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OWC / Other World Computing 256GB (2x 128GB) Mercury Elite-Al Pro Dual mini RAID Enclosure Kit with Solid State Drives

  • Price: $307.00
  • B&H # OWMEAMEDK
  • B&H Kit

Product Highlights

  • eSATA, USB 2.0, FireWire 800 & 400 Ports
  • Up to 300MB/s Data Transfer Speeds
  • RAID 0, 1, & NRAID (Span)
  • Dual 2.5" SATA 128GB Solid State Drives
  • Quiet, Cool, Fast Drive Performance

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The 256GB (2x 128GB) Mercury Elite-Al Pro Dual mini RAID Enclosure Kit with Solid State Drives is a B&H Kit that pairs together this superb dual-drive enclosure from OWC with two fast solid-state drives. This enclosure boasts FireWire 400, FireWire 800, USB 2.0, and eSATA interfaces. It also supports RAID 0, 1, and spanning. It can be bus-powered via the FireWire 800 port and is formatted for Mac computers. However, the enclosure (and the drives within it) will also work with computers running Windows or Linux.

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OWC / Other World Computing256GB (2x 128GB) Mercury Elite-Al Pro Dual mini RAID Enclosure Kit with Solid State Drives
 
4.0

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4.0

Esata makes this drive SHINE

By Andy

from Albany, NY

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Pros

  • Bus powered
  • Fast
  • Nice looking
  • Relatively cost efficient
  • Small

Cons

  • Lacks certain screws
  • Not free
  • Requires Assembly

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    Comments about OWC / Other World Computing 256GB (2x 128GB) Mercury Elite-Al Pro Dual mini RAID Enclosure Kit with Solid State Drives:

    I bought this drive to have a nice, bus powered, solid state, compact drive to take with me to a wedding. In that respect it fit the bill wonderfully. Unfortunately, the fastest thing I had to use it with, was FireWire 800. Unless you have Esata, I don't think this drive will provide extreme amounts of benefit over spinning platters, unless you have lots of random access. I didn't do extensive testing though.

    The only real "fault" was the fact that the kit didn't come with the right size screws to secure the SSD's in the enclosure. This wasn't a huge issue for me, since I had an OLD 2.5" hdd with screws doing nothing hanging around, but might be an issue for other people.

    OWC makes a fine product, and if there were an easy way to add ESATA to my iMac (10,1 21.5") I would probably still have this drive.

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