OWC 500GB SSD Drive Only for 2012-2013 Mac Book Pro with Retina
- Vendor: OWC
- Product Type: Storage
Designed for your Mac
Once again, OWC provides Mac users the only upgrade solution that delivers higher performance, functionality, and reliability! When first introduced, the MacBook Pro with Retina display base model offered a 256GB SSD configuration with no upgrade option. And current base models start from 128GB to 256GB. Now, instead of being "factory locked", the OWC Aura Pro 6G gives you the freedom to upgrade your capacity to meet your storage needs. Just like other OWC upgrades, we include a free 'how-to' video to make this an easy and money-saving DIY upgrade.
Synchronous Interface NAND
To achieve the higher bandwidth potential of the SATA 6Gb/s bus standard, the OWC Aura Pro 6G SSDs utilize Tier-1 Synchronous NAND instead of commonly utilized Asynchronous NAND. Synchronous NAND enables reads and writes to be "synced" with the SSD processor's clock signal for maximum data throughput.
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. This adds up to a MTTF that is higher than most SSDs and enterprise class hard drives on the market today.
The Aura Pro 6G SSD features a suite of industry leading controller technologies for performance and reliability.
- DuraWrite™ extends the endurance of your solid-state drive (SSD).
- RAISE™ (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data on your drive similar to having a RAID setup.
- 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.
- Best-in-Class ECC Protection for longest data retention and drive life.
| Form Factor | Custom Blade |
|---|---|
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
| Capacity | 500GB useable capacity |
| Formatted Capacity | 465GiB |
| NAND | Silicon Motion SM2258 with 7% Over Provisioning |
| SMART Attributes | Standard |
| Native Command Queuing | up to 32 commands |
| Manufacturer Model Number | OWCS3DAP12R500 |
| RAID Support | No |
| RoHS Compliant | Yes |
| Format | Unformatted |
| Compatibility |
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| Physical | |
| Height | 3.00mm (0.118″) |
| Width | 32.00mm (1.260″) |
| Length | 88.00mm (3.465″) |
| Weight | 10g (0.35 oz.) |
| Reliability | |
| MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) | 1,500,000 hours |
| Endurance | 300TB total bytes written (TBW) |
| Data Reliability | ECC Recovery |
| TRIM Support | OS Dependent |
| Nonrecoverable Read Errors | Less than 1 sector per 1015 bits read |
| Performance | |
| Sequential Reads (up to) | 530MB/s |
| Sequential Writes (up to) | 494MB/s |
| Random 4K Read | Up to 80,000 IOPS |
| Random 4K Write | Up to 72,000 IOPS |
| Power | |
| Write Power | 2.1 Watts |
| Read Power | 2.1 Watts |
| Idle Power | 0.1 Watts |
| Environmental (Operating) | |
| Shock: | 1500G / 0.5ms |
| Temperature (°F) | 32°F to 158°F |
| Temperature (°C) | 0°C to 70°C |
| Relative Humidity (non-condensing) | 5% to 95% |
| Environmental (Non-Operating) | |
| Shock | 1500G / 0.5ms |
| Temperature (°F) | -40°F to 185°F |
| Temperature (°C) | 0°C to 70°C |
| Relative Humidity (non-condensing) | -40°C to 85°C |
| Acoustics | |
| Idle (Typical) | 0.0 bels |
| Seek (Typical) | 0.0 bels |
The best warranty is one you never have to use - but should the need occur - we're proud to provide a superior level of support and service coverage to our customers.
OWC is proud to provide a superior level of support and warranty coverage to our customers. Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. OWC's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. OWC solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.
