OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual External Drive
Most PC and Mac owners are generally aware of M.2 NVMe SSD technology and appreciate the performance boost that it can deliver. However, one issue with M.2 drives is the physical scale of the M.2 2280 form factor. This surface area limits the number of NAND modules that can be easily mounted on it, currently topping out at 8TB. Most NVMe makers don’t offer drives bigger than 4TB, and some stop at 2TB. Realising that larger drives might sell more Flash modules, makers have produced a new specification called U.2 that provides more space for modules and, therefore, much greater capacities. Always are the pointy end of storage developments, OWC has sent up over a product designed to exploit U.2 technology for rapid external storage. The Mercury Pro U.2 is a Thunderbolt connected external drive enclosure with the ability to accept two U.2 drives and use them in a RAID configuration. Is this the ultimate in external storage, a massive hole in your bank account, or a bit of both? Pri...