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Question: Is this drive faster or slower than the 4 TB model?
Document: So, I use the Thunderbolt drive, RAID 0 to shoot to and the computer stays nice and cool and I get faster throughput. My studio has over 2500 CDs / DVDs of backup which equates to 7 TB of space. It has been cost prohibitive up to this point to transfer the data back to a hard drive. At one point years ago it was going to cost my $10,000!
The same applies here. I've got G-RAID 2 & 4 TB drives, and they're hardware RAID, but the 8TB is software.
more than 4 times slower but if you use a smart copy feature subsequent back ups will be less time-consuming. They are not quiet but they are not irritatingly noisy either, just the noise I would expect from a fast drive. It does not power down when not in use and it has an obvious bright white light at the front but it does have a power switch at the back, at least! It should come with a Thunderbolt cable, but it doesn't.
This is a solid drive. We utilized these drives at our 4-day meeting with great results - same as the many times before.
Read/Writes to this drive a much faster than to the SSD on my MacBookAir. I got it for video processing so it's perfect. Just be aware that RAID-0 does not offer redundancy, only speed. You'll still need to back up any data on this drive (It also works great for time machine backups)
I bought the 4TB version about a month ago to use as my main drive for storing my media (photos, music home videos). This drive is at least 5 times faster than the internal drive in my 2011 27 inch 3.4Ghz iMac. Everything seems to load a lot quicker.
Additionally you'll not that the unit is a bit larger than other G-Drive hard drives, but this won't impact your usage at all.Pros:*Extremely fast, faster than my existing solutions. This is including a G-drive connected via Esata (The Mac Pro doesn't have the latest chipsets for faster throughput). *Aesthetically pleasing; It's a nice piece of equipment that doesn't stand out, nor look cheap in buid quality.
I bought this as reviews stated the reliability was better than Lacie. It had more space, was built better and faster. Transferred all of my data from my old drive to this one as i use an external for all video editing and photo projects. Worked great so I wiped my old one clean. Was going to backup the drive today and all of the sudden it would not mount. It powers on, but will not mount to my iMac or Macbook. Its just not there.
I actually have the 6 TB version of this drive but other than that it's the same exact drive. The only reason I didn't give a 5 star review is that the drive is SO darn expensive for what it is. I am using it with my new iMac 27" computer and it works fine---very fast as advertised thru the Thunderbolt connection.
For Most consumers purchasing external hard drives, it's easy to look at G-Drive prices and ignore them. These raid configured drives are designed for one thing, speed and that's what they provide.I've used many drives in the past and am currently using a 4tb non Thunderbolt model as well. Data Transfer rates on the Thunderbolt model are Amazing, i'm using it with a new Retina Macbook Pro and it's keeping up with Final Cut Pro X extremely well at 1080p nay any hiccups.
Answer: Depends on the configuration... If you don't change the RAID setup, it should be faster than a single 4 TB drive because it distributes the writing and reading across the two drives.