OWC HELIOS1AE960 960GB Thunderbolt SSD with eSATA 6Gb/s Storage Expansion

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OWC Mercury Helios+E2

OWC SSD Speed + Thunderbolt and eSATA Expansion Ports
Helios+E2 is the ultimate all-in-one drive. Experience hyper-fast SSD speeds with Thunderbolt enabled Macs. Connect multiple Thunderbolt devices. And add up to 32TB of external storage with two high-speed eSATA expansion ports. Three performance options in one!

From portables to desktop to rackmounts, connect ANY eSATA external drive to Helios+E2

Tap into OWC SSD Power
Inside the Helios lives the pure power of an OWC Accelsior_E2 SSD. Its breathtaking speeds, large capacities, and rugged durability put it in a class of its own. Plus, two eSATA expansion ports let you add more storage as needed.

Go faster than any internal drive can take you with up to 639MB/s and 100,000 IOPS. Helios+E2 is the perfect performance upgrade to any Thunderbolt enabled Mac.

Boost Your Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, and Avid Pro Tools Workflow.
Stop waiting on I/O intensive apps to render, capture or process. With up to 100,000 IOPS, business critical production apps are given an instant boost in speed, giving you more time to explore, experiment, and finish your projects.

Start working faster with near instantaneous boots and app launches. And save your work faster than ever before.

Features:

Connect up to six Thunderbolt devices plus one display.
Cool: Ventilated cooling with a variable speed fan.
Mac Friendly: Accelsior_E2 is the only Mac bootable and Mac supported PCIe SSD available with eSATA ports.
Rugged: Go anywhere life takes you with the durable lightweight aluminum enclosure and OWC SSD durability.
Empowered:
Automatically powers on/off with the Thunderbolt connected computer.
Hot-pluggable... connect and disconnect while the unit is on.*
Bus-power one Thunderbolt device.**

Specifications:

Expansion slot: One PCIe 2.0 x8 (x4 mode)
PCIe cards supported
By removing the Accelsior_E2, Helios can also use a variety of single half-length (up to 6.5" long), single width, full-height PCIe cards such as:
Fibre Channel Cards
10Gb Ethernet Cards
USB 3.0 Cards
SAS Controllers Cards
RAID Controller Cards
Video Capture Cards
Digital Audio Cards
Solid State Drive Cards
eSATA Cards
Device Interface
PCIe (PCI Express)
Port Configuration
Thunderbolt - (2) 20 pin port
eSATA - (2) 6Gb/s (not hot-pluggable)*
*Requires 6Gb/s certified cables for connecting to eSATA drives - available separately.
Max Data Transfer Rate
Thunderbolt - 10Gbit/s (or 1250MB/sec)
eSATA - 6Gb/s (or 600MB/s)
Macintosh System Requirements
Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later. Including 'Lion' 10.7.x, and 'Mountain Lion' 10.8.x
Available Thunderbolt port.
External Case Dimensions
5.7 in (W) x 8.8 in (D) x 2.9 in (H)
114.78mm x 223.52mm x 73.66mm
Enclosure Weight (without card)
Approximately 2.4 pounds (1.08kg)