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Store and take your important data with you while on the go using the 4TB Mercury Elite Pro Mini 5400 External SSD from OWC . With a capacity of 4TB this drive can be used for additional storage or for backing up your videos, photos, music, documents, and other files. The Mercury Elite Pro Mini connects to your device via the included USB-C cable that provides up to 542 MB/s data transfer speed. There is no need to worry about packing any additional power adapters while on the go thanks to this drive being bus powered. This drive is plug-and-play and does not require any driver installation.
Form factor and generation interface dictate compatibility and speed. Prioritize drives with DRAM caches for OS boot drives, as DRAM-less drives can slow down significantly during heavy multitasking. Available from $579.99.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) have no ongoing costs and consume minimal power. Their cost of ownership is entirely the upfront price per gigabyte.
Common Failure Modes
SSDs have no moving parts, making them immune to physical shock. Failures occur through flash memory wear-out from writing massive amounts of data or sudden controller death.
Form factor and generation interface dictate compatibility and speed. Prioritize drives with DRAM caches for OS boot drives, as DRAM-less drives can slow down significantly during heavy multitasking.
SSDs have a finite number of write cycles, usually measured in Terabytes Written (TBW). For average consumers, this limit takes many years to reach.
The OWC 4TB Mercury Elite Pro Mini External SSD is available at bhphoto, starting at $579.99.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) have no ongoing costs and consume minimal power. Their cost of ownership is entirely the upfront price per gigabyte.
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