Tuesday, May 22, 2012

G Technology G Speed family is always enterprise class

As
 the
 premium
 brand 
serving
 content 
creators 
and
 the 
professional 
audio/video
(A/V) community, 
G Technology™
 by 
Hitachi
 has
 transitioned
 its 
entire 
G SPEED 
RAID
 external 
storage family 
to 
high grade,
enterprise class 
hard 
drives long ago.
With 
solutions 
ranging
 from
 the 
four bay
 G SPEED™
 Q 
with 
a
 quad 
interface 
to 
the 
storage 
performance 
mammoth,
the 
16 bay 
Fibre 
Channel 
G SPEED
 FC
XL,
 all 
G Tech
 G SPEED
 products 
features 
Hitachi 
Ultrastar™
 drives,
one 
of 
the 
industry’s 
most 
reliable
 and
 trusted
 enterprise class
 external hard drive
 that
 are 
specifically 
 designed,
 manufactured
 and
 tested
 to
 meet
 the
 demanding
 environments
 found
 in
 data
 centres
 around 
the 
world.
With
 a
 continued
 focus
 on
 delivering
 the
 industry’s
 most
 trusted, 
high
 performance, 
and reliable
 solutions
 for 
content 
creators, 
G Tech’s 
move 
to 
integrate
 enterprise class
 hard
 drives 
better
 meets 
today’s
 escalating
 HD
 video editing 
needs 
in 
multi drive
 RAID 
environments. 
Like
 workloads 
in
 a 
data 
centre, 
post production
 storage
 solutions are
 accessing 
and 
streaming 
critical
 HD
 video
as
editors
 pore
 through 
footage
 to
 assemble 
the
 perfect
 sequence. These 
users 
cannot 
afford 
dropped
 frames,
latency 
issues 
or compromised 
reliability 
as 
their 
livelihood
 depends 
on 
the 
content 
they 
create. 

Because 
of 
this 
stringent 
requirement, 
G Tech 
has
optimized 
its
G SPEED
 family
 to 
better 
balance 
the 
system
 requirements
 with 
external hard drive
 features 
that 
match 
the 
rigors 
of 
the 
post
 workload.
Enterprise Class 
Hard 
Drive 
Benefits
Enterprise class
SATA
 hard
 drives
 are 
specifically 
designed
 to
 withstand
 multiuser,
24x7
 storage
 applications
 in
systems
 such
 as
 network
 attached
 storage,
 RAID
 storage
 arrays
 and media
 servers. For
 enhanced
 reliability, 
enterprise class
 drives 
are
 rated
 at
 1.2
 million
 hours mean time between failure (MTBF) and
 receive 
additional 
manufacturing
 testing
 at
 extended
 temperature
 ranges
 to
 ensure
 a
 target
 of 
less 
than
 one
 non recoverable
 bit 
error per
 1015 bits
 read.
 They
 also
 utilize
 enterprise specific 
firm ware
 to
 minimize
 the
 performance
 impact
 of 
rotational 
vibration
 interference 
(RVI) 
found
 in 
rack mounted
 servers
 and
 multi drive
 storage
arrays.

In
 addition, 
enterprise class
 drives 
are
 designed
 for
 a 
low
 dollar
 per
 GB
 ratio
 with
 higher reliability, 
while 
minimizing 
power 
consumption.
 Combine 
all 
this 
with 
G Tech’s 
proven
 quality
 reputation; 
and 
G Tech
 has 
raised 
the
 bar
 in 
delivering storage
solutions 
specifically 
 designed
 for
 the 
professional 
content
 creation 
market.

G Tech
 is 
the 
only 
external 
storage 
vendor
 in
 the 
world 
with 
a 
complete
 line
 of
 enterprise class
 7200
 RPM
 drive based, 
 RAID
external
 storage
 solutions 
specifically 
designed
 for
 the 
A/V
market.


The 
G SPEED 
family 
includes:


• G SPEED
 Q –
 G Tech’s
 new
 high performance,
 four bay,
 hot swappable
 RAID
 storage
 solution.
 Comes equipped
 with
 3 Gbit
eSATA,
 FireWire
 800,
 FireWire
 400
 (via
 cable)
 and
 USB
 2.0.
 The
 internal
 RAID
 controller
 supports
 RAID
 0
 and
 5.
 Portable,
 small
 footprint
 is
 ideal
 for
 laptop
 applications
 where
 high
 capacity
 and 
RAID 
protection 
are 
important.
Capacities 
up
 to
 8 TB.

• G SPEED
eS
–
 High speed,
 low cost
 RAID
 solution
 with
 3Gbit 
eSATA
 connectivity.
 Ships
 with
 a
 RAID
 controller
 supporting 
levels 
0,
 1, 
5, 
10 
and 
JBOD.
 Supports 
multi stream
 SD,
ProRes
 422 
and
 uncompressed
 HD
 work flows.

Four bay
hot swappable 
unit,
 starting
 at 
8 TB 
per 
unit 
with 
the 
ability 
to
 scale 
up
to 
32 TB.

• G SPEED
 eS
Pro
–
Mini
 Serial 
A fached
 SCSI
 (SAS) 
connectivity 
provides 
Fibre 
Channel like
 performance
 at
 a
 fraction 
of 
the 
cost. 
Bundled
 with
 a 
high speed, 
eight lane 
PCIe 
RAID
 controller
 that 
supports 
RAID 
levels
 0, 
1, 
3, 
5
and
 6.
 Offers 
amazing
 speed 
for
 uncompressed
 HD
 and 
2K 
work flows.
Four bay
hot swappable 
unit
 starts 
at 
8 TB 
per 
unit 
and 
can 
scale 
to 
16 TB.

• G SPEED
 eS
PRO
 XL 

High
 performance,
 huge
 capacity 
and
 low cost,
 rack mount
 storage
 solution
 for 
high end
 HD
 and
 2K 
film
 production. 
Ships 
with 
a
 two port
 mini SAS 
RAID
 controller
 card
 and 
a 
locking, 
two meter
 mini SAS
 cable.
 Can
 scale
 from
 a
 12 TB solution
 up
 to
 192 TB.
 The
 PCIe
x8
 RAID
 controller
 supports 
JBOD
 and
 RAID
 levels 
0, 
1, 
3, 
5
 and 
6. Up
to 
eight 
G SPEED 
eS
PRO
 XL
units 
can 
be 
connected 
to 
one 
RAID
 controller 
card.

• G SPEED
 FC
XL
–
 Professional 
12 
and 
16 bay
 rack mount 
solutions 
with 
8Gb's
dual 
Fibre 
Channel
 for
 fail safe
 SAN
 or 
adding
 high
 performance
 RAID 
storage 
to 
existing 
XSan 2
meta SAN
 networks. 
Easily
 supports 
multi stream,
multi user 
uncompressed
SD,
 HD
 and
2K
 post
 production 
work flows.
 Offers
 RAID
 levels 
0, 
1, 
3, 
5, 
6 
and 
JBOD. 
Capacities 
up
to 
32TB
 per 
unit.
Using
 the
 available 
SAS 
expansion 
port, 
 it
 is
 scalable
 up
to 
256TB
by 
attaching 
G Tech’s
 G SPEED 
eS
PRO
 XL
 units 
to 
the 
chassis.


Extending
 its 
Quality 
Brand 
in 
the 
A/V 
Market
 it pioneered, G Tech
 by
 Hitachi
 now ships 
its 
G SPEED
 RAID
 Storage solutions 
with 
Enterprise Class 
external hard drive, 
delivering 
More
Value
at same 
Affordable 
Price.
 

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