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GMAX Star-X - SATA - RAID 0

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GMAX Star-X - SATA - RAID 0

Make every frame count with the STAR-X SATA Array, the essential tool for professional video editing. Optimum performance with 5 drives running RAID 0 - HBA, cables and drives included.

STAR-X is one of the highest performance video RAID storage solutions available on the market today. Capable of data transfer speeds of 390MB/s STAR-X™ can easily support real-time playback of 10-bit uncompressed HD video (1080i). Further, with up to 20TB of useable hard drive capacity, STAR-X can hold over 10 hours of media.

  • SATA II compliant, 1.5 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s auto-negotiation
  • FIS-based Port Multiplier-aware to support up to 20 disk drives(1)(2)
  • Native PCI Express (PCIe) x4 host bus interface for high-performance applications
  • Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA drives
  • Hot-swap drive support(3)


Hitachi HArd Drives Star-X series drives feature Hitachi hard drives.


What's in the box:

  • Star-X RAID-0 Disk Array
  • eSATA Cable (1)
  • Sonnet 4 port PCIe or PCIx card 
5 Drive Models Capacity  
STAR-X-125
 1.25TB $ 1499.00
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STAR-X-250 2.5TB $ 1999.00
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STAR-X-375 3.75TB $ 2899.00
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STAR-X-500 5TB $ 3599.00
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10 Drive Models Capacity  
STAR-XH-250
 2.5TB $ 2599.00
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STAR-XH-500 5TB $ 3899.00
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STAR-XH-750 7.5TB $ 5399.00
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STAR-XH-10T 10TB $ 6899.00
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Product Snapshot:

  • Up to 190MB/Sec
    (5 drive configuration)
  • eSATA Connection
  • Configured as RAID 0
  • FIS-based Port Multiplier-aware
    to support up to 20 disk drives.
  • Native HDV, SD and HD support
  • SATA II compliant, 1.5 Gb/s and
    3 Gb/s auto-negotiation
  • Mac OSX, Windows XP Pro and Vista compatible.

    Supports up to SD
    Click to see Benchmarks


SPECIFICATIONS:
Disk Drives: (5 or 10) Hitachi 7200 RPM SATA II drives with up to 32MB cache
Controller: Sonnet 4 port PCIe or PCIx card
Size: (LxWxH) 12.25” x 4.75" x 8.38”
31.12 x 12.1 x 21.29 cm
Weight: 16.2 lbs/7.35 kg (with 5 drives)
Warranty: 2 years

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Mac OS X 10.3.x or higher,
Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Benchmarks:
Speed tools 3.0.2 / Quick Bench 2.1.2
 
AJA Speed Test V5.0
            
 
Transfer Rate
2048x1556 10Bit RGB 16GB
Hours per system 
One Enclosure 5 drives
(HD8 Bit Only)		 Read Write Read Write HD SD DVCPro HDV DV
STAR-X125 1.25TB 174 MB/Sec. 224 MB/Sec. 161 MB/Sec. 180 MB/Sec. 1.2 2.8 19.2 92.7 81.5
STAR-X250 2.5TB 219 MB/Sec. 224 MB/Sec. 202 MB/Sec. 204 MB/Sec. 2.5 5.6 38.2 184.7 162.3
STAR-X375 3.75TB 160 MB/Sec. 203 MB/Sec. 152 MB/Sec. 176 MB/Sec. 3.8 8.5 57.44 277.46 243.9
STAR-X500 5TB 241 MB/Sec. 224 MB/Sec. 195 MB/Sec. 200 MB/Sec. 5 11.4 76.6 370 325.5
   
Two Enclosures 10 drives
(HD10 Bit)		  
STAR-XH-250 Dual 2.5TB 354 MB/Sec. 394 MB/Sec. 170 MB/Sec. 197 MB/Sec. 2.5 5.6 38.2 184.7 162.3
STAR-XH-500 Dual 5TB 479 MB/Sec. 423 MB/Sec. 207 MB/Sec. 232 MB/Sec. 5 11.3 76.4 369.4 324.7
STAR-XH-750 Dual 7.75TB 425 MB/Sec. 377 MB/Sec. 318 MB/Sec. 339 MB/Sec. 7.6 17.1 115 554.9 487.8
STAR-XH-10T Dual 10TB 499 MB/Sec. 423 MB/Sec. 207 MB/Sec. 232 MB/Sec. 10 22.7 153 739 650.2