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Direct connect storage is cost effective as well as high performance. Whether you are offlining on external firewire drives or onlining on a 16 drive fibre channel RAID, Carbon Sound and Picture has the storage product for you. There are various levels of storage between the $200 firewire drive and the $20,000 Fibre Channel RAID. Each one comes with advantages and disadvantages. Our sales team can help you find the solution that fits your needs and budget. Call for a quote!


Promise RAIDs Promise RAIDs
The Promise VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystem delivers outstanding performance, reliability, and expansion for video and server applications. With up to 16TB per 3U rack-optimized shelf, support for 1TB 7200-rpm SATA or 450GB 15,000-rpm SAS drives, Bonjour support and a pro aluminum design, the Promise VTrak RAID is an ideal storage solution for direct-attached or SAN-based server and workstation applications, qualified for use with Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Final Cut Studio 2, and Xsan 2.

CalDigit RAIDs CalDigit HDPro 2 RAIDs
The CalDigit HDPro2 is the most innovative eight-drive hardware RAID solution around. Everything you need in one powerful package, ready to use right out of the box. Setup is a breeze with ultimate reliability built right in. The HDPro2 provides stunning performance with true hardware RAID protection for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and JBOD. in RAID 5 the HDPro2 reaches sustained speeds of up to 800MB/s. The direct connect external PCIe connection is extremely fast. The CalDigit HDPro2’s unique architecture combines the best value with the latest technology.

Ciprico MediaVault EnhanceBOX Fibre Channel RAIDs
The Enhance desktop SATA storage array is a PCI host card dependant external disk array systems that accepts multiple SATA 1.5 & 3.0 Gbp/s disks and connects to the host workstation either through onboard SATA port or SATA HBA card with external eSATA port. Depending on the host card, the array box can be configured either as JBOD or RAID, and is expanding storage through the built in SATA or eSATA ports.

G-SPEED FC XL G|RAID3 Quad Interface, Dual-Drive RAID Solutions
G-SPEED FC XL is the ideal storage solution for multi-stream, multi-user uncompressed SD/HD & 2K work flows. G-SPEED FC XL features dual-channel 8Gbit Fibre Channel connectivity and is available in 2U or 3U rack mountable enclosures with 12 or 16 Hitachi SATAII drives. G-SPEED FC XL and can be configured (via a front panel LCD or Web GUI) as a JBOD or in RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5 or 6.

This flexibility enables the system to be tuned to the required level of performance and fault-tolerance necessary to fully support your application.
G-SPEED FC XL is "SAN Ready" and is an affordable and simple way to deploy a fail-safe SAN or add additional high performance RAID storage to existing XSan2 / metaSAN networks. G-SPEED FC XL's built-in Web GUI is used to monitor the status of the system including power supply voltage, fan RPM and the temperature of the RAID controller & hard drives. In the event of a problem, G-SPEED FC XL can send an email message to up to four recipients.


Elephant Drive G|RAID3 Quad Interface, Dual-Drive RAID Solutions
G-RAID3 is the latest generation of the award winning G-RAID family of dual-drive RAID systems. Designed specifically for professional content creation applications like Final Cut Studio, G-RAID3 now features a high-speed quad interface (3 Gbit eSATA, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB2.0 ports) and is available in storage capacities up to an amazing 3TB in a compact desktop form factor! When connected via eSATA, G-RAID3 provides data transfers rates in excess of 200 MB/second to support demanding post production environments.

Elephant Drive Elephant Storage FireWire Hard Drives
The Elephant Drive from Elephant Storage is a slim, stylish and powerful hard drive. Featuring a passive cooling system ideal for pro video and other quiet working environments. Both Mac and PC compatible and can also be daisy-chained with other FireWire units.

LaCie d2 LaCie FireWire Hard Drives
Combining all of the leading interfaces into one drive, the LaCie d2 Hard Drive Extreme with Triple Interface now also comes in higher capacities to handle your most demanding projects and storage needs. It can be easily shared among multiple users and environments and is conveniently plug & play.
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