14 DAY TRIAL // OWC (or Other World Computing) has released a large number of storage solutions designed for both Apple and PC systems over time, and now, they're back with yet another cool offering, namely the new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual mini bus powered portable hardware RAID storage solution. Featuring 14 pre-configured models with hardware RAID-1 “mirrored” redundancy for “live activity” data protection or RAID-0 “stripe” for maximum data transfer speed, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual mini contains two 2.5" hard drives or OWC Mercury SSDs for up to 2.0TB of capacity.
Users that desire a change to either RAID level setting, including the SPAN option, can do easily via switch selectors.
Additionally, the storage solution also comes equipped with a “Quad Interface” of FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, & eSATA connections for Plug and Play data transfer speeds up to 300MB/s with Mac and PC computers.
Furthermore, as mentioned right from the start, this thing is extremely easy to carry around, measuring the approximate size of a portable CD player - 5.6" (D) x 6.1" (W) x 1.1" (H).
Plus, the bus powered (no AC adapter needed) Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual mini’s flat side-by-side two drive design enables it to fit into laptop, photography, and other gear carrying bags easily and without adding any bulk.
"Since its introduction over a decade ago, the Mercury Elite line of external drives has offered unique, flexible, and high performance solutions,” said Larry O’Connor, founder and CEO, Other World Computing, adding that “this new, side by side drive design is going to have great appeal for users needing portable RAID storage and backup performance.”
The Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual mini is available immediately from OWC in 14 pre-configured hard drive and Solid State Drive (SSD) models with up to 2.0TB of storage capacity starting at $179.99 MSRP.
