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High-Speed RAID for Video Editing Applications G-SPEED eS RAID solutions provide professional content creators with outstanding performance, high storage capacity and fail-safe operation at an unprecedented low cost per gigabyte. The compact and whisper quiet G-SPEED eS sports a 3Gbit eSATA interface and features four hot-swappable Hitachi 7200 RPM 3Gbit SATA hard drives. When used with the G-Tech RAID controller, a single G-SPEED eS in performance mode (RAID 0) easily supports uncompressed 8-bit,1080/60iHD video capture and playback. Two G-SPEED eS units in fail-safe mode (RAID 5) support 10-bit, 1080i and more! As many as four G-SPEED eS enclosures can be attached to a single workstation to support up to 32TB of storage with speeds in excess of 600MB/second! Storage for multi-stream uncompressed SD and HD production has never been easier or more affordable! When used with the G-Tech PCIe x4 RAID controller, G-SPEED eS can easily be configured as a RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 or as a JBOD. This flexibility enables the system to be tuned to the required level of performance and fault-tolerance necessary to support your application. G-SPEED eS can also be set up as a software RAID or JBOD when used with third party port multiplier aware eSATA host adapters. Easy to Setup G-SPEED eS has a built-in Web GUI that is accessed via any local internet browser. This simple GUI is used to configure and monitor the RAID system. Many aspects of the system are monitored, including power supply voltage, fan RPM and the temperature of the RAID controller & hard drives. In the event of a problem, G-SPEED eS can send an email message to up to four recipients.
This review is from : G-Technology G-SPEED eS 8 TB High Speed eSATA RAID Array with Enterprise 24x7 Duty Cycle Hard Drives for Video Editing Applications 0G01871
Great functionality very quiet fan well designed great throughput with eSATA . Great functionality, very quiet fan, well designed, great throughput with eSATA. Plays back my 4:2:2 HD material flawlessly using their Rocketcard eSATA card in a PowerMac. In RAID 5 it leaves you with about 5.5TB but I feel like I'm covered if one drive goes south. It's a bummer that I need to buy another one or find one that has the 3TB drives inside rather than the 2TB. Really appreciate the web interface to the drive. Well done all around. Highly reccommend.
Great functionality very quiet fan well designed great throughput with eSATA . Great functionality, very quiet fan, well designed, great throughput with eSATA. Plays back my 4:2:2 HD material flawlessly using their Rocketcard eSATA card in a PowerMac. In RAID 5 it leaves you with about 5.5TB but I feel like I'm covered if one drive goes south. It's a bummer that I need to buy another one or find one that has the 3TB drives inside rather than the 2TB. Really appreciate the web interface to the drive. Well done all around. Highly reccommend.
Cons Review
Very Poor Support . This is my second G-SPEED es from G-Technology. The first drive stopped working after about 2 years of use. Everything was working great and then one day, the enclosure would not power on. I took out all of the drives and the enclosure would turn on so I am not sure what happened. When I put the drives in a new G-SPEED es enclosure all of my data was fine (I believe this is because RAID for the G-SPEED es is handled via their RAID host bus adapter and the enclosure is really just a port multiplier for SATA drives).
I am giving this a 1 star rating because my experience in getting support from G-Technology was awful. The gentleman I worked with suggested very basic troubleshooting tasks (like trying a different power cord and outlet). It was so frustrating because the problem was clear that the power supply in the enclosure was not working.
When the support folks agreed that the enclosure needed to be replaced, they said I had to return the entire unit to them and that my data would be lost. This just seemed nuts. How was I supposed to backup data that I couldn't access because the enclosure wasn't powering on? Their suggestion -- contact a data repair service.
Then they needed to verify that my unit was under warranty (which is a very reasonable request). Since I purchased the unit directly from G-Technology.com I asked if they could just look up my info based on the serial number. And their answer was no, they don't talk to the sales side of the business. Nice, really nice.
While I really like G-Technology's products (I own many of them), I will no longer purchase their drives anymore. Their support is awful. I wouldn't purchase their equipment for anything that is mission critical or time sensitive. I was without my data for about 2 weeks.
I hope this review helps other folks who are considering this drive. If you need support look elsewhere -- I have been very fond of Synology (although not a completely fair comparison as they don't make direct attached storage devices).
I am giving this a 1 star rating because my experience in getting support from G-Technology was awful. The gentleman I worked with suggested very basic troubleshooting tasks (like trying a different power cord and outlet). It was so frustrating because the problem was clear that the power supply in the enclosure was not working.
When the support folks agreed that the enclosure needed to be replaced, they said I had to return the entire unit to them and that my data would be lost. This just seemed nuts. How was I supposed to backup data that I couldn't access because the enclosure wasn't powering on? Their suggestion -- contact a data repair service.
Then they needed to verify that my unit was under warranty (which is a very reasonable request). Since I purchased the unit directly from G-Technology.com I asked if they could just look up my info based on the serial number. And their answer was no, they don't talk to the sales side of the business. Nice, really nice.
While I really like G-Technology's products (I own many of them), I will no longer purchase their drives anymore. Their support is awful. I wouldn't purchase their equipment for anything that is mission critical or time sensitive. I was without my data for about 2 weeks.
I hope this review helps other folks who are considering this drive. If you need support look elsewhere -- I have been very fond of Synology (although not a completely fair comparison as they don't make direct attached storage devices).
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Feature G-Technology G-SPEED eS 8 TB High Speed eSATA RAID Array with Enterprise 24x7 Duty Cycle Hard Drives for Video Editing Applications 0G01871
- 8TB Storage capacity per unit - scalable to 32TB
- High-speed, low-cost RAID designed specifically for professional content creation applications
- Whisper quiet aluminum enclosure features (4) hot-swappable drives and 3Gbit eSATA connectivity
- Supports multi-stream SD, ProRes 422 and uncompressed HD workflows
- 4-port, G-Tech PCIe x4 RAID controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10 & JBOD
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Product Details
EAN : 0705487186376UPC : 705487186376
MPN : 0G01871
Brand : G-Technology
Color : Silver
Weight : 16 pounds
Height : 10 inches
Length : 17 inches
Width : 10 inches
Binding : Personal Computers
Manufacturer : G-Technology
Model : 0G01871
Publisher : G-Technology
Size : 8 TB
SKU : WT_GSPSNB80004BAB
Studio : G-Technology
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