DuraWrite!" extends the endurance of your Solid State Drive (SSD).
Intelligent Block Management & Wear Leveling automatically distributes data evenly across the entire SSD.
Intelligent Read Disturb Management spreads the active read/write across the flash components eliminating data corruption caused by constant use.
Intelligent "Recycling" for advanced free space management gradually re-writes data across the SSD over time to ensure data never gets corrupted.
RAISE!" (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data on your drive similar to having a RAID setup.
Best-in-Class ECC Protection for longest data retention and drive life.
Owners of 2008-2009 MacBook Air Late 2008 to Sept 2010 models can now make their machines faster than the newest models by installing an OWC Mercury Aura Pro MBA SSD.
Besides adding a 20% speed boost in boot, app load, and overall system responsiveness, the OWC Mercury Aura Pro MBA SSD provides the flexibility for up to 4X more capacity than originally offered by the factory. All of which come with award-winning ultra-efficient Block Management & Wear Leveling technologies to virtually eliminate any speed reduction over long term use of the drive. And for hard drive equipped 2008-2009 MacBook Air owners, there's the added benefit of having the rugged dependability of a SSD that offers up to 100X greater reliability than traditional hard drives. Go faster, go bigger, go rougher....with the OWC Mercury Aura Pro 1.8" SSD.
Mercury Aura Pro MBA
Highlights
* One of the fastest Internal SATA 1.8 3
SSD available...and Built in the USA!
* Ultra-efficient Block Management
& Wear Leveling
* EXTREME Power Efficiency
* OWC Free Install Videos make
it easy to upgrade!
* 3 year OWC warranty
MacBook Air 2009 Shootout
Stock HD vs. OWC Aura Pro MBA SDD
See the massive increase in performance you'll get when you install an OWC Aura Pro MBA SDD in your 2008/2009 MacBook Air!
OWC's A Closer Look
Take a closer look at
OWC's SSD Family.
Better by Design
"Mean Time To Failure" - We all know that nothing lasts forever. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't get the most out of your investment. OWC SSD with Durawrite!" Technology, optimizes writes to the flash memory over conventional controllers increasing the overall endurance and reliability of the complete SSD. Highly intelligent block management and wear leveling also extends the overall endurance. With this technology, even MLC-based SSDs can operate for years in demanding use applications without daily write restrictions. This adds up to a MTTF that is higher than most enterprise class hard drives and SSDs on the market today.
Additionally, as there are no volatile memory elements in this storage device, the need for cache is completely negated. The drive is just that fast from the get-go!
High Performance Internal Storage
Replace your conventional hard drive with a reliable solid state drive. Unlike traditional hard disk drives, OWC solid-state drives have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers faster system responsiveness.
Compatibility:
*OWC Mercury Aura Pro MBA is compatible with all MacBook Air models with Apple Model Identifier "MacBookAir2,1" Models with this identifier were produced from late 2008 and until October of 2010.
MacBook Air (Late 2008)
(October, 2008)
Model ID: MacBookAir2,1
1.6GHz, 1.86GHz
MacBook Air (Mid 2009)
(June, 2009)
Model ID: MacBookAir2,1
1.86GHz, 2.13GHz
Includes
* OWC Mercury Aura Pro MBA SSD
* Proprietary MBA Cable
* Foam Adhesive Strips
* 5 Piece Toolkit
Specifications:
Form Factor 1.8 3 SSD
Interface Micro SATA 3Gb/s
Capacity 120GB useable capacity
Total Flash Memory Components - 128GB
8GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction
Formatted Capacity 111GiB
NAND Tier 1/Grade A 3X-nm Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND Flash Memory
Controller SandForce Processor with full SF1200 Series 7% Over Provisioning firmware set.
SMART Attributes Standard
RAID Support Yes
RoHS Compliant Yes
Format Unformatted (Use OSX disk utility to format)
Reliability
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) 2,000,000
Data Reliability
ECC Recovery: Up to 24 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector
Security Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant
TRIM Support Yes
Nonrecoverable Read Errors Less than 1 sector per 1016 bits read
Warranty
2 Year OWC Warranty
(Standard return policy applies.)
Performance
Sequential Read (up to) 285MB/s
Sequential Write (up to) 275MB/s
Random 4K Read5 Up to 50,000 IOPS
Random 4K Write5 Up to 50,000 IOPS
Read Latency less than 0.1ms
Write Latency less than 0.1ms
Power
Read Power 2.2 Watts
Write Power 2.5 Watts
Idle Power 0.09 Watts
Environmental (Operating)
Temperature (F) 32F to 158F
Temperature (C) 0C to 70C
Environmental (Non-Operating)
Temperature (F) -67F to 302F
Temperature (C) -55C to 150C
Acoustics
Idle (Typical) 0.0 bels
Seek (Typical) 0.0 bels
Dimensions 2.16" W x 3.11" L x 0.19" H (55mm x 79mm x 5mm)
(not including ribbon cable)
