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Thursday, May 16, 2013

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

"B" is BYTES and "b" is bits, it's constantly transposed.

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On 16/05/2013, at 12:14, "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

> I don't think thunderbolt is 10GB/sec. GB GigaByte and a Byte is 8 bits. I think it is 10Gb/sec as in 10 Gigabits per second which is 1/8th the data. Am I correct on this? I hate always having to second guess the B vs. b representing Byte vs. bits. Seems some apps don't respect the nomenclature and are very inconsistent in their displays. Am I missing something here?
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Bettan" <gary@...> wrote:
> >
> > We have hundreds of customers editing away on Thunderbolt drives. From our
> > Spotlight on Storage:
> >
> > Over the past year we have seen a revolution in the external storage
> > industry!
> >
> > In the past the only way to achieve throughputs of over 3GB per second
> > required expensive host adapters. Now USB3 and Thunderbolt provide blazing
> > fast data rates that video editors love!
> >
> > Today's computers now come with USB3 ports which provide you with 5GB/sec of
> > throughput - which is more than 6 times faster than Firewire800!!
> >
> > Unlike USB2, the new USB3 is a very reliable and stable connection that is
> > 100% up to the demands of post production work. USB3 is more than 1.5 times
> > faster than eSata, and every bit as solid.
> >
> > If your computer has Thunderbolt you can get 10GB/sec data rates - more than
> > 12 times as fast as FireWire800 and twice as fast as USB3! In fact
> > Thunderbolt RAIDs can deliver speeds as fast as expensive RAID controllers
> > costing a thousand dollars or more. Even cooler, Thunderbolt gives you TWO
> > channels of 10GB/sec throughput!!
> >
> > We carry Thunderbolt Storage Solutions from G-Technology & Promise
> > http://www.videoguys.com/VideoguysSpecials/Specials.aspx?sb=49
> >
> > Gary
> >
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> > From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > Mark Myers
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:27 PM
> > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Anybody working with G Raid Thunderbolt drives
> > yet?
> >
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> > I'm using a Pegasus R6 Thunderbolt on my Imac with MC 5.5
> >
> > Works like a charm. I have it looped through to a monitor, and it
> > still has plenty of overhead left to do file copying tasks in the
> > background while I edit.
> >
> > Mark
> >
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> > SR Film & Video Productions
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> > On 5/15/13 12:11 PM, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
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> > > 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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