G-Technology: Transportable 8-bay RAIDs G-Speed Shuttle XL

G-Technology, trademark of HGST, Inc., has announced two transportable 8-bay RAID storage solutions.

G-SPEED Shuttle XL with ev series bay adapters

Both offer simplicity and transportability to capture and edit on location as well as use the performance and capacity to handle post-production or backup in the studio.

Designed with an integrated handle to easily move the enclosure and fit inside a standard protective case that can be placed into an overhead airline compartment. These solutions help optimize a production workflow, providing fast and transportable enterprise storage no matter where your project takes you. Now your valuable project content can easily travel with you!

G-SPEED Shuttle XL rear

G-SPEED Shuttle XL with ev series bay adapters
The G-SPEED Shuttle XL with ev Series bay adapters is an 8-bay, transportable, hardware RAID, Thunderbolt 2 solution offering content creators up to 48TB, and high-definition performance. Designed to support multi-stream 4K workflows and beyond, this solution can be configured in RAID-0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and features transfer rates up to 1,200MB/s. It comes with six enterprise HDDs and the firm’s three-year limited warranty. Leveraging the flexibility of the Evolution Series, two of the 8-bays feature ev series bay adapters, which are compatible with any of the portable G-DRIVE ev external drives, including the G-DRIVE ev RaW, G-DRIVE ev 220, G-DRIVE ev RaW SSD and ev Series Reader RED MINI-MAG Edition.

Available, the G-SPEED Shuttle XL with ev Series Bay Adapters is $3,299.95 for 18TB, $3,499.95 for 24TB, $4,999.95 for 36TB and $5,999.95 for 48TB.

G-SPEED Shuttle XL

G-SPEED Shuttle XL
The G-SPEED Shuttle XL is an 8-bay Thunderbolt 2 solution providing up to 64TB of storage featuring eight enterprise HDDs and firm’s three-year limited warranty. It can be configured in RAID-0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50 and features transfer rates up to 1,350MB/s, supporting 4K workflows. The G-SPEED Shuttle XL is $3,499.95 for 24TB, $4,499.95 for 32TB, $5,999.95 for 48TB and $7,999.95 for 64TB.

“Our new G-SPEED solutions not only provide a high-performance and high-capacity solution for the highest definition workflows, but also allow our existing customers to find new ways to integrate other G-Technology Evolution Series products into a workflow that they might not have been able to do so before,” said Mike Williams, VP and GM, G-Technology. “This is a testament to G-Technology’s commitment to the creative professional market. We want to enable our customers to use our products in as many ways as possible to achieve their ultimate workflow solution.“