Owc Launches The Mercury Accelsior Pci Express Ssd For Mac
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By utilizing the fastest data interface available in a Mac Pro or PC-the PCIe slot-the Mercury Accelsior offers nearly 3x the performance vs. an SSD in a SATA 2.0 3 Gb/s drive bay with well beyond even 6 Gb/s speeds of up to 780 MB/s. Now owners of PCs and Apple Mac Pros can stop waiting for I/O-intensive apps like Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, or Avid Pro Tools to render, capture or process; and can experience near instantaneous booting and application launches. The Mercury Accelsior will be highlighted along with other OWC storage solutions in booth #SL14110 during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show being held this week in Las Vegas.
Fully Bootable, No Drivers Needed
The OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD card is AHCI compliant, so no drivers are required for a truly Plug and Play solution. Besides turning a computer into a speed demon, this high-performance SSD is bootable on PCs and is the only Mac-bootable, Mac supported PCIe SSD available.
A More Efficient and Reliable Computing Experience
Massively boosting data transfer rates is only one of the benefits to the Mercury Accelsior. With its custom SandForce Driven Accelsior SSD blades, the Mercury Accelsior card enables Mac and PC users to enjoy a more responsive and productive computing experience along with cooler, quieter, and more energy efficient operation compared to standard hard drives. Those benefits don't come at the expense of reliability, however, as SandForce RAISE technology provides RAID-like data redundancy protection and reliability.
Boosts Entry Level Server Applications and Gaming Too
In addition to video-editing and multimedia creation / management deployment, the Mercury Accelsior takes entry level servers and even gaming to entirely new levels of performance. With up to 100,000 IOPS, business-critical applications like online transaction processing databases are given an instant boost. For gamers, the Mercury Accelsior's extreme performance speed dramatically reduces game level-loading, object streaming, and save times for more play time and less waiting.
User-Friendly, Professionally Robust
As easy to install as a memory module, yet robust enough to handle the rigors of professional multimedia production environments, the half-height Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD card is the clear choice for pro audio and video studios producing HD-quality work. This game-changing, high-performance upgrade is designed and built in the U.S. from domestic and imported parts and backed by a three-year warranty.
Upgrade as Your Capacity Needs Grow
With OWC factory configurations from 120 GB (2 x 60 GB) up to 960 GB (2 x 480 GB) and the ability to upgrade to larger Mercury Accelsior SSD blades in the future, the Mercury Accelsior is future-ready for growing capacity needs.
Pricing, Availability
The Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD card is available for immediate ordering in the following dual Mercury Accelsior blade SSD capacity configurations:
- 120 GB (2 x 64 GB for 128 GB total flash) $399.99
- 480 GB (2 x 256 GB for 512 GB total flash) $979.99
- 960 GB (2 x 500 GB for 1.0 TB total flash) $2,179.99
- A 240 GB model (2 x 128 GB for 256 GB total flash) priced at $549.99 will be available in early May.
Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD Features
- The only Mac-bootable, Mac-supported PCIe SSD available
- Easy, no drivers required installation
- Dual LSI SandForce SF-2281/82 processors
- Data transfer rates of 780 MB/s read and 648 MB/s write
- Features 24 nm Toggle-Synchronous high-performance NAND
- Performance Hardware RAID up to 960 GB (1 TB total flash)
- 3-year warranty
- SandForce DuraClass technologies:
● DuraWrite for extended SSD endurance
● Intelligent Block Management & Wear Leveling automatically distributes data evenly
● Intelligent Read Disturb Management spreads reads/writes across flash components to eliminate data corruption caused by constant use
● Intelligent 'Recycling' for advanced free space management gradually re-writes data across the SSD over time to ensure data never gets corrupted
● RAISE (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data similar to a RAID setup
● Best-in-Class ECC Protection for longest data retention and drive life
'The performance boost Mercury Accelsior offers is just staggering,' said Larry O'Connor, Founder and CEO, Other World Computing. 'Adding well beyond 6 Gb/s speeds to a Mac Pro or PC with proven OWC SSD technology completely transforms the machine's capabilities. Then, when you consider its Plug and Play, yet future-ready design to enable adoption of emerging SSD technology developments, it simply is a 'must-have' for any PCIe-equipped computer user.'
Most Comprehensive SSD Line For Macs And PCs OWC's Mercury line of performance leading, world speed record-breaking SSDs offers a model for nearly every Mac and PC produced over the past decade in capacities from 30 GB to 960 GB starting from $59.99. For more information, visit: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/
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Apple has just announced the availability of the 8TB SSD upgrade option for its new high specification Mac Pro and OWC has announced the launch of its Accelsior PCIe SSD for Mac Pro offering up to 8TB with transfer speeds up to 6,000MB/s. The Accelsior 4M2 SSD is now available to pre-order in capacities from 0GB (add your own drives) starting at $249.99, or from 1TB to 8TB with pricing starting at $519.99, and will begin shipping the week of December 30th.
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“Whether you have the Mac Pro 2019, a Mac Pro 2012 or 2010, or PC tower, the Accelsior 4M2 delivers the blazing performance, unstoppable reliability and stunning versatility that are the hallmarks of OWC’s brand reputation. As a half-length x8/x16 compatible card, this game-changer offers true versatility, so users can install it in full-length PCIe 3.0 or 2.0 slots as well. Even Thunderbolt 3-equipped laptops can experience the performance boosting benefits of Accelsior 4M2 with Plug-and-Play ease using the OWC Mercury Helios 3S PCIe expansion chassis (sold separately). In other words, it’s incredibly versatile.
Accelsior 4M2 was designed to address each of its four NVMe blade style drives at full x4 PCIe speeds, so whether users are running a single drive on the Accelsior 4M2 or running four in JBOD, each drive has the capability to run at full speed. Oh, and if over 6,000MB/s of real-world speed and 8TB of capacity isn’t enough to meet the task, users can RAID two Accelsior 4M2 cards together to experience out of this world exponential performance. With NVMe SSDs powering its heartbeat, Accelsior 4M2 offers the fastest data rates ever delivered by an OWC SSD. In other words, it’s insanely fast.”
Features of the OWC Accelsior PCIe SSD for Mac Pro include :
– Supercharges Macs and PCs – ideal for Mac Pro 2019, Mac Pro 2012 or 2010, and PC towers
– Work faster – over 6,000MB/s real-world speed in RAID 0
– OWC Aura P12 powered solutions – advanced PCIe 3.0 M.2 NVMe Technology
– Store more – store up to 8TB of critical footage, images, files and games
– Bootable – start working in seconds
– Slot-powered – no extra power cables needed
– Includes SoftRAID: robust software for TRIM, healthy monitoring and custom creation and management of advanced RAID sets
– Deployment ready – pre-configured solutions undergo performance verification
– Silent cooling – finned heat sink cover for fan-less operation
– Highly versatile – installs into a full-height, half-length x8 or x16 PCIe 3.0 or 2.0
– Plug and Play – no drivers needed
– Worry-free – up to 5-year OWC Limited Warranty
Source: OWC
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