Description & Specifications
Essential External Storage for Everyone
- Pro-grade performance: up to 283MB/s real-world speed1
- Spacious: up to 24TB capacity for music, videos, photos, business files, and games
- Easy backups: Apple Time Machine and Windows File History ready
- Quiet: heat-dissipating brushed aluminum chassis and fanless venting provide cool, nearly silent operation
- Rugged: built-in shock isolation protects drive
- Compatible: use with Mac, Windows, and Linux machines; PS4 and Xbox consoles; and Smart TVs
- Connect: includes high-quality double-shielded USB Type A-B connecting cable
- Deployment ready: preconfigured solutions undergo rigorous multi-step performance certification
An Essential External Solution for Everyone
The Mercury Elite Pro began OWC’s rich, storied history of storage solution innovations nearly 20 years ago. It has lasted the test of time by continuing to offer an incomparable blend of performance, quality, and value in a single-drive storage solution.
It’s an essential desktop external drive for creative pros, small office/home office users, and families with ever-growing storage capacity needs. Photos, music, and videos are a part of everyday digital life. Add in presentations, reports, record-keeping, and correspondence, and the result is a staggering amount of data that needs to be stored in one accessible location.
Up to 24TB Capacity
Store massive photo libraries, video archives, music collections, business files, and backups. Consolidate files from multiple smaller drives to a single accessible location.
Reliable 283MB/s Performance
USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) handles video and photo backups, system backups, and everyday file management.
Universal Cross-Platform Compatibility
Works seamlessly with Mac, Windows, Linux, iPad, Chromebook, Android tablets, and any device with USB-A or USB-C connectivity. No drivers required.
Whisper-Quiet Fanless Operation
Heat-dissipating brushed aluminum chassis provides maximum cooling with zero fan noise. Shock isolation design protects your drive and data.
Flexible Desktop Placement
Use vertical with included stand or place horizontally with non-skid rubber feet. Stack multiple units to create a capacity 'tower of power' if needed.
Professional 7200 RPM Drive
High-performance enterprise-class hard drive delivers consistent speeds and reliable 24/7 operation.
Easy Automated Backups
Apple Time Machine and Windows File History ready for simple, set-it-and-forget-it data protection.
Rugged Construction
Solid aluminum enclosure provides durability and protection for your data, designed to withstand the demands of desktop and professional use.
Built to Last and Worry-Free
Premium construction ensures reliable operation and heat dissipation. Backed by a 3-year OWC Limited Warranty for built-in storage models or a 1-year OWC Limited Warranty for the enclosure only, along with our award-winning customer support.
The Mercury Elite Pro is up to the task with its rugged, solid aluminum enclosure holding a high performance 3.5-inch 7200RPM hard drive with up to 24TB capacity. It can be used for a variety of personal and business needs including:
- Pro-level video editing projects
- Time Machine and File History backups of important business data and irreplaceable personal photos
- Consolidating files from multiple smaller drives to a single location for faster, more convenient access
- Migrating data from an existing machine to a new computer
- Expanding game storage of console gaming systems
- Freeing up space on a computer's internal drive to improve performance
Purposefully Designed
Offering an ideal blend of form and function, the Mercury Elite Pro’s fanless brushed aluminum chassis provides maximum heat dissipation to run quietly cool while the shock isolation design keeps the drive — and your data — safe and protected. It fits discreetly on any desktop with the included vertical orientation stand or place it horizontally with the included non-skid rubber feet and even stack multiple units to create a capacity “tower of power”.
Ready for Play
The Mercury Elite Pro isn’t just all work and no play. Besides saving and backing up computer data or functioning as a workhorse drive on set or in the edit suite, it can be used to watch videos, listen to music, and view pictures through your gaming console or directly attached to your Smart TV.2
Gain Critical Gaming Space
With their stunning realism, modern games have grown to an average of 40GB per game. That means PS4 and Xbox One’s standard 500GB internal drive will only hold 12 “regular” games. How do you play more games — including 4K games that are up to 100GB in size — without uninstalling other games? Easy … for every 1.0TB of Mercury Elite Pro capacity you add as external storage to your console, you’ll gain space to store up to an additional 24 average-sized games. Besides eliminating the limitations of your internal capacity, you’ll gain the ability to offload the games you play most regularly and potentially load and save them faster!
Certified for Demanding Use
We understand having confidence in gear reliability is paramount to all tech users. That’s why every Mercury Elite Pro pre-configured solution undergoes a multi-step performance certification prior to shipping. This ensures it arrives operating properly and immediately ready for demanding use.
Store from Minutes to Millions
All the features and “technospeak” of an external drive don’t mean a thing if you don’t know how much of a particular file type it can hold. For every 1.0TB of Mercury Elite Pro hard drive capacity, you can store up to:
- 200,000 photos,3
- 250,000 standard quality songs,4
- 38,000 high quality songs,5
- 200 high definition movies,6
- 85 minutes of 4K RAW footage,7
- 41.6 hours of GoPro 4K footage,8
- 4.3 million MS Office documents9, or 24 PS4/Xbox games,10
Note: Storage examples for illustrative purposes only. Individual results may be different based on variety of factors including specific file size and format, settings, features, software and other factors.
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Drive Bays
- 1 bay supporting: 3.5-inch SATA HDDs, 3.5-inch SATA SSDs
Plug and Play
- Yes
Boot Support
- Mac only
Device Ports
- (1) Host Port - USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type-B) up to 5Gb/s (600MB/s)
Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 : Up to 5Gb/s (or 625MB/s)
Chipset / Controller
- Storage Controller: JMicron JMS-567
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
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External Power Adapter
- Yes
Power Supply
- External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
- Need an additional power supply? Secondary/replacement power supplies may also be available.
AC Input
- 100-240V, 50-60Hz, 0.9A
DC Output
- +12V, 3A
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Security Slot
- Yes
Power Button
- Yes
Power/Activity LED(s)
- Yes
Housing Color
- Silver
Housing Material
- Aluminum
Dimensions
- Height: 11.8 cm (4.6 in)
- Length: 19.5 cm (7.7 in)
- Width: 3.5 cm (1.4 in)
Weight
- 500.0 g (1.10 lbs)
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Certifications
- cUL, PSE, CE, FCC, GS, NOM, S, CCC, BSMI, PSB, RCM, KCC, TUV
UPC
- 810586033749
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Ambient Temperature
- Operating: 41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C)
- Non-Operating: -4°F to 140°F (-20°C to 60°C)
Altitude
- Operating: -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft)
- Non-Operating: -304.8 m to 12,192.0 m (-1,000 ft to 40,000 ft)
Humidity
- Operating: 8% to 90% non-condensing
- Non-Operating: 5% to 95% non-condensing
Noise
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- (1) OWC Mercury Elite Pro External Storage Enclosure
- (1) USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) Type-B to Type-A Cable
- (1) External Power Supply
- (1) US Power Cable
- (1) Quick Start Guide for OWC Mercury Elite Pro with USB 3.2 (5Gb/s)
- (1) Assembly Manual & User Guide for OWC Mercury Elite Pro with USB 3.2 (5Gb/s)
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
- Sequential read/write (max) performance numbers are based on testing 16TB Seagate HDD with AJA System Test (4K Full resolution, 16GB file size, 10bit RGB codec, file per frame test).
- If movie playback from an external hard drive and movie format is supported by your Smart TV.
- 10-megapixel camera with 5MB image sizes.
- 4-minute average 4MB MP3 song.
- 4-minute average uncompressed Apple Lossless (ALAC) songs.
- 1080p HD videos with 5GB average file size.
- 24FPS 8MB per frame setting.
- 60FPS 24GB/hr.
- 250KB average file size.
- 40GB average game size.
