Rain Recording Debuts StormDrive Tera - Portable eSATA RAID Storage Solution
January 10, 2008
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Rain Recording has announced StormDrive
TERA, a high performance versatile and extremely portable RAID storage
solution designed around the eSATA platform for the fast streaming and
backup of up to 2 Terabytes of data. The newest addition to Rain's popular
StormDrive line of portable external hard drives offers a cost effective and
reliable portable RAID storage solution for the digital audio and video
user. Rain's new aluminum clad super-drive is feature rich despite its
diminutive footprint. With its standard USB 2.0 port, StormDrive TERA boasts
universal compatibility with all desktop and notebook computers. Users
seeking to take advantage of StormDrive TERA's incredible 3 gigabyte per
second transfer rate can also connect to their Mac or PC via the included
eSATA port. eSATA, a standard fixture on all Rain desktop computers, sends
data screaming down the pipes at more than six times the speed of a standard
FireWire connection - ideal for moving the huge files common to digital
audio and video processing. Files that are even larger with the advent of HD
video production.
But StormDrive TERA isn't just about speed - it's also about the flexibility
of a switchable hardware level RAID system that offers the user a
versatility usually reserved for drives costing three times as much with
three times the complexity. By accessing a simple control panel on the rear
of the unit, StormDrive TERA owners can choose between RAID-0, RAID-1 or a
standard individual dual drive configuration. RAID, which stands for
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, has long been considered the most
effective solution for reliable backup because of its ability to write data
redundantly to two disks while in RAID-1 mode. By combining the power of two
drives "striped" to RAID-0, users can write information to the drive twice
as fast by dividing a single job between both disks.
Says Rain President, Bill Paschick, "Rain's StormDrive line of external hard
drives has long been popular with content producers for their reliability
and speed. And now with StormDrive TERA we are providing audio and video
producers with an affordable and reliable RAID system. With eSATA technology
now standard on many of our workstations, you can take advantage of an
amazing 3GB/s speed - far surpassing the limits of 800MB/s IEEE1394b. We are
truly excited by what eSATA technology holds for audio and video production
and we think StormDrive TERA will save producers the time and expense of
maintaining their digital media and backups."
Available now from Rain Recording in the US and Europe, StormDrive TERA
delivers flexibility, high performance and up to 2 Terabytes of lightning
fast, RAID storage in a compact and cost-effective package.
StormDrive Tera: Price from $679.95 £249 UK)
For more information, visit their web site at www.rainrecording.com.
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