G-Technology 8TB G-RAID Professional High-Performance Dual-Drive Hard Drive

G-Technology 8TB G-RAID Professional High-Performance Dual-Drive Hard Drive

$719.95

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Product Information

  • Overview

    A dual hard drive, professional RAID 0 storage solution with high-speed USB 3.0 and FireWire interfaces, the G-Technology G-RAID is designed for professional content creation applications. It supports simultaneous playback of multiple layers of HDV/DVCPRO HD ProRes 422 HQ with the leading video editing applications, including Apple Final Cut Pro, AVID Media Composer, and Adobe Premiere. An all aluminum enclosure, soft power switch, and quiet "smart" fan round out G-RAID's professional feature set.

  • Highlights

    • USB 3.0 and FireWire ports for flexible, high-speed data transfer
    • RAID 0 for maximum performance
    • Supports multi-stream HDV, DVCPro HD, XDCAM HD, and ProRes 422 workflows
    • Plug-and-play setup on Mac OS X
    • Multi-terabyte storage capacity
    • 7200 RPM SATA III hard drives
    • Solid all-aluminum case for ultimate durability
    • Smart-cooling fan technology for cool, quiet operation
    • Three-year factory warranty

  • Did you notice?

    USB 3.0 connectivity provides data transfer rates in the 250 MB/s range.

  • Apple Recommends For

    Manage high-capacity professional content creation workflows on your Mac with ease.

  • What's in the Box?

    • G-Technology G-RAID External Hard Drive
    • Universal AC power supply
    • USB 3.0 cable (backward compatible with USB 2.0)
    • Two FireWire cables (800; 800 to 400)
    • Quick install guide

  • Tech Specs

    • Connections : Firewire 400,Firewire 800,USB 2,USB 3.0
    • Height : 2.87 in./7.3 cm
    • Width : 5.12 in./13 cm
    • Weight : 4.94 lb./2.24 kg
    • Length : 9.25 in./23.5 cm

  • System Requirements

    Mac

    • OS X 10.5 or later
    • USB 3.0, USB 2.0, FireWire 800 or FireWire 400 port

    Windows

    • Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
    • USB 3.0, USB 2.0, FireWire 800 or FireWire 400 port

  • Manufacturer Information

    Part Number

    • Mfr. Part Number : 0G02492
    • UPC or EAN No. : 705487191028

    Warranty

    • Note : Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple's Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.
    • Warranty : Three years

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  • G-Technology 8TB G-RAID

    1.0 out of 5 stars

    I am terribly displeased with this product. After having it for 3 months, the drive was not consistently writable. After talking t o a tech at G-Technology, the hardware simply malfunctioned and I have to send it in for a refurbished replacement. Several of my colleagues have had the same issue happen more than once. I would not recommend anyone buying this drive. …

    • Written by from Harlingen

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Questions & Answers

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  • Is this drive fast enough to download and edit pictures from using Photoshop Elements. Bottom-line, I want to use this as the primary drive for Photos

    • Asked by Bruce D from Hickory Creek
    • May 3, 2013

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    Yes. All external hard drives made in the last 5 years will easily fulfil this requirement for you. If you need the utmost speed possible then investing in a RAID 0 drive such as this one might be a good idea. Two things though:

    1) A RAID 0 drive is more susceptible to data loss because it requires both the drives in the array to be functional in order for data to be accessed. Physically, this is actually two hard disks in one enclosure and if either fails there will be data loss. The speed benefits must be weighed against the reduced data safety.

    2) If you are using Photoshop Elements then you are probably not a professional and in that case you would be better saving your money and using a cheaper drive. Even very cheap drives will provide data access as speeds good enough for photo editing. Even for a professional photographer (which is my vocation), a RAID 0 is overkill in my opinion. I am looking at this drive to see if it can be used in RAID 1 instead. In RAID 1, the size of the drive would be halved but each of the physical drives inside would be a copy of the other, essentially doing my backup for me automatically. If one failed, I'd still have all my data.

    Always have backups of your data. Hope that helped.     …

    • Answered by James S
    • May 30, 2013
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