G-Technology™ G-SPEED™ Storage Solutions Now Ship With 4TB Enterprise-Class Hard Drives

 G-Technology™ G-SPEED™ Storage Solutions Now Ship With 4TB Enterprise-Class
                                 Hard Drives

G-Technology G-SPEED Solutions Offer Up to 16TB with Four-hot Swappable
7,200RPM 4TB HGST Ultrastar™ Hard Drives, Delivering Enterprise-Class
Performance, Quality and Reliability at an Affordable Price for the
Audio/Video and Content Creation Community

PR Newswire

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 11, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With a continued focus on
delivering the industry's most trusted, high-performance and reliable
solutions for content creators, G-Technology today announced that its G-SPEED¹
RAID external storage solutions now come equipped with the industry's highest
capacity and most reliable enterprise-class hard disk drives (HDDs), the 4TB
HGST Ultrastar drives. With 7,200 RPM performance, 64MB cache, the highest 2.0
million hour mean-time-between-failure² (MTBF) HDD specification, and unique
enterprise-class features, the G-Technology G-SPEED family continues to
deliver uncompromised performance, quality and reliability for the escalating
demands of today's post-production workflows.

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Capacity and Performance Requirements Explode
With video resolutions and frame rates increasing, and 3D projects
multiplying, high-capacity high-performance storage requirements are
exploding. For example, a short film or commercial shot in 2K resolution
requires up to 20TB+ of storage capacity and up to 1,000MB per second (MBps)
sustained data rates for editing and post production to ensure data integrity,
no dropped frames and a quick workflow. However, to keep up with capacity
demands, scaling storage requirements can be challenging especially with
limited or shrinking budgets, tempting some to buy cheaper RAID solutions with
desktop-class hard drives. But the pros know, when your digital content is
your livelihood, it is important to properly balance system requirements with
RAID storage features that match the rigors of the post-production
environment.

Just like data centers that use enterprise-class solutions, creative studios
and post production houses are constantly streaming business critical data in
RAID environments, and demand 24/7 reliability and performance. By combining
high capacity, high performance and enterprise-class features, G-Technology's
G-SPEED solutions set a new bar in meeting the rigorous demands of
professional content creation applications, spanning all levels of audio,
video, image and post-production.

Why Enterprise-Class HDDs Matter
The 4TB HGST enterprise-class drives are the only SATA HDDs rated at 2.0
million hours mean time between failure (MTBF), and receive additional
manufacturing and testing at extended temperature ranges to ensure a target of
less than one non-recoverable bit error per 10^15 bits read (i.e. no dropped
frames). They also utilize enterprise-specific firmware to minimize the
performance impact of rotational vibration interference (RVI) found in
rack-mounted servers and multi-drive storage arrays, and feature special error
recovery and detection features that help maximize performance and improve
data integrity. All these attributes make them the workhorse inside
G-Technology's high-quality, high-performance G-SPEED solutions.

Integrating enterprise-class HDDs since 2011, G-Technology is the only
external storage vendor in the world with a complete line of enterprise-class
7,200 RPM drive-based, RAID external storage solutions specifically designed
for the A/V market. All G-SPEED solution feature an all-aluminium enclosure
with four hot-swappable drives, and a "smart" cooling fan that ensures a
quiet, reliable operation. The G-SPEED family includes:

  o G-SPEED Q –  An affordable, high-performance RAID storage solution for
    creative professionals. It comes equipped with 3Gbit eSATA, FireWire® 800,
    FireWire 400 (via cable) and USB 2.0 interfaces for maximum flexibility.
    With capacities up to 16TB and speeds reaching in excess of 200MBps using
    eSATA, the G-SPEED Q solution easily supports SD and HD Final Cut Pro® and
    Adobe Premiere® compressed workflows. With its built-in RAID controller,
    the G-SPEED Q solution is not tied to a single workstation and can be
    easily transported and used on a laptop or desktop in the edit bay or on
    the road. Formatted for Macs, the compact and quiet G-SPEED Q solution can
    be configured in RAID 0 or 5. Now available, the G-SPEED Q comes in 8TB
    ($1,399.95 MSRP), 12TB ($1,799.95) and 16TB ($2299.95).
  o G-SPEED eS – A compact four-bay eSATA solution that gives professional
    content creators outstanding performance, high storage capacity and
    fail-safe operation at an unprecedented low cost per gigabyte.  When used
    with the G-Technology PCIe x4 RAID controller (sold separately), a single
    G-SPEED eS supports up to four simultaneous streams of ProRes422 HQ or one
    stream of uncompressed 1080/60i. As many as four G-SPEED eS enclosures can
    be attached to a single workstation, providing up to 64TB of
    high-performance RAID protected storage. The G-Technology PCIe x4 RAID
    controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and JBOD, and is configured and monitored
    using a full-featured web interface. The G-SPEED eS external storage
    solutions are now available and come in 8TB ($1,399.95 MSRP), 12TB
    ($1,899.95) and 16TB ($2399.95).
  o G-SPEED eS PRO – A blazing-fast solution for uncompressed HD and 2K
    workflows with mini Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connectivity that provides
    Fibre Channel-like performance at a fraction of the cost. When used with
    an ATTO® R680 PCIe RAID controller (sold separately), a single G-SPEED eS
    PRO enclosure supports real-time playback of 10-bit uncompressed 1080/60i
    with more than 400MBps sustained performance. When two G-SPEED eS PROs are
    connected to an ATTO R680 card in RAID 5 it delivers speeds close to
    1,000MBps, easily supporting two simultaneous streams of uncompressed
    10-bit HD or a single 2K DPX sequence. The G-SPEED eS PRO with the ATTO
    eight-lane PCIe RAID controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 6, and
    can scale up to 32TB, making it the most cost-effective desktop RAID
    storage solution designed specifically for high-end post. The G-SPEED eS
    PRO solution is now available in 8TB ($1,899.95 MSRP), 12TB ($2,399.95)
    and 16TB ($2899.95).

"We are in a high def revolution, and professionals in performance-intensive
environments cannot afford dropped frames, latency issues or compromised
reliability as their livelihood depends on the content they create," said Mike
Williams, vice president and general manager of HGST's Branded Business.
"Because of their stringent requirements and our commitment to their
profession, G-Technology continues to optimize its G-SPEED family to offer the
best RAID solutions in terms of quality, value and performance for the
professional content creation market."

All G-SPEED products with enterprise-class drives feature a three-year
standard factory warranty. Please visit www.g-technology.com for more
information.

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About HGST
HGST (formerly known as Hitachi Global Storage Technologies or Hitachi GST), a
Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), develops advanced hard disk drives,
enterprise‐class solid state drives, innovative external storage solutions and
services used to store, preserve and manage the world's most valued data.
Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, HGST provides high‐value storage for a
broad range of market segments, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile
Computing, Consumer Electronics and Personal Storage. HGST was established in
2003 and maintains its U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California. For more
information, please visit the company's website at http://www.hgst.com.  

¹The G-SPEED Q, G-SPEED eS and G-SPEED eS PRO models are not supported by
Windows® XP or older 32-bit operating systems, which limit maximum volume size
to 2.2TB.  All G-SPEED solutions are compatible with Mac® OS X, Windows Vista®
or other 64-bit operating systems.

²This MTBF rating is based on a sample population and is estimated by
statistical measurements and acceleration algorithms under nominal operating
conditions. MTBF ratings are not intended to predict an individual drive's
reliability. MTBF does not constitute a warranty.

G-Technology external hard drives serve as an element of an overall backup
strategy. It is recommended that users keep two or more copies of their most
important files backed up or stored on separate devices or online services.

G-Technology, G-SPEED and Ultrastar are trademarks of HGST, a Western Digital
company. Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are registered trademarks of
Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of
their respective owners.

For more information contact:
Erin Hartin           Katie Watson

HGST/G-Technology     Voce Communications

Office: 303-284-7790  Cell: 408-439-2002

Erin.Hartin.@hgst.com kwatson@vocecomm.com

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