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| Sonnet Fusion D800RAID with Sonnet PCI Express RAID controller | |||
| Do you need pure, unadulterated speed, ultimate redundancy, or something in between? It’s your choice—Fusion 800RAID systems support RAID 0, 1, 4 (DV RAID), 5, 10, 50, and JBOD groups. Fusion 800RAID systems even support hot spares—a designated hot spare drive automatically replaces the failed one without you having to lift a finger. All this flexibility is accomplished without switches—a simple to use configuration utility enables you to optimize your setup for specific workflow requirements. | |||
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- Up to 577 MB/sec
read, 625 MB/sec write data transfers (configured as RAID 0) |
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| Sonnet Fusion F2 | Sonnet Tempo™ SATA Express34 host card | ||
| Speed,
reliability, ruggedness, and convenience—these are the essential
qualities of a storage system for on-location video capture. When
you need to travel light, choose a Sonnet Fusion™ F2 portable SATA
RAID storage system. Providing 640GB of storage in a small
enclosure, Fusion F2 uses eSATA connections to deliver the fastest
performance yet from a 2-drive portable storage system, with data
transfer rates up to twice as fast as FireWire. By connecting Fusion
F2 through a SATA host adapter like Sonnet’s Tempo
SATA ExpressCard/34, your notebook’s FireWire 800 port is left
open for use by an AJA® Video Systems Io HD, which requires
dedicated use of FireWire bandwidth. Fusion F2 is cool, quiet, and
energy-efficient: side-by-side placement of its drives increases the
metal case’s cooling surface area, thereby eliminating the need
for a fan, and allowing it to be bus-powered so it can be used even
when no grid power is available.
Connected to a Sonnet Tempo SATA ExpressCard/34 installed in a MacBook® Pro, and with its drives configured as a RAID 0 striped volume, the compact Fusion F2 is capable of 126 MB/sec sustained read and write data transfers, fast enough to handle multiple streams of ProRes 422 (HQ)! Compared to the slower 66 MB/sec performance from a pair of drives connected via FireWire 800, the advantage is clear—Fusion F2 provides you the capability to capture and play more streams of compressed video for field editing. With its drives configured as a RAID 1 mirrored volume, Fusion F2 still can capture Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) HD fed from an AJA Io HD. This protected mode also enables you to safely transfer data from Panasonic® P2, Sony® SxS Pro, or similar memory cards in the field. Verifying captured footage on a MacBook Pro/Fusion F2 system will provide you the peace of mind to erase and reuse cards on location |
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Sonnet Fusion D400Q |
Sonnet Tempo™ SATA Express34 host card | ||
| The Fusion D400Q enclosure employs a high performance SATA II port multiplier to manage the enclosed drives—just a single locking cable connects the enclosure to a SATA host controller card. This efficient interface simplifies setup and cuts cable clutter without compromising performance. No SATA? No problem—connected via a single FireWire 800, FireWire 400, or USB cable, all four drives can be accessed at the full speed of the respective interface. There is no need to reformat when changing from one interface to another, regardless of the configuration. | |||
| The Tempo SATA Express 34 can support sustained write and read data transfer speeds of 100 and 110 MB/sec, respectively, which is about three times as fast as USB 2.0 or FireWire. | |||
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