The GT 062 has been upgraded to support RAID 1, as well as Striping, JBOD and Spanning.
Glyph's GT 062 is a two-drive tabletop designed for professional audio
and video applications, and can be configured in four drive modes. RAID
1 offers data redundancy and real-time backup by writing the same data
to the two hard drives at the same time. Should a drive failure happen,
data is still available on the remaining drive. RAID 0 (striping)
increases the performance of the drive system by spreading the data
across two drives. RAID 0 is a proven technology for editing video,
working with huge graphics files, sound libraries, and streaming
instruments that play hundreds of samples simultaneously. JBOD mode
(individual volumes) is very well suited for audio production, while
Spanning mode simply shows the two internal drives as one large volume.
Glyph Manager software
GT 062 ships with the Glyph Manager software, a utility for Mac OS X
and Windows that configures the GT 062 in one of the four drive modes,
and displays health status of the GT 062 drives. When configured in
RAID 1 mode, Glyph Manager constantly monitors the health of the
drives. When a problem is detected, Glyph Manager alerts the user by
animating in the Mac OS X dock or displaying an error balloon from the
Windows System Tray. Data can then be backed up before any is lost due
to drive failure. The GT 062 combination of RAID 1 real-time backup and
drive health monitoring provides the highest level of data security of
any product in its class.
Want to upgrade your GT 062 to include RAID 1? Here's what to do.
Features
- Supported NLE systems: Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress, Adobe Premiere
- Ideal for video, content creation, sound libraries and audio editing applications
- FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB2.0 interfaces
- Supports four software-selectable drive modes: RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD, Spanning
- Default shipping drive mode: JBOD
- Dual Seagate SATA drives each with 8MB, 16MB or 32MB cache, depending on capacity
- 80 MB/sec sustained transfer rate
- Durable Stainless Steel
- Rack-mountable (rack-mount kit optional)
- Internal power supply, no wall wart, internal quiet fan
- Ships in hard-shell plastic case
- 3 Year Warranty
- 2 Year Free Basic Data Recovery
- Overnight Advance Replacement
How should I configure my GT 062 for audio production? Our
in-house testing has shown that, in an audio environment, the highest
track count can be achieved in JBOD mode. In JBOD mode, using our 48
KHz/24-bit test sessions, the GT 062 supported 80 tracks at edit level
1*. In RAID 0 mode, the same test above supported 78 tracks. In JBOD
mode, using our 96 KHz/24-bit test sessions, the GT 062 supported 62
tracks at edit level 1. In RAID 0 mode, the same test supported 50
tracks. At 192 KHz/24-bit, either mode was able to handle 36 tracks at
edit level 1. 36 is the max track count we can test using our Pro
Tools|HD 2 system.
Above tests were done using Power Mac G5 Dual 2GHz, OS 10.4.9,
Pro Tools 7.1, HD|2 Accel, GT 062 connected via FireWire 800. *Edit
level 1 = one edit every two seconds across every track in the test
session. Check out our Track Count Test Results page for the complete test results.
PLEASE READ THE MANUAL FIRST! Changing the drive mode reconfigures the internal drives, which will require you to re-format the GT 062. Doing so
will erase all of the current data on the drive. Make sure you backup all data before changing the drive mode and reformatting the GT 062!
