Video Review: G-Tech G-RAID工作室 and G-Speed工作室 Thunderbolt 2 RAID Storage Solutions

在这篇文章和 附带的视频, we're going to take a look at two new G-Tech Thunderbolt 2 solutions in different form factors that provide excellent solutions for video studios in need of RAID storage.

The G-Speed工作室 is a 4-drive RAID 5. This compact unit houses four 3TB drives for a total of 12TB. For a smaller form factor, the G-RAID工作室 is a 2-drive RAID 0 unit. 它有两个4TB的硬盘. Both the G-Speed and the G-RAID have removable drives mounted vertically with quick-release levers and include a short Thunderbolt 2 cable. The drive modules slip into place with a solid click.

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Once you have them in place, then press the power button. When either unit powers up the indicator lights will glow. Now it's time to connect the Thunderbolt 2 cable from the computer to one of the two Thunderbolt 2 ports on the back of either the G-Speed or the G-RAID.

速度测试

If this is your first time using either the G-Speed or the G-RAID, you might need to use Disc Utility to format the drives. It can be used to create RAID 0, 1 or 5. RAID 0 stripes content across the drives making the overall throughput much faster than a single drive. We use the G-Speed for several days replacing our USB 3.零基驱动阵列. You can see that the G-Speed and RAID 0 was impressively able to achieve over 457 MB/sec writes and very impressive reads.

We also tested the G-RAID工作室 alongside the G-Speed. 再一次。, the results were impressive, with the G-RAID yielding about 200 MB/sec of throughput on both reads and on writes.

外观和感觉

We have to say we especially like the look of the G-Speed工作室. It screams Mac-compatible product to sit along your Mac Pro, 更新的5k iMac, or even an HP-based PC workstation.

OK, that's our review of the G-Speed工作室 and the G-RAID工作室. We hope you've enjoyed this brief 专家顾问团数字 walkthrough of two solid Thunderbolt 2 devices from G-Technology. Either of these can be yours (as configured here, with other storage-capacity options available) for $849.95 (8GB) G-RAID工作室) or $2,199.95个(12GB) G-Speed工作室) videoguys.com.

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