I've been looking for a large capacity, safe storage system that could handle a significant amount of data and that I could also work from as well. Because let's face it, what good is data if you can't use it? Recently I had been using a Synology NAS box (and before that a few D-Link boxes), but it wouldn't let me make a change to a file that was on it without it locking down my whole computer. So I had to drag projects from storage to a dedicated drive on my PC, make edits, save, then copy back to storage. What a waste of time.
When I started researching G-Speed data storage, I couldn't find any real-world examples of editing Photoshop files straight from it, so I wanted to make my own video demonstrating a real time edit scenario just in case anyone else was looking for this same kind of information.
hey thanks for this. Do you know what the difference is between the g-speed 8tb and the g-speed es 8tb? i know the es offers more raid configurations but if i want to go w/ raid 5, seems like either will work.
ReplyDeletei keep hoping they'll come out with a 3 or 4 bay solution with 3tb-ea hot swappable drives and a usb 3.0 connection. not sure why really since my iMac's hd is 2tb. i guess it's just that they have had these 2tb drives for a long time now and i worry that the moment i buy a solution with 2tb drives, they'll finally come out with the 3tb ones! :-) And the usb 3.0? well, again just because it's been out a while. I would probably use the FW 800.
with this product, do u know if you can use one drive to write directly to, as in to extend your hd? Like I said, I have a 2tb hd. Well, it's almost full! I have about 1.5tb of images in 2 years.
thanks again for the vid.
Hi Darby,
ReplyDeleteI'm no expert in this arena, but here's what I know:
The compact 4-bay "G-Speed" line includes the G-Speed Q, G-Speed eS and G-Speed eS Pro.
The Q has a internal Raid controller and would be a great option, especially for portability since the Raid controller is built in and it has more connection options. Pretty much plug & play.
The eS is slightly faster but you have to buy the optional Raid controller and attach it to your motherboard. The controller has 4 eSATA inputs so you could daisy-chain 4 enclosures if you wanted to. I'm on a PC and had to unexpectedly upgrade motherboards to install the controller. The eS is eSATA connection only.
The eS Pro is a little faster yet, uses mini-SAS connections and uses a faster Raid controller.
I'm not sure if you can use one of the drives to extend your current hard drive space, but I'm assuming not. Better leave that question up to their Tech guys. :)