G-Tech G-RAID GR44000 4TB Quad Interface Professional RAID External Hard Drive

What does 4TB mean to you? Be prepared to be impressed!
G-RAID is designed specifically for Professional content creation applications like Final Cut Studio, G-RAID features a high-speed Interface - 3 Gbit eSATA, FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 via cable) and USB2.0 ports - and is available in Storage capacities up to an amazing 4TB! 4TB is a really huge number. It's 4 Trillion bytes. That's like 4,000GB. If those numbers don't impress you then you might want to consider this. 4TB can hold up to 800,000 Digital photos; Up to 1,000,000 songs (MP3); Up to 100,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality); Up to 300 hours of Digital Video (DV); Up to 1550 hours of DVD quality video and up to 480 hours of HD video. Are you impressed yet?
When connected via eSATA, G-RAID provides Data transfer rates may reach an excess of up to 200MB/second to support demanding post production environments. When you're considering massive storage of vast multimedia files, including high-definition, this G-Tech G-RAID GR44000 4TB Quad Interface Professional RAID External Hard Drive is simply impressive and unbeatable.

Easy to Setup G-RAID is ready right out of the box for use with Mac OS X systems and appears to the system as a single, big and fast Disk drive. A simple reformat is all it takes to ready G-RAID for use with Windows systems.

High-speed, low-cost RAID designed specifically for professional content creation applications

Supports multi-stream HDV, DVCPro HD, XDCAM HD, ProRes 422 and uncompressed SD workflows

High-speed interface eSATA, FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 via cable) and USB 2.0 ports

Hardware RAID 0 (Oxford 936) Utilizes (2) 7200 RPM SATA II drives each with up to 32 MB cache

200+ MB/second data transfer rates via eSATA port

Soft-touch On/Off Switch and Integrated thermo-regulated smart fan for long life and reliable operation

Unique industrial design, compact all aluminum enclosure

Ships complete with all cables (eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 800 to 400, and USB 2.0)

Mac OS X and Windows compatible

Standard 3-year factory Warranty

Specifications

Interface: 1x 3Gbit, eSATA 2x FireWire 800 (9-pin), 1x USB2.0 (FireWire 400 via included cable)

Disk Drives: Type 2x SATA II, 7200RPM, Cache Up to 32MB per drive

Cooling System: Thermo-regulated, quiet smart fan

RAID Controller: Hardware RAID 0 Oxford 936 chipset

Size (LxWxH): 9.25" x 5.125" x 2.875" / 235 x 130 x 73 mm

Weight: 3.85 lbs / 1.75 kg

System Requirements: eSATA / FireWire 800 / USB 2.0: Mac OSX 10.3.x or higher Windows 2000/XP/Vista

4TB can hold up to 800,000 digital photos; Up to 1,000,000 songs (MP3); Up to 100,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality); Up to 300 hours of Digital Video (DV); Up to 1550 hours of DVD quality video and up to 480 hours of HD video