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Designed for work in video and audio production work, the Mercury Rack Pro 1U Quad Interface 4 Bay Enterprise RAID Solution from OWC is a high-performance, hardware-controlled RAID array that can connect to your computer with four different interfaces. In a 1U rack mount size, the Mercury Rack Pro comes with, and holds, four SATA 3.5" 2.0TB Hitachi Mariner 7K3000 hard disk drives that spin at 7200rpm. The drives total a capacity of 8TB and together come preconfigured as a RAID 5 array; however, you can use the rear-panel to re-configure the drives as a SPAN, a RAID 0, 1, 3, 10, or as a JBOD. The drives are also hot-swappable.
In connecting to your computer, the Mercury Rack Pro offers you flexibility and high-speed options with four different kinds of ports. It features one eSATA port, one USB 3.0 port, two FireWire 800 ports, and one FireWire 400 port. For managing your RAID array and backing up your data, the Mercury Rack Pro comes with the following software: OWC RAID Manager Visual Interface, Prosoft Engineering Data Backup 3, Carbon Copy Cloner, and NovaStor NovaBACKUP. It also comes with Intech SpeedTools Utilities, a program for repairing and maintaining your disks. The OWC Mercury Rack Pro is pre-formatted for Macs but is also compatible with Windows computers.
| Capacity | 8TB |
| Array Type | Hot-Swappable |
| Bays | 4x |
| Chipset | Custom High Performance eSATA, FireWire 800 (1394B), FireWire 400 (1394A) and USB 3.0 Chipset |
| Drive Types Supported |
Included: 4x 2.0TB Hitachi Mariner 7K3000 Supported: 4x SATA 3.5" hard disk drives |
| Data Transfer Rate |
eSATA: up to 3.0 Gbit/s (or 300MB/s) FireWire 800: up to 800 Mb/s (or 100MB/s) FireWire 400: up to 400 Mb/s (or 50MB/s) USB 3.0: up to 5.0 Gbit/s (or 500MB/s) USB 2.0: up to 480 Mb/s (or 60MB/s) USB 1.1: up to 12 Mb/s (or 1.5MB/s) |
| Cache | 64MB per drive, 256MB total |
| Disk Speed (RPM) | 7200rpm |
| Array Configuration | RAID, Spanning |
| RAID |
Rear panel selectable Hardware RAID setting: SPAN, 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 Non-RAID/Raid Ready: Independent Mode - Each drive appears as independent volume |
| Desktop/Rackmount | 1U rack mount |
| Status Indicator | Not specified by the manufacturer |
| Interface |
1x eSATA port 2x FireWire 800 9 pin port 1x FireWire 400 6 pin port 1x USB 3.0 "A" Port |
| Fan | 3x 4 cm brushless, whisper quiet, constant speed fans |
| Security | No |
| Agency Certifications | Not specified by the manufacturer |
| Shock |
Operating: 65G 2mS Non-operating: 175G 2mS |
| Vibration |
Operating: 1.0G (5 - 300Hz) Non-operating 5.0G (5 - 500Hz) |
| System Requirements |
Macintosh System Requirements eSATA: Macintosh with eSATA PCI Interface card. eSATA requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later FireWire 800 (1394B): Macintosh with FireWire 800 (1394B) interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 (1394B) card. FireWire 800 (1394B) requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later FireWire 400 (1394A): Macintosh with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 400 card. FireWire 400 requires Mac OS 8.6 or later USB 3.0: Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, OS X 10.2.x or later, and an available USB 3.0/2.0 port Windows System Requirements eSATA: Windows system with eSATA PCI Interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI eSATA card. eSATA requires Windows 2000 or XP FireWire 800 (1394B): Windows system with FireWire 800 (1394B) interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 (1394B) card. FireWire 800 (1394B)requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP FireWire 400 (1394A): Windows system with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 400 card. FireWire 400 requires Windows ME, 2000 or XP USB 3.0: Windows Vista, XP, 2000, NT, 98, and an available USB 3.0/2.0 port Linux Requirements Linux compatible via supported USB and FireWire interfaces |
| Electrical Requirements |
Input: 100V to 240V Output: 50 to 60Hz up to 200W |
| Environmental Requirements |
Temperature Operating: 41° to 131°F / 5° to 55°C Non-operating: -40° to 149°F / -40° to 65°C Humidity Operating: 8% to 90% RH (Non-condensing) Non-operating: 5% to 95% RH (Non-condensing) |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | Enclosure: 18 x 19 x 1.7" / 45.72 x 48.26 x 4.32 cm |
| Weight | Enclosure without accessories: 19 lb / 8.62 kg |