1.35GBps "claimed" transfer I wonder if that can be achieved in Raid 6 for this device. I'm leaning towards raid 0 side.
However I do have to ask, what is the weight of this thing? i'm thinking about 20 lbs for drives, and another 10 for the system. It is called "shuttle XL" so portability comes to mind, esp with the first pic of the macbooks with many USB externals in it.
The G-SPEED Shuttle XL is 23 lbs fully populated with drives. The design of the Shuttle XL fits snuggly in a 1510 Pelican case which is kind of nice if you want to take 64TB of storage with you as a carry-on.
Regarding speed, even in RAID 6 you should get speeds of around 1Gbs/sec.
"These are still USB 3.0 drives, as there is not much to gain by moving to a USB 3.1 interface for hard drives. "
That might be how their marketing department spins it, but you should know better than that. What you gain is the security of a physical port that has a future, vs one that is on its way out.
Note to self: finish coffee before snarking. I even pasted "USB 3.0" in there, but I was thinking "Thunderbolt", despite the article mentioning USB-C. My life for an edit button...
They are two different products. USB 3.0 Type-C is for the small external hard drives.
The Thunderbolt 2 interface is for the Shuttle-XL product. In any case, we will definitely have Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 / Type-C adapters so that older Thunderbolt peripherals continues to work with the newer computers with a Thunderbolt 3 Type-C interface.
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bebimbap - Sunday, January 17, 2016 - link
1.35GBps "claimed" transfer I wonder if that can be achieved in Raid 6 for this device. I'm leaning towards raid 0 side.However I do have to ask, what is the weight of this thing? i'm thinking about 20 lbs for drives, and another 10 for the system. It is called "shuttle XL" so portability comes to mind, esp with the first pic of the macbooks with many USB externals in it.
GTechBobby - Friday, January 22, 2016 - link
The G-SPEED Shuttle XL is 23 lbs fully populated with drives. The design of the Shuttle XL fits snuggly in a 1510 Pelican case which is kind of nice if you want to take 64TB of storage with you as a carry-on.Regarding speed, even in RAID 6 you should get speeds of around 1Gbs/sec.
ciparis - Sunday, January 17, 2016 - link
"These are still USB 3.0 drives, as there is not much to gain by moving to a USB 3.1 interface for hard drives. "That might be how their marketing department spins it, but you should know better than that. What you gain is the security of a physical port that has a future, vs one that is on its way out.
ciparis - Sunday, January 17, 2016 - link
Note to self: finish coffee before snarking. I even pasted "USB 3.0" in there, but I was thinking "Thunderbolt", despite the article mentioning USB-C. My life for an edit button...ganeshts - Sunday, January 17, 2016 - link
They are two different products. USB 3.0 Type-C is for the small external hard drives.The Thunderbolt 2 interface is for the Shuttle-XL product. In any case, we will definitely have Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 / Type-C adapters so that older Thunderbolt peripherals continues to work with the newer computers with a Thunderbolt 3 Type-C interface.