G-Technology Presents Eight-Bay Thunderbolt 2 Solution

G-Technology, trademark of HGST, Inc. announced the first extension of its Studio line, the G-SPEED Studio XL.

Expanding on the two-bay G-RAID Studio and four-bay G-SPEED Studio Thunderbolt 2 storage solutions, which launched earlier this year, this holds up to eight removable enterprise 7,200rpm HDDs, offering capacity and performance of up to 1,350 MBs per second performance for demanding digital content creation applications.

“We understand that today’s creative professionals are constantly on the go and need to turn around quality work on ever-shortening timelines,” said Mike Williams, VP and GM, G-Technology. “Boasting lightning-fast speeds, our eight-bay G-SPEED Studio XL has been built to help better manage their demanding projects, representing our continued efforts to further support content creators’ workflow and data management needs.“

Featuring the design and reliability of the Studio line, the eight-bay Thunderbolt 2 storage solution comes in a black enclosure with integrated cooling technology, for any high-performance computer or workstation. It also supports 4K workflows with user-configurable RAID-0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60, and transfer rates of up to 1,350MB/sec in RAID-0. Like other products in the Studio line, it can be daisy-chained via dual Thunderbolt 2 ports to boost storage speeds and support demanding multi-stream HD, 2K and compressed 4K workflows.

It will be available in November. MSRP is 24TB for $3,599.95, 32TB for $4,599.95, 40TB for $5,499.95, 48TB for $5,999.95 and a 64TB for $6,999.95.

“The new G-SPEED Studio XL is the ideal storage solution for me, as it is incredibly fast, super quiet and really compact, allowing me to conveniently house two of these massive storage solutions in two different locations – one in New York and one in LA,” said Vincent Laforet, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and director. “Previously, I had a large server with less capacity in these locations, which was economically prohibitive. Now I have 64TB of easily accessible data at my fingertips with the G-SPEED Studio XL solutions, which helps me find and transfer my files in ways that were only a distant dream just a few years ago.“

All products in the Studio line are plug-and-play for Mac and come with a three-year limited warranty.