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G-SPEED eS - High-Speed RAID for Video Editing Applications
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Quick Facts
- Storage capacities up to 12TB
- High-speed, low-cost RAID designed specifically for professional content creation applications
- Quad interface – eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 (via supplied cable) and USB 2.0
- Internal RAID controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 5
- Supports multi-stream SD and compressed HD workflows
- All-aluminium enclosure with whisper quiet ‘smart’ cooling fan
- Four hot-swappable enterprise-class Hitachi Ultrastar™ 7200 RPM, 3.5" 3Gbit SATA drives each with up to 32MB cache
- Auto-rebuild in RAID 5 mode
- Single-unit RAID span only
- Integrated power supply
- Mac® OS X and Windows® compatible
- Standard 3-year factory warranty
High-speed RAID with quad interface
With all the power of G-SPEED and an internal RAID controller that sports a quad interface, G-Tech’s new four-bay G-SPEED Q delivers solid, affordable RAID storage of up to 12TB. This all-aluminium system can process at speed of up to 200MB/s, taking the most demanding, memory-hungry applications in its stride.
With its built-in RAID controller, the G-SPEED Q is not tied to a single workstation and can be easily transported and used on a laptop or desktop in the edit bay or on the road. Supporting Mac/PC software lets you easily set your preference to either RAID 0 or RAID 5 data protection.
Pre-formatted for Macs, the compact and whisper quiet G-SPEED Q features four hot-swappable Hitachi Ultrastar™ enterprise-class 7200 RPM 3Gbit SATA hard drives, each boasts a 10 times error rate improvement over standard drives.
The Best Warranty & Support
G-Speed Q is backed by a
standard 3-year factory warranty.
Guaranteed Performance
With capacities up to 8TB and speeds reaching in excess of 200MB/sec using eSATA, the G-SPEED Q easily supports SD and HD Final Cut Pro® and Adobe Premiere® compressed workflows.
Hitachi Ultrastar™ enterprise-class drives are designed and tested for the most demanding 24x7 ‘always on’ environments such as data centres. Each boasts a 10 times error rate improvement over standard drives.
- Interface
- eSATA, FireWire 800, USB 2.0 and FireWire 400
(via included FireWire 800 to FireWire 400 cable) - Disk Drives
- (4) Hot-swappable Hitachi Ultrastar™ 7200 RPM 3Gbit SATA drives
each with up to 32MB cache - Cooling System
- Removable 'smart' cooling fan
- Optional RAID Controller
- N/A
- Size (L x W x H)
- 210 x 124 x 166 mm
- Weight
- 5.7 kg
- System Requirements
- Mac® OS X 10.3 + and Windows® 7/Vista/XP/2000 compatible
Specifications
Review: G-Technology G Speed Q
Dec 2010
"G-Technology has really delivered with this unit. The G Speed Q delivers a great combination of long-lasting drives and good performance. If you live or die on an external RAID for tools like Adobe Premiere or Apple Logic, this can easily be a go-to choice."
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