The 8TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive from Other World Computing features a compact and shock-resistant design with a 3-year limited warranty to ensure it stays functional and keeps your data safe. Inside its enclosure is a 3.5" SATA hard drive with a rotational speed of 7200 rpm and a capacity of 8TB, so you'll have plenty of space to save your favorite music, photos and movies.The Mercury Elite Pro contains a USB 3.0/3.1 Gen 1 port (which is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1), an eSATA port, and two 9-pin FireWire 800 ports (backwards compatible with FireWire 400 using an optional adapter). Along with a USB 3.0 Type-A to B cable, the Mercury Elite Pro also comes with Firewire 1394B 9-Pin to 9-Pin and eSATA cables.Please note, this hard drive is not compatible with the NewerTech MAXPower RAID mini-SAS 6G-2e eSATA card.
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.
Chipset: JMicron JMB355 / JMicron JMS562
Drive Interface: SATA
Format: Included Drive Guide Software will format drive for either OS X, or Windows|Using the OWC Drive Guide
Rotational Speed: 7,200RPM
Certifications: UL
Data Transfer Rate (Maximum): FireWire 400 : Up to 400 Mb/s (or 50 MB/s); FireWire 800 : Up to 800 Mb/s (or 100 MB/s); USB 1.1 : Up to 12 Mb/s (or 1.5 MB/s); USB 2.0 : Up to 480 Mb/s (or 60 MB/s); USB 3.2 Gen 1 : Up to 5 Gb/s (or 625 MB/s)
Plug and Play: Yes
Contact Start Stops: 600,000
Mac OS Compatibility: Mac OS 8.6; Mac OS 9.0; Mac OS 9.1; Mac OS 9.2; Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah; Mac OS X 10.1 Puma; Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar; Mac OS X 10.3 Panther; Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger; Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard; 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; macOS 10.15 Catalina; macOS 11.x Big Sur; macOS 12.x Monterey; macOS 13.x Ventura
PC OS Compatibility: Windows XP; Windows XP 64-bit Edition; Windows XP Professional x64 Edition; Windows Vista; 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 10 32-bit Edition; Windows 10 64-bit Edition; Windows 11
Other OS Compatibility; Linux supported via USB and FireWire interfaces
Other Requirements: Mac OS X 10.2 or later required for FireWire 800 and USB 3.0; Windows 2000 or later required for FireWire 800 and eSATA; Time Machine Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later
Host Port Requirements: USB (USB-C1 or USB-A), Thunderbolt (USB-C)1, eSATA, or FireWire 400/800 port
Power Supply: External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
AC Input: 50/60Hz
DC Output: +12V, 3.0A
External Power Adapter: Yes
Number of Bays: 1
Device Ports: (1) USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-B Port; (1) eSATA 3 Gb/s Port; (2) FireWire 800 Ports
Security Slot: Yes
Power Button: Yes
Power/Activity LED: Yes
Housing Color: Aluminum
Dimensions: Height: 11.7 cm (4.6 in); Length: 22.9 cm (9.0 in); Width: 3.8 cm (1.5 in)
Weight: 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs)
Ambient Temperature: Operating: 41°F to 107.6°F (5°C to 42°C); Non-Operating: -40°F to 149°F (-40°C to 65°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
Shock: Operating: 65 G max at 2 ms; Non-Operating: 175 G max at 2 ms
