Storage solutions provider G-Technology announced the first extension of its Studio line, the G-Speed Studio XL. Expanding on the two-bay G-RAID Studio and four-bay G-Speed Studio Thunderbolt 2 storage solutions which launched earlier this year, the G-Speed Studio XL holds up to eight removable enterprise-class 7,200 RPM hard drives. Fully populated and properly configured, the array is capable of moving in excess of 1.3GB per second.
The G-Speed Studio XL eight-bay Thunderbolt 2 storage solution comes in a black enclosure with integrated cooling technology. It also supports 4K workflows with user-configurable RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60, and transfer rates of up to 1.35GB per second in RAID 0. Like other products in the Studio line, the G-Speed Studio XL can be daisy-chained to other drive arrays or peripherals through dual Thunderbolt 2 ports.
The G-Speed Studio XL will be available in November. Manufacturer’s suggested retail pricing is 24TB for $3,600, 32TB for $4,600, 40TB for $5,500, 48TB for $6,000 and 64TB for $7,000.
