This IS the Avid L2: RE: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: Anybody working with G Raid Thunderbolt drives yet?

Thursday, May 16, 2013

RE: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: Anybody working with G Raid Thunderbolt drives yet?

Ken

It all depends on your spindles, RAID controller and filesystem.

To get that sort of speed you would need multiple RAID controllers and a
lot of disks.

For example, a DVS Spycerbox Flex can do 5.5 GB/s but it is using three
RAID controllers with 48 disks spread over three very fast RAID
controllers.

A single LUN using a single RAID controller is doing pretty well to get
to 650MB/s with todays technology.

Rupert Watson

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From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of ksirul
Sent: 15 May 2013 22:36
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: Anybody working with G Raid Thunderbolt
drives yet?

It just seems like Thunderbolt should be much faster. I would expect
close to 1000mb/sec.

KEN

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> , Jim
Feeley <jfeeley@...> wrote:
>
> Well good for you!
>
> Jim
>
>
> On May 15, 2013, at 1:42 PM, ksirul wrote:
>
> > 600mb/s isn't all that impressive. I'm getting 650 from my VideoRaid
SR via SAS.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> ,
Jim Feeley <jfeeley@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm pretty sure CalDigit's Thunderbolt stuff --STILL-- isn't yet
shipping. At least that's how it looks to me:
> > > http://www.caldigit.com/products.asp#Thunderbolt1
> > >
> > > Bummer, because their stuff seems pretty decent for the price. A
friend is using the thunderbolt Promise Pegasus RAID systems. Just
pinged him and he replied:
> > > "I'm using the Pegasus R6 12TB. Getting 600 mb/s in Raid 5 via
Thunderbolt. It was a great purchase."
> > >
> > > Note that he regularly backs up. :-). Also, he works with 4K red
footage and After Effects stuff a lot. Like Wilson says, Thunderbolt
commands a bit of a price premium...
> > >
> > >
> > > Jim
> > > PS- Hey Shirley! I still have that book for you...
> > >
> > >
> > > On May 15, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey thanks! I really appreciate the input, and I'll check out
the link, and have a look at CalDigit as well.
> > > >
> > > > Knock on wood, my G-Raid units have been totally stable for
years now, but it's always possible there was a bad run of them. Good to
know.
> > > >
> > > > Shirley
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: blafarm <blafarm@>
> > > > To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> >
> > > > Sent: Wed, May 15, 2013 10:39 am
> > > > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: Anybody working with G Raid
Thunderbolt drives yet?
> > > >
> > > > I have no personal experience with G-Raid, but there sure are a
lot of failed
> > > > units and negative responses out there.
> > > >
> > > > I think Thunderbolt on a Mac platform is more than
ready-for-primetime.
> > > > However, you might want to do some searching about failed G-Tech
units -- and
> > > > maybe take a short look around the COW G-Tech forum to get a
sense of what's
> > > > happening:
> > > >
> > > > http://forums.creativecow.net/tags/g-technology
> > > >
> > > > Just my opinion, but were I to go the Thunderbolt route, I think
I'd be looking
> > > > more at products from companies like CalDigit. However, others
on this list may
> > > > disagree.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> , Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Soon, I will need to add to my home system's storage
capabilities, and when I
> > > > went to Amazon to look around, I found myself eyeing the
Thunderbolt compatible
> > > > G-Raid 4TB. Anybody tried this series of drives yet? Is it still
to soon to jump
> > > > on the Thunderbolt bandwagon?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > TIA
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Shirley
> > >
> >
> >
>

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