Step Up to Faster Performance, Higher Capacity
Are you ready to move beyond the performance offered by 4- and 5-drive storage systems like Sonnet's Fusion™ D400QR5 or Fusion™ D500P Do you want the storage capacity of an 8-drive system like the Fusion
DX800RAID, but need something more affordable? The Fusion D800P2 may be just what you're looking for.
The D800P2 employs two high performance SATA II port multipliers
(1), each managing four drives. By using dual port multipliers, Sonnet has created a high performance storage system with data throughput fast enough to support multiple streams of DV, HDV, DVCPRO, ProRes 422, or uncompressed 8-bit 1080i HD video, without the need of an expensive dedicated RAID controller card. Connected to a Sonnet Tempo™
Tempo SATA E4P PCIe or
X4P PCI-X host controller installed in a Mac or Windows computer, a Fusion D800P2 system’s drives can be accessed at high speed, whether configured as a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 10 set, or JBOD. With its drives configured as a RAID 0 striped set, a Fusion D800P2 storage system achieves up to 400 MB/sec write, 470 MB/sec read data transfers. Available in configurations up to 16TB, Fusion D800P2 storage systems offer speed, versatility, and reliability—they're a great choice for anyone looking for an affordable storage system that will fit into a variety of workflows.
Safe and Secure
Fusion storage systems (except 0TB models) employ Enterprise/RAID Edition hard drives or select, Sonnet certified drives
(3) that have been selected for their superior performance, error handling, and reliability characteristics, especially when used in RAID groups. These drives are subjected to hours of additional, stringent testing to check for soft errors, vibration, and other reliability predictors. Just the sturdiest drives pass these tests and are prepared with special RAID-optimized firmware to become the building blocks of a super-reliable Fusion storage system.
Two Cables, All the Data
The Fusion D800P2 uses just two locking eSATA data cables (a Sonnet exclusive) to connect the enclosure to a SATA host controller card. This efficient interface simplifies setup and cuts cable clutter without compromising performance.
Versatile Performance
These systems are ideal for use in mixed environments—various operating systems, editing applications and output demands requiring the flexibility and interoperability that Fusion D800P2 storage systems provide. Fusion D800P2 systems support Mac OS® X, Windows® 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
(4) and Linux. They are compatible with capture cards from AJA, Blackmagic Design, Matrox, and Bluefish444, and work with all mainstream video editing applications including Apple® Final Cut Pro®, and Adobe® Premiere® Pro.
Expandability to Start
Looking for a desktop 8-drive, removable storage system to expand with your needs? Fusion D800P2-0TB storage systems offer the same great features as other D800P2 models, but without the hard drives
(3). Of course performance, capacity, and RAID reliability are dependent on drive choice.
Technical Notes:
(1) Fusion D800P2 requires a SATA host controller that supports port multipliers, such as Sonnet's Tempo SATA E4P for computers with PCI Express slots, Tempo SATA X4P for computers with PCI-X slots, or Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 or Tempo SATA ExpressCard/34 for portable computers with an ExpressCard slot.
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(4) Creating RAID volumes under Windows requires dynamic disk storage, a formatting option available with Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate (32- and 64-bit versions), Windows Vista Enterprise or Ultimate (32- and 64-bit versions), or Windows XP Professional (32- and 64-bit versions). In order to create RAID volumes larger than 2TB, you must do one of the following: Span (link together in a virtual chain) the volumes, and then format them as NTFS. -OR- Use GPT formatting. Note that drives and volumes with GPT formatting are not visible to any version of Windows XP Professional, nor to the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003 SP1.
