Promise Pegasus 12TB (6x2TB) R6 RAID System

Reviews for Promise Pegasus 12TB (6x2TB) R6 RAID System

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3.5 out of 5 stars

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Awesome product!!

    • Written by from Aspen

    I'm running a 2011 MBP with the Thunderbolt Pegasus R6 and it's showing a reliable 650MB read/write with a RAID5 configuration on 256MB files using Digaloyd's sequential test suite. I'm impressed. BTW, I'm running Hitachi's 3GB Ultrastar enterprise HD's in the R6 with no apparent hiccups.... that means 15TB useable RAID5 on the R6 with 3GB drives.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Stunning

    • Written by from Raleigh

    I've put it through the testing grounds and I could not be happier with my purchase.
    Initially, my Pegasus 12TB shipped with a bad drive in the 6th bay, but Promise support was able to replace it within just a few days of contacting them. However, during that time I was able to use the remaining 8TB (due to my Raid 5 configuration) with smooth operation. Thunderbolt meets and exceeds the hype surrounding it. I'm a professional editor with particular needs and the Pegasus meets all of them, cutting film has never been easier or more accessible on my own system. Gone are the days of pricey rentals of fiber connected rooms at post houses. This technology changes everything for everyone with digital media and storage needs.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Brilliant, works without a hitch

    • Written by from MONROE

    Absolutely superb storage solution. Mine is running on a 2011 iMac 27", it's exceptionally fast throughput, easy setup, diagnostic tools are robust and easy to use. I highly recommend a quick tour through the instructions before beginning a copy or removing a disk -- it requires roughly 8 hours for optimizing the pre-configured RAID 5 setup, and removing a disk will stop the process. I also recommend that if you order the R6 online, get the Thunderbolt cable from your local Apple retailer (the shipping for the cable takes longer than for the R6 itself, mine was shipped out of Hong Kong). Otherwise, standard shipping had it to me in a week and data copying from multiple sources is very quick, stable and easy. Well worth the investment!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Fast

    • Written by from Parker

    I have it set up with an iMac 27 3.4 SSD config with 16Gb. Reformatted the array to support RAID 10 for speed and redundancy. I figured 6Tb of storage were more than enough to satisfy my needs. I have huge library of photos (over 30,000 RAW), and I was annoyed my 2009 iMac 27 was not reacting kindly to the huge library in its internal 2Tb drive. iPhoto was slow and Aperture was near useless. With the new setup I have now, navigating through my photo library is a breeze and nearly instantaneous. Sure I dropped some coin, but nothing is as satisfying as nearly zero wait times for working with my photo libraries. The SSD drive is a great system drive too. The 2Tb drive in my iMac is quite useless. I think I will use it as a TM drive.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Almost didn't buy due to reviews

    • Written by from Aurora

    I read all the reviews and spent hours looking for alternatives due to comments on noise and drive failures.

    The drive is very quite. I read and was disturbed by people mentioning db levels (im in music) i almost did not buy this drive for the reviews... this drive is almost silent! and i am not happy off at people who rated this as noisy as it cost me hours of review time!

    This drive is almost silent and you will not care about it running in your place. Its also reliable if you follow the simple guide to let it set itself up!

    Get it you will be happy:)

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    crazy fast transfer rates

    • Written by from Lansing

    I've been working with this unit for 3 months, and I have nothing but positive things to say about the unit and the company. I'm a pro photographer and need reliable storage, and I've elected to use the R6 for all of my image databases. Transfer rates are very fast, and simply do not compare to other technologies (USB, FireWire, etc). Offloading images from camera goes so fast that I sometimes wonder if the images were actually transferred - the progress bar zips by! Bottom line, this unit has made a huge improvement in my work flow and should pay for itself within 12 months. Also, I called Promise about the best RAID configuration to use for my business and the tech was more than helpful and efficient. I will be purchasing another for backup.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    A total game changer with blazing fast data transfer rates

    • Written by from New Holland

    I am a pro photographer with incredible storage needs, and so far over the past four months, this has met all of those needs. I use the Pegasus R6 12TB as an onsite redundancy system with a 1.8 GHz MacBook Air i7, and this configuration has dramatically improved my workflow. I actually work off of the Pegasus more than I ever anticipated with Aperture libraries up to 2TB - no issues. Initial configuration took under eight hours. Set up with an industry standard of RAID 5, so if this enclosure goes down, I'm not sunk, as with other proprietary solutions. I plan on ordering a second Promise RAID next year, and will daisy chain the two via Thunderbolt. Quiet, blazing fast, reliable.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Quiet and Cool

    • Written by from Los Altos

    Takes a long time (many hours) for initialization but them there are lots of bits. It runs so cool and quiet that except for the blue lights, one would not know it is on. Speed difference between FW800 Promise SmartStor and Thunderbolt Promise Pegasus is stunning.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Reliable, fast, quiet. Zero issues.

    • Written by from Menlo Park

    Solid. Heavy video use (FCP 4:2:2 1080i 59.97, 1080p 24fps). Quiet, but you are going to want an enclosure of some sort in your edit bay, it's not loud, but rather it emits more of a case conducted hummm (fans?drives?). Elastic feet from audiophile store helped, but it's around 50Hz, just enough to be noticeable. Before using it we nuked a disk to test, rebuild was around 10hr, not bad at all. If I had a new one, I'd hot spare one drive, as it makes auto rebuilds happen, so pleasant to come in and simply toss the bad drive in the trash (we plasma cutter melt dead drives for privacy) and carry on. Next step is 2 of these in 5+0, then we are thinking of one in a Hardigg case as "carryable" storage, pulling takes off CF cards (FW reader) from NanoFlashes.
    Beautiful job Promise. Now if only you made a PCIe Thunderbolt card !

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Working Perfectly - My Data Finally Feels Safe

    • Written by from Toronto

    Speed is unbelievable as many other reviewers will attest to. It's far faster than the 2TB second drive in my 2011 iMac.

    But the best feature is the size and simplicity. I had it up and running in under 5 minutes, waited the 10 hours for the initialization, and it's worked perfectly ever since.

    The new iMac was the reason I bought the Pegasus - I suddenly had 2.25 GB of disk space to potentially backup, and wanted to be able to back that up with no concern. My existing backups wouldn't handle it, and reshuffling drives would take a day, lots of copying, and ongoing management efforts.

    It's not a bad idea to have 2x what you need for storage. Then you don't have to worry about running out space, and run into those awkward moments where your backups are offline for a month while you ponder your next step.

    I have 4TB used and 6TB free at the moment. I imagine I'll be at 6TB used and 4TB free by the end of the year. When I need more space in a few years, I'll buy a new NAS and relegate this one to secondary backup.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Amazing

    • Written by from Columbus

    Worked right out of the box. Simple to connect using thunderbolt cable and unbelievably fast. Very impressive. Typical speed using mid 2011 MBP is around 179 MB/sec although iv seen +375 MB/sec peak many times.

    Highly recommend

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    2 Thumbs up

    • Written by from novato

    Best drive bay I have ever had. I removed 3 of the stock drives and installed 3 240gb SSDs and and it works perfect. No problems, and the transfer rate on the 3 SSD (SATA-III) in RAID 0 in unreal. This is the first drive bay I have purchased that has actually did what it was expected to do, and done it well. (2 thumbs up)

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Simply Awesome!

    • Written by from Los Angeles

    I recently got this and tested it out and it is so awesome! The transfer rate is so fast and this helps me meet deadlines faster than ever expected!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best advice...

    • Written by from Clearwater

    We didn't use the default configuration. Instead, create your RAID using 5 drives and leave one as a hot spare.... assuming you are using a RAID to protect data not acquire speed.

    That being said, these things take a long time to setup, maybe 2 days. But after the wait, the device is a winner.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works without a charm

    • Written by from Spaarndam

    I've hooked this up to my 2009 Macbook Pro and my late 2012 Imac 27". Both performed without a hitch, in the iMac setup I have it hooked up in combination with two external thunderbolt displays and it is still very fast.

    The speed is very impressive and I am very pleased with it.

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