System requirements
Mac operating systems supported |
Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard |
Ports & interfaces
eSATA ports quantity |
2 |
SATA revision |
3.0 |
PCI Card form factor |
Half-height (low-profile) |
Host interface |
PCIe |
Internal |
Y |
Additionally
Native command queuing (NCQ) |
Y |
Mercury Accelsior_E2, Dual LSI SandForce SF-228x, PCI-E 2.0, 2x eSATA 6Gbps
<b>All the great features of the original Accelsior PCIe SSD PLUS two eSATA expansion ports for additional external storage capacity!</b>
The Mercury Accelsior_E2 is the cost-effective upgrade solution for owners of the original Accelsior PCIe SSD. It offers all the great performance benefits you've enjoyed with your original Accelsior and adds two 6Gb/s eSATA expansion ports for transferring data for backup or archival purposes at speeds up to 600MB/s to any external storage device with an eSATA port. That's up to 6x faster file transfers and backups compared to the fastest factory installed Mac Pro interface of FireWire 800 which offers up to 100MB/s speed!
<b>Use Your Existing Blades Or Upgrade To Larger Capacity</b>
The original OWC Mercury Accelsior SSD blades are 100 percent compatible with the Accelsior_E2 and are easily transferred as shown in our free 'how-to' video. Or, you can trade-in your blades for larger capacity models with up to 960GB capacity.
<b>All The Same Great Accelsior Features</b>
- Boot, Launch, Create, and Save Faster
- Up to 820MB/s of blistering performance
- Up to 100,000 IOPS
- Backed by a three-year warranty, and is designed and built in the U.S. from domestic and imported parts.
<b>The Ultimate External SSD for Thunderbolt Macs</b>
With an OWC Mercury Helios PCIe Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis, iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro machines equipped with the Thunderbolt interface can use the high-performance Mercury Accelsior_E2 with Plug and Play ease.
With its simultaneous internal and external storage performance, the Mercury Accelsior_E2 offers the the best combination of speed, capacity, and connectivity available today.