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G-Raid Thunderbolt 3 Hard Drive

Leave a commentG-RAID with Thunderbolt 3 Review: The Perfect External Hard Drive for Creative Professionals

The G-RAID with Thunderbolt 3 is a high-speed, low-cost external hard drive that provides an ideal storage solution for content creative professionals. With its unique industrial design and all-aluminum housing, G-RAID with Thunderbolt 3 is the de facto standard for many post-production facilities worldwide which empowers photographers, video editors and other creators to capture and transfer their stories and videos back and forth to their systems.

Overview

The G-RAID with Thunderbolt 3 is an ultra-fast, dual 7200RPM Enterprise-class hard drive storage system featuring multiple RAID options for ultimate flexibility and reliability.

With removable drives, this ultra-fast, high-capacity storage solution is designed for the most demanding applications while easily supporting multi-stream HD, 2K, 4K and HDR video workflows. It has a uniquely designed all-aluminum enclosure with an activity/failure LED in the front panel. The features combine to provide universal connectivity and industry-leading performance.

G-RAID Thunderbolt 3 ready storage solutions were designed with one purpose in mind – to meet the workflow needs of today’s most demanding and productive creatives. These next-generation, high-throughput solutions utilize high-capacity, high-performance Enterprise-class hard drives that can be user-configured into a wide range of RAID options weighted toward speed or additional data protection.

G-RAID with Thunderbolt features dual Thunderbolt 3 ports and a USB -C Port interface. When connected via the Thunderbolt interface, G-RAID with Thunderbolt provides data transfer rates up to 500MB/second to support the most demanding professional content creation applications such as Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere.

With its built-in RAID controller, the G-RAID with Thunderbolt is not tied to a single workstation and can be easily transported for use in the edit bay or on the road. The unit contains an internal RAID controller and can be configured in RAID 0 (Performance), RAID 1 (Protected) or JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) mode.

In the RAID 1 or JBOD mode of operation, if a single hard drive failure occurs, your data will still be safe and accessible (in RAID 1 all your data is safe, whereas in JBOD all your data stored on the good drive is safe).

For Whom is this device ideal?

If you create a lot of multi-stream HD, 2K, 4K and HDR video footage or work on photography project that require large capacity fast storage, fast data transfer and data redundancy feature, then the G-RAID Thunderbolt 3 Hard Drive could be the best solution for you.

Where to buy?

You can buy the G-Drive with Thunderbolt 3 External Hard Drive directly from Startech retail stores in Qatar and also from our online store. Check out this link for more details and place your order for a same day home delivery.

What’s in the Box

The following items are included in the box:

• G-RAID with Thunderbolt 3 dual-drive storage system
• Thunderbolt cable (20 Gbps)
• USB-C to USB-A™cable
• Quick Start Guide
• Power cable
• AC power adapter

System Requirements

G-RAID with Thunderbolt supports the following operating systems:

• macOS 10.12+
• Windows 10, 8.1 (via reformat)

Specifications

Capacity : 12 TB
Interface : USB 3.1, Thunderbolt 3, HDMI.
Transfer Rate : up to 500MB/s
Dimensions (L X W X H) : 9.88″ x 5.12″ x 3.58″
Warranty : 5-Year Limited Warranty