Back up your company's most essential data with the OWC Mercury Pro LTO-7 Tape Storage Drive with 4TB Onboard SSD. Designed to fit conveniently in your workstation setup, this tape drive makes long-term storage quick and easy, ideal for businesses of all sizes.

Equipped with a single LTO-7 drive bay, you can archive information onto a single LTO-7 or 6 tape, ensuring your data remains in one piece for on- and off-site preservation. You get data transfer speeds up to 300 and 750 MB/s with native and compressed files, respectively. An internal 4TB SSD enables you to save data directly to this unit, giving you additional storage for your projects. Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports allow you to connect multiple devices to the Mercury Pro, allowing you to move data quickly, connect a compatible display, or daisy-chain multiple Mercury Pro units together for a truly massive storage solution. The Mercury Pro is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.

1 x 4TB SSD    1 x LTO-7 Tape Drive    Thunderbolt 3 Interface    Supports LTO-7, 6, & 5 Tapes    Up to 300 MB/s Native LTO Speeds    Up to 750 MB/s Compressed LTO Speeds    DisplayPort 1.4 Port    LTO-7 6TB Cartridge Included    1 x Cooling Fan    Compatible with Windows, Mac & Linux

Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports enable you to quickly transfer data, charge your notebooks, and use daisy-chaining to link multiple compatible devices together, saving you space and setup time. One of the Thunderbolt 3 ports provides you with 85W Power Delivery, charging your notebook while you are managing your data. You can also connect compatible displays, achieving native 5K resolution at 60 Hz refresh rate.

A single DisplayPort 1.4 video output enables you to connect a display to the Mercury Pro, turning it into an essential part of your desktop setup. This port supports resolutions up 8K at 60 Hz refresh rate or 4K resolution at 120 Hz for a clean and smooth picture.

Store your information right out of the box with the included LTO-7 6TB cartridge. You can store up to 6TB of information in native format or up to 15TB when compressed, allowing you to properly archive a large volume of information easily.

The Mercury Pro supports LTO-7 and 6 tapes with read and write capabilities. LTO-5 tapes are also supported in a read-only format, giving you the capability to still access data so you can convert it to a newer format when needed.

The aluminum housing includes a single fan designed to reduce thermal build-up, keeping your internal components cool which is essential when migrating large files.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. I can’t seem to find a FireWire host connection. .??

A: The OWC 16TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive has 2 Firewire ports on the back of the drive.

Q: 2. I have several FireWire drives. I want to mount one at a time to this drive to transfer content. I would need to use the USB port to connect to my Mac Mini to make this transfer with Carbon Copy Cloner

A: It is not possible to mount a FireWire drive connected to the OWC 16TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive to a Mac over a USB host connection. In order to daisy chain a Firewire drive, you will need to connect the OWC Mercury Elite Pro to your Mac over Firewire.

Q: 3. Is this backward compatible to thunderbolt 2?

A: The OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual requires Thunderbolt 3 as a host connection for proper operation.

Q: 4. What are the minimum system requirements?

A: the OWC 16TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive BH #OWCME3QH7T16 only requires that a host machine have a USB3, eSATA or Firewire 800 port to work.

Q: 5. If you use SPAN (not RAID 0/1) with 2x1TB SSD, what transfer speeds can you expect to get?

A: Lower than RAID 0, but not substantially so.

Q: 6. How do these drives compare to a similar model g-technology drive? I like that these drives have different connection types other than just Thunderbolt & USB-C

A: Thats what I bought these drive. Firewire etc. Hard to find these days

Q: 7. can i use this with a U.2 shuttle (4 x nvme drives in Raid 0) on just ONE side, with the second side empty? Do both sides need to be in use / populated for the device to work?

A: Yes, you would need both sides populated on the OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual with SoftRAID. In order for this to work properly.

Q: 8. Does anyone know if these are fast enough for editing 2K footage off of?

A: The OWC Mercury Elite Pro USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive has a maximum transfer speed of 252 MB/s, which would not be recommended for high-resolution video editing.

Q: 9. Can these be stacked, or is heat an issue?

A: The vents on the OWC 8TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive are located on the sides, and not the top of the drive, so you could potentially stack them, but dues to the shape of the drive and the nature of rotating HDDs, I would not advise it.

Q: 10. Would it work in RAID 1 with 2x Samsung 4TB 870 EVO SATA III (MZ-77E4T0B/AM) ?

A: Yes, the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini USB 3.1 Gen-2 Storage Enclosure can be paired with two Samsung 4TB 870 EVO SATA III 2.5" Internal SSDs to provided RAID 1 storage.