Other World Computing (OWC) has expanded the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 desktop hardware RAID storage line storage capacity to 12TB by utilizing four 3TB high performance hard drives in the Qx2’s four hot swappable drive bays.
The Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 features a “quad interface” of FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, and eSATA ports and four selectable hardware RAID settings — 0, 1, 5, 10 — for high speed, plug and play use with Macs and PCs There are four prosumer models starting at US$479.99:
° 2TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (500GB x 4 w/64MB cache) and three-year warranty, $479.99;
° 4TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (1TB x 4 w/128MB cache) and three-year warranty, $579.99 (currently on year-end special for $529);
° 8TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (2TB x 4 w/128MB cache) and three-year warranty, $929.99 (currently on year end special for $879);
° 12TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 (3TB x 4 w/256MB cache) and three-year warranty, $1399.99.
In addition to four “prosumer” models, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 is available in three Enterprise Class options up to 8TB and a 0GB kit (no drives included) option. For more information on the complete OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 line, go to http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/RAID/Desktop/ .