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 G-SPEED eS sports a 3Gbit eSATA interface and features four hot-swappable Hitachi 7200+ RPM, SATA II 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 24TB 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.

Quick Facts

• High-speed, low-cost RAID designed specifically for professional content creation applications
• Supports multi-stream SD, ProRes 422 and uncompressed HD workflows
• 3Gbit eSATA interface – single cable to host
• 4-port, G-Tech PCIe x4 RAID controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10 & JBOD
• Four hot-swappable 7200 RPM, 3.5" SATA II drives each with up to 32MB cache
• Storage capacities up to 6TB per unit – scalable to 24TB
• Web-based configuration and management
• Auto-rebuild and email notification
• Removable cooling fan ensures reliable operation and data integrity
• Unique industrial design, compact all aluminum enclosure
• Mac OS X and Windows® compatibleStandard 3-Year Factory Warranty

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.

Guaranteed Performance
When used with the G-Tech PCIe x4 RAID controller, a single 4-drive G-SPEED eS unit supports multi-stream DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, ProRes 422 & uncompressed SD playback in RAID 0 or RAID 5 mode and single-stream 8-bit, 1080/60i HD playback in RAID 0 mode.

Two G-SPEED eS units and the G-Tech PCIe x4 RAID controller support all of the above plus 10-bit, 1080i/60 HD playback in RAID 0 or RAID 5 mode.

As many as four G-SPEED eS enclosures can be attached to the G-Tech RAID controller to support up to 24TB storage with speeds in excess of 600MB/sec!

Kit Contents:

• G-SPEED eS Storage Unit
• (4) Removable Disk Modules
• AC Cables
• 1 Meter eSATA Cable
• OPTIONAL 4-Port eSATA PCIeAdapter with RAID Engine
• CD Manual & Product Drivers

Interface:

• 1x 3Gbit, eSATA

RAID Controller:

• 4-port, PCIe x4, RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 or JBOD (configured via web GUI)

Size (LxWxH):

• 8.25" x 4.9" x 6.5" / 210 x 124 x 166 mm

Weight:

• 12.5 lbs / 5.7 kg

System Requirments:

• Mac Pro (Intel processor) or PC with available PCIe x4 slot:
  Mac OSX 10.3.x or higher
  Windows 2000/XP/Vista

G-SPEED eS is compatible with third-party port multiplier aware host adapters

G-Tech G-RAID & G-SPEEDes Storage Bundles

Without PCIe Card:

G-Tech G-SPEED eS 4TB - $999.00

G-Tech G-SPEED eS 8TB - $1,899.00

With PCIe Card:

G-Tech G-SPEED eS 4TB with PCIe card - $1,299.00

G-Tech G-SPEED eS 6TB with PCIe card - $2,199.00

Videoguys Top 10 Prodcuts of 2008

The G-Tech G-Speed eS is not eligible for this year's list since they were first introduced in 2007 but since they have just released a new 6TB model that I think deserves an honorable mention here. G-Speed eS is an eSata solution that includes an eSata RAID controller card that allows you to configure it as either RAID 0, 1 or 5. I recommend RAID 5, which combines outstanding throughput with redundancy. If one of the drives should fail, you don't lose any data and you can keep on editing. Once again G-Tech's superior design gives you a great looking solution that has excellent cooling to insure reliability and performance. We decided to go with G-Speed eS in our DIY6 machine this past year rather than an internal RAID. We simply did not want to put that much heat inside the box and have to worry about it hurting any of the components.

G-SpeedeS Used with Videoguys DIY 6 Machine

One of the things we've been really excited about this past year was the emergence of eSata storage for video. Now you can get the same performance as FibreChannel at a fraction of the cost! Why? Because the FibreChannel host adapters are expensive - over $1,000. So we decided to install a G-Tech G-Speed eS 2TB storage solution. SMOKIN! Not only do we have throughputs able to handle everything we can throw at it, we get fail-safe redundancy to protect our data and insure that even with a drive failure, we can keep working. If you're going to be earning money editing and producing video, I urge you to consider upgrading your storage to G-Speed eS.