Physical Attributes
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- H: 28mm W: 155mm L: 144mm
- Weight 0.6kg
What's in the box?
- 1 x Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini portable high-performance enclosure
- 1 x 0.5m (18 in) USB Type-C to Type-C cable
- 1 x 0.5m (18 in) USB 3.1 Gen 1 Standard-A to Type-C cable
- 1 x External power supply and power cable1
- 1 x Screw packet
- 1 x Quick Start Guide
Warranty
- 1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty
Part Number
- OWCMEMDC2KIT