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Direct connect storage is cost effective as well as high performance. Whether you are offlining on external firewire drives or onlining on a 16 drive fibre channel RAID, Carbon Sound and Picture has the storage product for you. There are various levels of storage between the $200 firewire drive and the $20,000 Fibre Channel RAID. Each one comes with advantages and disadvantages. Our sales team can help you find the solution that fits your needs and budget. Call for a quote!


Promise RAIDs Promise RAIDs
The Promise VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystem delivers outstanding performance, reliability, and expansion for video and server applications. With up to 16TB per 3U rack-optimized shelf, support for 1TB 7200-rpm SATA or 450GB 15,000-rpm SAS drives, Bonjour support and a pro aluminum design, the Promise VTrak RAID is an ideal storage solution for direct-attached or SAN-based server and workstation applications, qualified for use with Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Final Cut Studio 2, and Xsan 2.

Fibrenetix Fibre Channel RAIDs Fibrenetix Fibre Channel RAIDs
Fibrenetix high-performance RAID solutions are among the most reliable, scalable and interoperable in the industry. High-availability, mulit-platform support, a broad range of open operating system support and comprehensive management tools to help users meet the ever-increasing storage challenge.

CalDigit RAIDs CalDigit HDPro RAIDs
The CalDigit HDPro's unique architecture combines the best in value with the newest technology. The HDPro is compatible with MacPro, G5, Mac OS X Server, Windows, Linux workstations, and other platforms as well. The CalDigit HDPro offers the best gigabyte-per-dollar ratio in the world for RAID storage. The HDPro is a high-performance storage solution with capacities from 2.0TB to 8.0TB and includes PCI-e Card and all accessories - it is a fraction of the cost compared to other products in its class.

Dulce Systems Duo Quad Dulce Systems Duo Quad
Video professionals know that time equals money. The sooner a job gets completed the sooner you can move on to the next project. The 8 drive Duo Quad not only looks good, it is also fit for the job, running at over 410MB/s the Duo Quad can playback in realtime 10 uncompressed SD streams. No need to wait for preview renderings for your time sensitive creations.

Ciprico MediaVault EnhanceBOX Fibre Channel RAIDs
The Enhance desktop SATA storage array is a PCI host card dependant external disk array systems that accepts multiple SATA 1.5 & 3.0 Gbp/s disks and connects to the host workstation either through onboard SATA port or SATA HBA card with external eSATA port. Depending on the host card, the array box can be configured either as JBOD or RAID, and is expanding storage through the built in SATA or eSATA ports.

Elephant Drive G|RAID3 Quad Interface, Dual-Drive RAID Solutions
G-RAID3 is the latest generation of the award winning G-RAID family of dual-drive RAID systems. Designed specifically for professional content creation applications like Final Cut Studio, G-RAID3 now features a high-speed quad interface (3 Gbit eSATA, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB2.0 ports) and is available in storage capacities up to an amazing 3TB in a compact desktop form factor! When connected via eSATA, G-RAID3 provides data transfers rates in excess of 200 MB/second to support demanding post production environments.

Elephant Drive Elephant Storage FireWire Hard Drives
The Elephant Drive from Elephant Storage is a slim, stylish and powerful hard drive. Featuring a passive cooling system ideal for pro video and other quiet working environments. Both Mac and PC compatible and can also be daisy-chained with other FireWire units.

LaCie d2 LaCie FireWire Hard Drives
Combining all of the leading interfaces into one drive, the LaCie d2 Hard Drive Extreme with Triple Interface now also comes in higher capacities to handle your most demanding projects and storage needs. It can be easily shared among multiple users and environments and is conveniently plug & play.
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