It's true - those drives aren't shipping yet. But thanks for the info about Pegasus.
And please hang on to the book! I'm sure we'll manage to have lunch sometime before the world ends.
Best
Shirley
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On May 15, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Jim Feeley <jfeeley@gmail.com> 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@yahoo.com>
>> To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.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, 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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