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

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.

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.

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:)

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

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.

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!

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.