For a limited time, purchase a DR4 and get a free STARDOM iTANK Single-bay SATA2 & USB2.0 Interface Enclosure for free!
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Plat-form designed DECKRAID DR4 fits right under your Apple Cinema Display® up to 30”, as well as any professional grade display monitor up to 30 kgs. in weight for you to work comfortably by providing a greater spacious working environment. It’s the perfect ensemble.
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A content safe hardware RAID 5 storage
DECKRAID DR4 embeds the Oxford 936QS chipset that provides a content safe, allowing single drive failure, RAID 5 storage solution that’s affordable and cost effective. It is RAID 5 ready right out of the box, so there’s no confusing or difficult hardware or software to set up. Simply install the drives, format them and go!
Performance driven system
The DECKRAID DR4 is performance driven for professional creative workflow using tools such as Final Cut Pro® for H.264 encoding, Motion 3 for 3D compositing or Aperture™ for RAW image management applications. Equipped with high speed connectivity including FireWire 800 and 3G eSATA, the DR4 significantly cuts down unnecessary production time to meet your deadlines.
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Secure with confidence, remove with ease Equipped with removable hard drive trays, installing or removing a drive would be absolutely hassle-free. There are no extra wires to attach, simply insert the drive to the designated slot and go! Each drive tray is also equipped with a locking mechanism to secure the drive into place to keep the drives and data safe.
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Boot via FireWire
Via FireWire 800 connectivity, the DECKRAID DR4 is capable of acting as a RAID 5 boot drive that’s fault tolerant and resistant to single drive failures. Such a function also equips a user with a secondary boot drive that can be used remotely on other remote workstations when necessary.
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Time Machine® friendly
DECKRAID DR4 supports the Time Machine® included in the Mac OS X Leopard®.via Firewire 800 or USB 2.0 connectivity (HFS+ drive format required), all of your system files can be speedily backed up to the RAID 5 unit, which extends an extra level of protection of your contents.
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Stack to expand
When you have limited working space to expand your storage needs, the DR4 takes care of that with its multi-stackable design taking up no more than 2 sheets of copy paper wide in size. Along in the same family as the DR4, the DECKTANK DT4 that has also the same in body structure; you can easily configure, stack to expand your storage needs easily.
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Store anything and everything
Store all of your creative contents or convert all your CD or DVD libraries to the DR4 for a large archive and the best protection against data loss. The system enclosure supports hard drives up to 1.5TB per drive slot, totaling 4.5TB of massive content safe storage so you can store anything and everything with peace of mind.
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A content safe hardware RAID 5 storage
DECKRAID DR4 embeds the Oxford 936QS chipset that provides a content safe, allowing single drive failure, RAID 5 storage solution that’s affordable and cost effective. It is RAID 5 ready right out of the box, so there’s no confusing or difficult hardware or software to set up. Simply install the drives, format them and go!
DR4 Performance Benchmark
| DECKTANK Series |
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| Model No. |
DR4-WBS2 |
DR4-WBS2-4SX8 |
| w/ SJ20-x8 Host Adapter |
NO |
Yes |
| Interfaces |
eSATA + FireWire 400/800 (1394 a/b) + USB 2.0 |
| Recommended |
4 X 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA II (3.0Gb/s) up to 1.5TB in capacity |
| Storage mode |
RAID 5 |
| Cooling system |
471 mm ( W ) x 43 mm ( H ) x 245 mm ( D ) |
| Dimensions |
430 (W) x 245 (D) x 45 (H) mm |
| Audio/visual alarms |
Hard drive and fan failures / system temperature overheating |
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