G-Technology Unveils New Storage Solutions at NAB 2010

G-Technology, a leading manufacturer of professional-grade external storage solutions, showcased two new products at the 2010 NAB show in Las Vegas. The company's G-SPEED Q and G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb/s Fibre Channel solutions offer high-performance storage options for content creators, broadcasters, and filmmakers.

The G-SPEED Q is a four-bay storage solution that delivers solid and affordable RAID storage for Mac users and creative professionals. The device features an internal RAID controller, supports eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0 interfaces, and offers capacities up to 8TB with speeds reaching over 200MB/sec using eSATA. Additionally, the G-SPEED Q is formatted for Macs, features four hot-swappable Hitachi 7200 RPM 3Gbit SATA hard drives, and can be configured in RAID 0 or 5.

G-Technology also introduced the G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb/s Fibre Channel, a simple way to deploy a fail-safe SAN or add additional high-performance RAID storage to existing XSan2/metaSAN networks. The device features next-generation 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel, offers throughput performance exceeding 700MB/s, and supports multi-stream, multi-user uncompressed SD, HD, and 2K post-production workflows. The G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb also features the next-generation Intel RAID processor with support for RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, and JBOD.

Key Takeaways:

• G-Technology introduces two new storage solutions at NAB 2010: G-SPEED Q and G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb/s Fibre Channel.
• G-SPEED Q features an internal RAID controller, supports multiple interfaces, and offers capacities up to 8TB.
• G-SPEED Q is formatted for Macs and can be configured in RAID 0 or 5.
• G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb features next-generation 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel and offers throughput performance exceeding 700MB/s.
• The G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb supports multi-stream, multi-user uncompressed SD, HD, and 2K post-production workflows.
• Both devices are designed to provide reliable and high-performance storage options for content creators.

Statistics:

• The G-SPEED Q offers speeds reaching over 200MB/sec using eSATA.
• The G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb offers throughput performance exceeding 700MB/s.
• The G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb supports multi-stream, multi-user uncompressed SD, HD, and 2K post-production workflows.
• The G-SPEED Q features four hot-swappable Hitachi 7200 RPM 3Gbit SATA hard drives.
• The G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb is available in 2U or 3U rack mountable enclosures with capacities up to 32TB.

Sources:

• Hitachi Global Storage Technologies press release (date not specified)
• Computer Technology Journal (2010)
• G-Technology website (www.gtechnology.com)