OWC Mercury Electra 6G 500GB 2.5″ SSD for Mac...

The OWC Mercury Electra 500BG 6G SATA SSD delivers the latest flash NAND and controller technology, utilizing 3D NAND + SLC caching for long-lasting, power-efficient performance. They offer a powerful combination of performance and reliability for demanding everyday computer users. This SSD delivers fast, reliable performance thanks to its 6G SATA connection. It works as a hard drive upgrade internally and in bus-powered or self-powered external enclosures (any Mac, PC, or enclosure that supports 2.5″ SATA drives, must support 7mm drive height). OWC SSDs have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers near-instantaneous system response. With real-world speeds over 500MB/s, the OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD line delivers unbeatable performance.

FEATURES:

• The perfect solution for everyday computing
• Latest flash NAND and controller technology
• Global wear leveling data distribution
• Static data refresh technology for free space management
• Hardware ECC (error correction)
• S.M.A.R.T and TRIM command support
• Standby power benefits to extend battery life for laptop road warriors

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Capacity:
• 500GB Useable Capacity
• Total Flash Memory Components: 512GB
• 12GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
• Formatted Capacity: 466GiB
• S.M.A.R.T. Attributes: Standard attributes supported
• Native Command Queuing (NCQ): Up to 32 simultaneous commands
• RAID Support: Yes
• Form Factor: 2.5-inch 7mm
• Storage Interface: SATA 6.0 Gb/s
• Random 4K Read: Up to 100,000 IOPS
• Random 4K Write: Up to 90,000 IOPS
• Sequential Read (Max): Up to 540 MB/s
• Sequential Write (Max): Up to 500 MB/s
• Nonrecoverable Read Errors: 1 per 1015 bits read
• MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures): 1,500,000 hours
• Wear Leveling: Supported
• TRIM Support: OS Dependent
• Security:
  • TCG Opal
  • Secure Erase (SE): Chip Based Data Encryption: 256-bit AES-compliant
• Endurance: 340TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 187 GB per day for 5 years
• Mac OS Compatibility: Yes
• PC OS Compatibility: Yes
• Other Requirements: Host or device with a built-in SATA connection.
• Write Mode (Max): Up to 2.055 Watts
• Seek Mode (Max): Up to 1.48 Watts
• Idle Mode (Max): Up to 0.07 Watts
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.7 cm
• Product Weight: 55g

WHAT’S IN THE BOX:

• OWC Mercury Electra 500BG 6G SATA SSD – Black x1