G-Tech 4TB G-RAID Thunderbolt Hard Drive

G-Tech 4TB G-RAID Thunderbolt Hard Drive

£449.95

4.0 out of 5 stars

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Product Information

  • Overview

    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

  • Did you notice?

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

  • Apple Recommends For

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

  • What's in the Box?

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

  • Tech Specs

    • Connections : Thunderbolt
    • Height : 85.7 mm/3.37 in.
    • Width : 130 mm/5.12 in.

  • System Requirements

    Mac

    • OS X 10.6 or later

  • Manufacturer Information

    Part Number

    • UPC or EAN No. : 705487190014

    Warranty

    • 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. Benefits under the manufacturer's warranty are in addition to rights provided by consumer law. For details, click here.

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  • Good..But Not Great

    3.0 out of 5 stars

    Fast, but not the fastest in this price range.
    Not noisy, but it's still a little annoying if you sitting next to it.
    Nice to l ook at - but still, it's only a HD.

    Thunderbolt Cable is not included - even at this price.

    Remember this Hard Drive is 2 Partitions - so you can't use it as fx. 1 x 1GB + 1 x 3Gb. It can only be used as 2 x 2GB or you can split one of them into smaller partitions.     …

    • Written by from København Ø

    10 of 13 people found this useful

    Was this useful? Good..But Not Great

  • Better than I was expecting...

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    After a bad experience with another manufacturers Thunderbotl Drive I was a bit apprehensive about trying again; the G-Tech was l ike a breath of fresh air, can't fault the build quality, it is quite heavy (definately not portable), very quiet (but not silent), as for speed... a 750Meg folder containing 200+ MP3's dropped onto the drive takes about 2 seconds to copy!

    Based on previous experience, I have tried everything I can (short of pulling the cable) to get the drive to disconnect while in use, so far (I happy to say) I have failed.

    I'm very happy with it, expensive but well worth the money if you need/want fast storage, next step is to use it as the boot drive for an iMac...     …

    • Written by from Poole

    64 of 68 people found this useful

    Was this useful? Better than I was expecting...

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Questions & Answers

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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
    • 01-Jan-2013

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  • Can this be used to back up encrypted files with FileVault as it is RAID?

    • Asked by Colin R
    • 29-Dec-2012

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    yes

    • Answered by Tyronne D from Dibba
    • 21-Jan-2013

  • Can this be used as a file server with my MacMini?

    • Asked by Martin C from Carlsbad
    • 11-Dec-2012

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    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.     …

    • Answered by Harry P
    • 10-Jan-2013
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