Promise pegasus r4i 32tb raid mpx module for mac pro next gallery image. Promise specializes in providing the latest in scalable san storage, thunderbolt enabled storage, nas storage, and personal and enterprise cloud storage solutions for clients in different verticals. The pegasus r6 is the first 6bay high performance hardware raid solution designed to unleash the raw power of thunderbolt technology. The pegasus r4 is the first 4bay high performance hardware raid solution designed to unleash the raw power of thunderbolt technology. Now you can get the blazing speeds essential for your highresolution video and rich media projects, along with the safety and security of fullfeatured raid protection. Promise, known for its pegasus external raid arrays and rack mount. Dec 20, 2019 the promise pegasus r4i is a 4bay raid storage solution that utilizes apples new mpx form factor for the mac pro. We have our first indication that the mac pros fancy new mpx modules. The promise pegasus r4 is a fourbay raid external drive for professionals that sling a lot of data. Promise internal pegasus r4i, as a tme machine drive. One of the hallmarks of the original cheesegrater mac pro was the 4 drive bays that allowed users to create an internal raid. With this raid system, there is a free license of chronosync pegasus edition backup software for macos included. Available now at the and will be available soon through the promise. Pegasus r4 raid storage with thunderbolt connectivity for mac os x 4 bay sata 4tb 4 x 1tb part pr401us pegasus r4 and r6 are the first 4bay and.
You can use either program to manage the drive, including. Averages based on 1gb and 5gb stress testsupdate 04042014 just received my mac pro thunderbolt 2. Jul 08, 2011 by default the pegasus ships in a raid 5 configuration with either 4 or 6 drives depending on whether you bought an r4 or r6 model. Raid 1 uses two hard drives and doesnt come with the speed advantage of raid 0. Dec 27, 2019 the promise pegasus j2i is a twobay sata enclosure with a preinstalled 3. Promise technology 12tb pegasus2 r6 thunderbolt 2 raid. We approximate your location from your internet ip address by matching it to a.
The pegasus2 is a hardware raid that comes preconfigured as a. Lacie 8tb 2big dock thunderbolt 3 raid storage previous gallery image. Pegasus3 series delivers the capacity and performance. Promise partnered with technology company symply to provide the symply storage management suite for pegasus users. Dec 27, 2019 not everyone needs 4bay raid solutions like the promise r4i, and not everyone needs ridiculouslyfast raid ssd setups like the sonnet m. The graid with thunderbolt 3 is perfect for your highperformance storage needs. The enclosure features two thunderbolt 3 ports, a usbc ports, and an hdmi port that supports 4k at 60fps, as well as hdr. The new pegasus raid system was custom built for new mac pro. This drive is already formatted for mac and fully compatible with thunderbolt 3. Best thunderbolt raid systems for imac pro of 2020 imore. Trying to connect pegasus raid 4tb to macbook pro ask different.
A disk arrays maximum size is the number of drives multiplied by the smallest drive. Promise pegasus r4i delivers the powerful raid engine from the pegasus as an internal fourbay raid mpx module for mac pro. Jan 03, 2018 promise technology will soon offer custom configurations for its pegasus3 line of thunderbolt 3 desktop raid storage solutions, allowing customers to configure a pegasus3 raid enclosure to meet. Promise pegasus r4i 32tb raid mpx module for mac pro apple. Promise technology now offering custom configurations for. Promise pegasus2 r6 12tb 6 x 2tb thunderbolt 2 raid storage. The pegasus2 r6 we received has six 7200rpm hard drives with 2tb of capacity each, the same capacity as the first pegasus we tested. The original 4 drive promise array was running out of space as i was using both for apple time.
The pegasus system supports raid 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and jbod. The promise pegasus r4i is a fourdrive hardware raid array that can easily slide into your mac pro thanks to its mpx form factor. The raid 5 array is configured with a 128kb stripe size and 512. Compare models right for the office or home and shop online. Internal storage options for mac pro promise pegasus r4i raid storage mpx module and pegasus j2i to conveniently store and speedily access upto. This software makes it incredibly easy to manage any of the files that are stored on the raid system.
Industrys first thunderbolt 2 raid posts impressive speeds at an affordable price. This is similar to raid 0 in that all you need is a couple hard drives and the raid function in disk utility. This portable raid solution comes in black, white, gold, gray, and silver, and features a rugged enclosure thats designed to be taken on the road with you. Its a 1tb solid state drive, making it perfect for smaller projects, with transfer speeds of up to 770mbs. Jan 09, 2020 gtechnology makes excellent hard drives, so its no surprise that its raid systems make this list. Promise p3r6hd24us pegasus3 r6 24tb 6x4tb thunderbolt 3. Adding the r4i to your mac pro instantly gives you a ton of onboard storage via four 8tb drives set up by default in a raid 5 configuration. Jun 08, 2012 the pegasus r4 also supports raid 0, 1, 50, 6, 60, and 10. Promise technology 32tb 4 x 8tb pegasus r4i raid storage mpx module for mac pro. Im experiencing some issues with a mac mini running macos sierra 10. You can also create a set that concatenates smaller disks to act as one larger disk.
Gtechnology makes excellent hard drives, so its no surprise that its raid systems make this list. It contains four swappable modules that contain four 7200 rpm hard drives from promise, preformatted. Jun 04, 2019 the new pegasus r4i is a bona fide mpx module that adds up to 32tb of storage in a prebuilt raid 5 array, meaning your data can survive in case one of its four hard drives happens to fail. The promise pegasus r4i is a 4bay raid storage solution that utilizes apples new mpx form factor for the mac pro. Fast and secure raid storage inside a chassis is a favorite tool for filmmakers and. Promise pegasus2 thunderbolt 2 raid array for apples. I was in need of additional raid storage to use with my mac mini. R4 wont register 6gbs ssd drives slow readwrite speeds. Dec 20, 2019 the promise pegasus r4i is a fourdrive hardware raid array that can easily slide into your mac pro thanks to its mpx form factor.
Promise technology storage solutions for it, cloud. Jan 14, 2020 nas drives are designed to live their entire life close together in a frame that will transmit vibration for one disk to the other, that are designed to power on and spin up with other drives doing the same at the same time so they are more resilient in a raid array at least in theory. With the 6 bay hardware, it can transfer 40gbs which is double the thunderbolt 2. There is a pegasus3 utility for mac that offers macos 10. Pegasus r4 raid storage with thunderbolt connectivity for mac. Mar 28, 2015 the array is set up as jbod with openzfs on top, but the pegasus utility crashes once i add an 8tb drive into the mix.
Promise pegasus raid thunderbolt promise technology, inc. Raid configuration with promise pegasus apple community. About the promise pegasus r4i mpx raid storage module for. Going back to earlier 4tb or 6tb hgst drives worked fine, though. Promise technology is a leading developer of highperformance storage solutions tailormade for the data center, surveillance, cloud, and rich media markets. Promise debuts first internal hard drive sleds for new mac. It is one of the latest thunderbolt drives on the market for mac and pc users who have adopted. You are able to set the raid level 0, 1, 1e, 10, 5, 6 when you create the logical drive. The drives are hotswappable for servicing purposes. The pegasus r4i, built for mac pro 2019, is a plugandplay raid mpx module with four 8tb swappable 7200rpm sata hdds, providing 32tb of raw storage. Promises pegasus2 r8 is an eightdrive, thunderboltnative raid thats currently the fastest in the industry, thanks to its early adoption of the same thunderbolt 2 ports that recently started shipping on apples newest macbook pro laptops and the new mac pro workstation, and is due soon on a few pcs. Thunderbolt technology is a new, highspeed, dualprotocol io technology designed for performance, simplicity, and flexibility.
Get the blazing speeds essential for your highresolution video and rich media projects, along with the safety and security of a fullfeatured hardware raid engine. So if you tell the pegasus to make an array out of 6 drives, 5 of which are 3tb and one of which is 2tb, then the. Create a disk set using disk utility on mac apple support. Promise pegasus r4i 32tb raid mpx module for mac pro. Internal storage options for mac pro promise pegasus r4i raid storage mpx module and pegasus j2i to conveniently store and speedily access upto 32tb of data over internal buses. The amazing allnew macbook pro from apple deserves the finest thunderbolt 3 raid available.
The r4i fits into one of the mac pros mpx slots and has four sata iii drive bays, each of which is equipped with an 8tb 7200 rpm sata iii 3. Pegasus3 series promise technology storage solutions for it. The promise pegasus j2i is a twobay sata enclosure with a preinstalled 3. Buy promise technology 12tb pegasus2 r6 thunderbolt 2 raid storage array featuring includes 6 x 2tb sata hdds, 12tb storage capacity, 2 x thunderbolt 2 ports, 6 hotswappable drive bays, preconfigured in raid 5 mode, supports raid 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, compatible with time machine in os x, mac compatible. The pegasus r4i is a raid module for the mpx expansion slot, used within the mac pro. Buy promise technology 32tb 4 x 8tb pegasus r4i raid storage mpx module for mac pro featuring designed for the mac pro, fullheight mpx form factor, 4 x 8tb 7200 rpm sata iii 3.
The latest generation of pegasus raid storage, promise pegasus3 delivers the power of thunderbolt 3 technology. The pegasus2 r6 from promise is the first thunderbolt 2 peripheral to make its way into the macworld lab. If you dont remember all your acronyms, a raid is a redundant array of independent disks. The pegasus raid engine, which you access through the software utility, can also configure the drive to use raid 0, 1, 6, or 10 setups. It requires four hard drives to use, and is essentially two raid 0 sets mirroring each other. The new mac pro can add 32tb of storage with this harddrivefilled. It comes with webpam proe software for windows and pegasus utilities for mac. Promise pegasus r4i 32tb raid mpx module for mac pro previous gallery image. You can create a redundant array of independent disks raid set to optimize storage performance and increase reliability in case of a disk failure. Internal storage options for mac pro promise pegasus r4i raid storage mpx module to conveniently store and speedily access upto 32tb of data over. The g raid with thunderbolt 3 is perfect for your highperformance storage needs. Mac pro internal ssd speed of 975mb write 942mb read. Its a sixdrive 12tb hardware raid box and can be purchased from the apple store for. If you want rid of the slow transferring speed of thunderbolt 2, then pegasus is an outstanding alternative.
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