OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Portable RAID
OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini Portable RAID is a portable, bus-powered enclosure for two 2.5-inch drives. The housing is equipped with a USB-C 3.1 gen.2 10 Gb/s port and hardware RAID 0, 1, which enables transmission rates of up to 989 MB/s.
Good appearance and great design
A durable aluminum case designed for near-silent, fanless cooling keeps your drives protected, cool and quiet wherever you are. The slim side-by-side configuration means the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini fits easily into a laptop or gear bag. And because it's fully bus-powered, the Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini is the perfect solution for your portable creative workflow.
RAID for security. RAID for performance.
Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini features easily user-selectable RAID 0 and RAID 1 modes. Choose the configuration that suits your needs. With RAID 0, you can experience incredible data transfer speeds of up to 989 MB/s. or choose RAID 1 for greater data security on mirrored drives.
Product specification:
- Product code: OWCMEMDC2KIT
- Brand: OWC
- Software Requirements
Operating System (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
OS X 10.7 or later
Windows 7 or later
Chrome OS
Operating System (USB 3.1 Gen 2)
macOS 10.12 or later and Thunderbolt 3
Windows 8.1 or later
Chrome OS - Driver
No driver required for OS X
No driver required for Windows
No driver required for Chrome - Hardware Requirements
Minimum
Mac or PC with a USB 3.1 Gen 1 (Standard-A or Type-C) port
Recommended (best performance)
Mac or PC with a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port
Bootable 1, 2
OS X 10.7 or later - Interface (chipset) 3
1x USB 3.1 Gen 2 / SATA RAID Controller (ASMedia ASM1352R) - UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) compatible: Yes
- Supported drives
2x 2.5-inch SATA 6 Gb/s drives (drive height up to 9.5 mm) - Compatible with SATA version 3.0 (6 Gb/s)
- Compatible with SATA versions 2.0 (3 Gb/s) and 1.0 (1.5 Gb/s)
USB 3.1 Gen 2 performance Data compression
: 633 MB/s read and 738 MB/s write
Uncompressed data: 689 MB/s read and 573 MB/s write
Random read/write (IOPS): 29K IOPS on reading and 31 thousand IOPS writing
USB 3.1 Gen 1
Compressible data: 437 MB/s read and 431 MB/s write
Uncompressed data: 425 MB/s read and 414 MB/s write
Note(s)
Speeds vary depending on drives used, configuration and other factors.- Supported RAID Modes
Hardware
RAID 0, 1, SPAN and Independent Disk Mode
Initial Configuration
RAID 0
Included Drive Guide software will format the drive for OS X or Windows - Power Supply 4
External Power Supply, UL Listed Universal Auto Switching Power Supply
AC Input: 100 ~ 240V, 50/60Hz
DC Output:, 12V @ 3A - Replaceable power supply sold separately
- Adapter plugs for international use sold separately
- Dimensions
Height
28 mm (1.1 in)
Width
155 mm (6.1 in)
Length
144 mm (5.7 in) - Weight (without drives)
0.6 kg (1.25 lb)
