G-Technology G-RAID with Thunderbolt

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

5
Average:

1
Bad:

2

Pros:

Good-looking .
Very fast for a dual-bay external drive.
Supports RAID 0 and RAID.

Cons:

Expensive.
Its hard drives are not user-serviceable.

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Last revision on March 18, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Good-looking
Very fast for a dual-bay external drive
Supports RAID 0 and RAID

Reviewers Didn't Like

Expensive
Its hard drives are not user-serviceable
It doesn't come with a Thunderbolt cable
Lacks support any other connection types

Expert reviews and ratings

What would you do with an extra 8 terabytes of available storage? In my case I opted to use this storage space for a full system backup plus my collection of digital music and videos for...

By GadgetSpeak on February 27, 2014

Any interface, especially a new one, is only as good as the things you can plug into it. This means that a lot of Thunderbolt's success will depend on how many desirable new products enter the market and show off its potential, and how quickly. One of...

By TechRadar on July 18, 2012

By TechRadar AU on July 18, 2012

G-Technology’s G-RAID with Thunderbolt is a preconfigured RAID 0 storage device that houses two 7200-rpm Hitachi drives in an all-aluminum enclosure. While it’s configured as a striped RAID (RAID 0), it can be reconfigured to a mirrored RAID (RAID 1)...

By Macworld UK on April 26, 2012

Altogether, this is a great drive, especially for users who will be transferring and storing large media files. Whether you need to add storage to your studio computer or need a speedy, portable storage solution for production on the go, the G-RAID...

By Macworld Australia on April 20, 2012

All things considered, the G-Tech G-RAID with Thunderbolt makes a decent investment for Mac owners who have the funds for a fast storage...

By cnet on April 11, 2012

Relatively quiet in use, the G-Technology G-Raid with Thunderbolt still proved to be a powerhouse in both capacity and performance. With that huge 8TB of storage on offer, accessible at the speed of a second-generation SATA SSD, the G-Raid offers size...

By PC Advisor on March 26, 2012

Not only am I the face of the Audioholics product review videos, I also have the job of editing them together. That’s sort of my niche: editing video. And now that everything shoots in HD and the smallest video file can take up over a gig—sorry,...

By Audioholics on November 30, 2012

The G-RAID is a solid hard drive that can speed up your workflow and keep it simple at the same time.G-Technology...

By Videomaker on July 19, 2012

There's a reason why Hitachi's G-Technology line of external hard drives have built a glowing reputation in the content creation space. They're build extremenly well, look great and are the epitomy of reliability. We found the all-metal enclosure to...

By StorageReview on May 10, 2012

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