NewerTech’s Guardian MAXimus® is the Plug & Play solution that keeps your data safe with real-time data redundancy via hardware RAID-1 Mirroring. Connect to any Mac or (or PC) with FireWire 800, FireWire 400, eSATA, or USB 2.0 and it does the rest. Perfect for the ultimate Time Machine backup too!

Fast, Easy to Use, Priced Right too!

The NewerTech Guardian MAXimus RAID-1 FW800/400+eSATA+USB2 ‘Quad Interface’ solution provides high performance, exceptional data protection/reliability, and plug and play simplicity with its Oxford936 based bridge interface. This solution is a hardware RAID 1 ‘Redundant Mirror’ which automatically and real-time keeps your data backed up to protect against a hard disk failure. LED indicators on the front of the solution indicate the status of the two drives. Should a drive ever experience a malfunction, normal data operation continues seamlessly. If the malfunction if a recoverable ‘soft’ type, the Guardian MAXimus will rebuild the mirror (also without data interruption) automatically. If the disk failure requires a drive to be replaced, once the new drive is installed – again, the Guardian MAXimus will automatically rebuild the Mirror without loss of data to time.

Available in capacities of up to 2.0TB + 2.0TB Mirrored, the Guardian MAXimus is a sleek, compact Aluminum design of only 9.0″ Long x 2.8″ Wide x 5.8″ High. In addition to the benefits of Hardware RAID 1 Mirroring, these solutions are full certified for Audio/Video, Backup, Graphics, Music, General Data needs and more! With 2 x FW800, 1 x FW400, 1 x USB 2.0/1.1, & 1 x eSATA Ports – units are fully Bootable and provide excellent access flexibility to stored data based via whatever interface choice(s) are available on systems solution may be connected to.

NewerTech Guardian MAXimus FW800/400+USB2+eSATA RAID 1 prices:

• 320GB + 320GB Mirror 7200RPM w/32MB total Data Buffer –  now $219.99 (a $10 Price Drop)
• 500GB + 500GB Mirror 7200RPM w/32MB total Data Buffer –  now $229.99 (a $10 Price Drop)
• 750GB + 750GB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – remains at $299.99
• 1.0TB + 1.0TB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – remains at $319.99
• 1.5TB + 1.5TB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – remains at $399.99
• 2.0TB + 2.0TB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – now $519.99 (a $30 Price Drop)

Solutions all include connecting cables for FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB, and eSATA + Intech HD Speedtools Utility Suite for Apple OS X, Prosoft DataBackup III – Full retail application for Apple OS X ($59 retail value), NovaStor NovaBackup – Full Retail Application for Windows ($49 retail value), everything you need to plug and play and go. Solutions are further backed by a full THREE YEAR NewerTech Solution Warranty.

Also Available – do it yourself GMAX RAID-1:
0GB Kit – build your own Guardian Mirror available now $139.99 (an $8 price drop) – software bundle & cables included.

Special Offer: NewerTech Guardian solutions qualify for Prosoft Drive Genius OWC Exclusive Special Offer!

Buy Drive Genius now for as low as $25 with purchase of a qualifying storage product – That’s up to 74% off retail price, up to 37% off OWC’s lowest normal selling price! Details online here: http://eshop.macsales.com/special_offer/prosoft_Drive_Genius

Breaking it down to its simplest forms, there are two main reasons to add a RAID setup to your computer system. Performance and Redundancy.

Let’s break these down individually:

Little Johnny was acting up in class and his teacher made him sit in the hallway while all the other kids went to recess. If he could finish writing “I will not put frogs in the teacher’s desk ever again” 100 times on paper before the rest of his classmates came back to class, little Johnny would be able to join them in the playground. more…

We just received stock of Hitachi’s new 2.0TB 7200RPM DeskStar 7K2000 Serial ATA Hard Drive. We always test and qualify new products of this nature before releasing them for sale and man, these drives are fast! Rock Solid, High Performance, Quiet too. The only 7200RPM 2.0TB single drive model currently available and by far, the fastest 2.0TB Serial ATA (SATA) drive available today.

But don’t just take our word on it, see for yourself:

We benchmark all of our hard drive solutions using the QuickBench TM 4.0 Extended Test.  This test measures the drive’s ability to sustain large amounts of data (measuring between 20MB and 100MB) transferred to and from your computer.  For the purposes of this run, we used our OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Quad Interface Storage Kit and compared three of the 2.0TB hard drive mechanisms currently in our lineup: more…

This is one I’m sure you’ve been waiting for. Following the price drops on the NewerTech miniStack, the Triple-Interface Mercury Elite-AL Pro Performance 7200RPM RAID and the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro RAID “Quad”, we’ve got some reductions for the popular Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface” external Storage Solution.

Like all of our Storage Solutions, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface” offers incredible value along with great versatility.

• “Quad”-Interface - Whatever connection you have open, be it eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, or USB 2.0, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface” has you covered.
• Oxford 924 performance bridge - Our high-quality bridge boards ensure that no matter how you have it hooked up, you’ll get the best performance you can.
• Fully Bootable - The Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface” is fully bootable on your Mac, making it a great choice for a bootable clone.
• Large Data Buffer - Data buffers up to 32MB make high data transfer tasks, such as video capture, more relaiable and less susceptible to interruption.
• All cables are included - Nobody likes having to search for the appropriate cable to hook up their drives. You don’t have to worry about that with OWC Storage Solutions; we include one for each interface.
• Backup software included - Backing up with the Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface” is even easier, with the included software bundle. We include the full retail version of Prosoft DataBackup III ($59 retail value) for OS X and NovaStor NovaBackup ($49 retail value) for Windows. Also included is the Intech HD Speedtools performance suite and Carbon Copy Cloner. None of these applications are required to use the Elite, but they are excellent applications to have in your utilities library.
• 3-Year Warranty - OWC stands behind its products. The Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface” with an industry leading 3-Year Full Solution Warranty.
• The Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface”  also qualifies for our exclusive Prosoft Drive Genius offer! Buy Drive Genius now for as low as $25 with purchase of a qualifying storage product – That’s up to 74% off retail price, up to 37% off OWC’s lowest normal selling price! This isn’t a “limited/non-support” version, either – it’s the full retail version! It’s a great deal on a great product.

Those are just some of the reasons the Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface” is such a popular Storage Solution. Now, it’s going to be even more popular with these new prices!

• 250GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer – NOW $119.99
• 320GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer – NOW $124.99
• 500GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer – NOW $134.99
• 750GB 7200RPM with 32MB Data Buffer – NOW $159.99
• 1.0TB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer – NOW $165.99
• 1.0TB 7200RPM with 32MB Data Buffer – NOW 184.99
• 1.0TB “Enterprise Class” 7200RPM with 32MB Buffer – $229.99
• 1.5TB 7200RPM with 32MB Data Buffer – NOW $229.99
• 2.0TB GreenPower w/32MB Data Buffer – NOW  $359.99 (a $60 price drop)
• OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 0GB Enclosure Kits are also available starting from $49.99. These kits allow you to install your own 3.5” SATA drive in a versatile, high-quality enclosure.

For fast storage that’s easy to use, you can’t go wrong with the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Performance 7200RPM RAID. For best value, you can’t go wrong with OWC.

No matter how you look at it, the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro ‘Quad-Interface’ is the choice for High-Performance, Reliability, and Flexibility.