G-Tech 8TB G-RAID Thunderbolt Hard Drive

Ultra-fast with superior performance.

G-Technology's G-RAID Thunderbolt Hard Drive is designed for the most demanding applications on your Mac and features powerful and flexible Thunderbolt technology.
  • Ultra-fast, high-performance Thunderbolt interface
  • Twelve times faster than FireWire 800
  • RAID 0 for maximum performance
  • Supports multi-stream HDV workflows
  • Dual Thunderbolt ports for easy access
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3.0 out of 5 stars

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NZ$ 1,199.00

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Features

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Managing multi-stream HDV, uncompressed SD and other high-capacity workflows on your Mac with ease.

The G-Technology G-RAID Thunderbolt Hard Drive helps you get the most out of your professional content-creation applications. It's 12 times faster than FireWire 800, providing the raw speed that you need for media driven workflows and editing.

Highlights

  • Ultra-fast, high-performance Thunderbolt interface technology
  • Double the data transfer rates of USB 3.0 and more than 12 times faster than FireWire 800
  • RAID 0 for maximum performance
  • Supports multi-stream HDV, DVCPro HD, XDCAM HD, ProRes 422 and uncompressed SD workflows
  • Dual Thunderbolt ports for easy access and daisy-chaining up to six Thunderbolt compatible peripherals
  • Time Machine-ready, plug-and-play setup on Mac OS X
  • 7200 RPM drive technology
  • Solid all-aluminium case for excellent durability
  • Thunderbolt cable sold separately

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To use this Thunderbolt drive with your Mac, you'll need a Thunderbolt cable, sold separately.

Technical Specs

General

  • Other Features: Kensington Port,RAID Support,Time Machine Compatible,Upgradeable / Expandable
  • Hard Drive Type: External

Perfomance

  • Hard Drive Spindle Speed: 7200 RPM

Power

  • Power Source: External power supply

Dimension

  • Height: 85.7 mm/3.37 in.
  • Width: 130 mm/5.12 in.
  • Length: 235 mm/9.25 in.

Compatibility

Mac

  • OS X 10.6 or later

What's in the Box?

  • G-Technology G-RAID Thunderbolt Hard Drive
  • Power cable
  • Mains adapter
  • Quick start guide

Non-Apple Branded products / Third Party Products

  • Note: Apple's One Year Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Non-Apple branded products may have the benefit of a manufacturer's warranty provided by the product manufacturer - Please see your product box and literature for details. Rights under the product manufacturer's warranty are in addition, and not instead of, any rights that you have under consumer protection laws.

Part Number

  • UPC or EAN No.: 705487189803
  • Mfr. Part Number: 0G02272
 

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3.0

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Gets extremely hot, and then slow, and finally stuck

    • Written by from 新座市

    This one goes back to the apple store next week. The first thing I wanted to do was to copy my iTunes library to it. After 100 GB it was extremely hot and finally it was stuck doing nothing nothing. It is a good price per TB but considering the performance, this is not recommendable. …More

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Drives not hot-swappable. What's the point?

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    If I want the decent performances using RAID 0/5 + Thunderbolt (for video editing for instance), ideally I take 2xSSD
    If I want the safe data storage using RAID 1 (for external backup of my data), I need hot swappable drives so I can change myself a failed drive.

    None of these 2 key options are offered with the G-RAID.
    So disappointing to wait so long to see the first G-Tech Thunderbolt device and finally get such a bungled design apparently worth $999...     …More

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Don t buy

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    Definitly not worth the price the design isn't that good and the performances are not better than my former eSATA drive, I should have bought something capable of more than eSATA (300 MB/s) …More

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    love love love it

    • Written by from Calabasas

    There is nothing but awesomeness and performance out of this G-Raid. I have it sitting right behind my dual Thunderbolt Displays and I can't here but a whisper. As an avid audiophile who slices his wrist if I can hear a single little tiny hizz, buzz, or fan, even though all my other HDs are SSD I can barely barely hear the G-Raid two foot from my nose. Just transferred 4 gigabytes from an external SSD to the G-Raid 8TB... it took 6 seconds. Awesome product, and knowing I'm dealing with Enterprise quality HDs, forget about it. …More

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Drive

    • Written by from Pompano Beach

    This drive is great! Fast, quiet, cool! The only reason why it does not get 5 stars is that it does not go to sleep when computer sleeps. Why that is, is not to understand since the Lacie Thunderbold drives do ( and they have an on/off switch as wel)l. Otherwise perfect, like always with G-Tech... …More

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Quiet and Fast

    • Written by from IVEL

    Plugged it in, and it works great.

    I added a crontab like this to keep the drive from sleeping during work hours:

    > */5 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 * * 1,2,3,4,5 touch /Volumes/G-RAID/1 <

    This keeps the drive idling or available.     …More

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  • Can you attach a Lacie Rugged Thunderbolt hard drive to the GTECH thunderbolt hard drive and have it appear in finder as 2 separate drives?
    • Asked by Sam B
    • 1/01/2013

    1 Answer

  • Can this be used to back up encrypted files with FileVault as it is RAID?
    • Asked by Colin R
    • 30/12/2012

    1 Answer

    Answer

    yes

    • Answered by Tyronne D from Dibba
    • 22/01/2013
  • Can this be used as a file server with my MacMini?
    • Asked by Martin C from Carlsbad
    • 11/12/2012

    1 Answer

    Answer

    Yes, but you'll have to have it plugged into a computer that has a Thunderbolt port, this G-RAID has no USB or Firewire interface so check if your Mac Minis are new enough and that they do have a Thunderbolt port. (look for the little lightning bolt symbol).

    In my honest opinion though, if your going to connect this to your wireless network, you might be better off getting a far cheaper USB or Firewire G-RAID. The main reason you'd buy a Thunderbolt hard drive is for the speed, which is killed as soon as you put it on wireless network as current wireless speeds max out at about 300Mbps, over 30 times slower than Thunderbolt. Whereas USB 2.0 has a max speed of 480Mbps. Your looking at roughly £100 difference between the Thunderbolt G-RAID and the USB/Firewire one, so its worth considering.

    Back to your original question though, yes a G-RAID would be fine for file STORAGE but in order to serve those files to a network it needs to be connected to a computer thats connected to your Wi-Fi network.

    I'm personally buying a G-RAID to do my backups to as Thunderbolt is the fastest way to restore files and copy vast amounts of data.     …More

    • Answered by Harry P
    • 11/01/2013

Featured Question

How noisy is this in operation?
  • Asked by Mark F
  • 11/05/2013
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