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 a single, accessible location. The Mercury Elite Pro is an essential desktop drive for creative pros, small businesses, home office users, and families with ever-growing storage capacity needs. Housed in a rugged, solid aluminum enclosure, the Mercury Elite Pro is built for modern data management with a high performance 3.5-inch 7200RPM hard drive. 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
Total Capacity: 8.0TB
Total Solution Cache Size: 256 MB
Standard Mechanism: (1) 8TB Toshiba MD06ACA Series 7,200RPM Hard Disk Drive with 256 MB cache; *OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components.
Data Transfer Rate (Maximum): USB 3.2 Gen 1 : Up to 5 Gb/s (or 625 MB/s)
Plug and Play: Yes
Mac OS Compatibility: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard; Mac OS X 10.7 Lion; Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion; OS X 10.9 Mavericks; OS X 10.10 Yosemite; OS X 10.11 El Capitan; macOS 10.12 Sierra; macOS 10.13 High Sierra; macOS 10.14 Mojave; Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard; macOS 10.15 Catalina; macOS 11.x Big Sur; macOS 12.x Monterey; macOS 13.x Ventura
PC OS Compatibility: Windows 7 32-bit Edition; Windows 7 64-bit Edition; Windows 8 32-bit Edition; Windows 8 64-bit Edition; Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition; Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition; Windows Server 2012; Windows 10 32-bit Edition; Windows 10 64-bit Edition; Windows Server 2016; Windows Home Server 2011; Windows 11
Other Requirements: macOS 10.6.8 or later required
Host Port Requirements: USB (USB-C or USB-A) or Thunderbolt (USB-C) port
Driver Required: No
Power Supply: External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
AC Input: 100-240V, 50-60Hz, 0.9A
DC Output: +12V, 3A
External Power Adapter: Yes
Number of Bays: 1
Drive Bays: 1 bay supporting: 3.5-inch SATA drives
Device Ports: (1) USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-B Port
Security Slot: Yes
Power Button: Yes
Power/Activity LED: 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: 58.0 g (0.13 lbs)
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
