640gb red drive

[Shawn R]

What is the make and model of the new drives in the Raid?

 

[Joseph Ward]

I'm glad to here you guys are increasing memory on all fronts.:thumbup1:

 

[Jason Diamond]

I'd be more than happy to swap my 2 x 320gb's for anyone's 640gb's. but somehow i don't why anyone would do that. but i'm willing if you are

 

[Robert Frank]

Moore's law has caught up to the RED DRIVE.... Starting Monday all RED DRIVEs shipped will have a 640GB capacity... Same Price as before ( $900 )

Any chance of Moore's law being applied to lowering the price of a 320GB Red Raid? Say $399?

Why not give folks a choice? If a 320GB Red Raid were available there is a good chance you have some customers ordering multiple units. I know I would.

 

[sander kamp]

Now please RED, make it possible to make multiple projects on one drive. The biggest problem I have with large red drives is that there is no structure on it. If for every drive change, scene change or new shoot you could just make a new .RDM folder instead of formatting the drive that would a lot better.

PLEASE!

 

[Pawel Achtel]

Uhhh, that's what doctor ordered. Nice one :hurray:

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

we are directing a feature film right now and are shooting 640gb+ every day until late july

holy crap!

 

[Shawn R]

I'd still like to know the make and model of the drives.

 

[NormLi]

I too will swap my two 320GB for two 640GB drives if anyone wants to for some reason! I pay for shipping. PM if this swap interests you.

Thanks,

Norm

 

[Meryem Ersoz]

:banghead:hard to believe that anyone would waste a single breath complaining that you've made their job harder by increasing storage space...

this is a fantastic upgrade.

my only question would be: is it possible to make a smaller or thinner, more lightweight drive with high/320 gb capacity at the original price point (or cheaper)? taking off the weight can be just as meaningful as much as longer record times...

thanks for the continuous enhancements.

 

[Stephen Lovett]

Not likely

Not likely

Meryrm,

This isn't likely to happen, as the components (the 2.5" drives) are the same size and weight.

I like your thinking though.

Steve

 

[Martin Weiss]

I would buy a used - but fully working - 320gig RED drive for $450.

If there is another one like me, we could buy it for $900 and you could get yourself a new 640gig drive?

(BTW, in the RED store, it still says 320gig http://www.red.com/store/501001 )

 

[Dane Brehm]

Perfect! I'm sure Producers will soon try and give me a line like

"Don't you only need 1 drive now? We can roll for 4hrs right?"

I hope the FW800 ports have a lower failure rates to

Thanks for the upgrade guys!

 

[CJ Roy]

Are these 5400 or 7200 rpm drives inside? Just curious.

 

[Michael McLaughlin]

Please continue the 320

Please continue the 320

A lower priced hard drive would be great for those of us that are having a bit of a problem in this economy.

My lack of funds is not RED's problem by any stretch... it just would allow me to strech the dollars I have right now.

A price of 425 sounds perfect, 500 hits the max of what I can do right now. And to be honest that extra 100 for the cable probably puts it over what I can do.

I hope I am not being unreasonable proposing such things.

More of just giving some inside calculations of what is going on in my head right now, and proabably some others.

 

[JanneJansson]

The exchange rate from $ to my currency (skr) have also made a huge impact in my spending. Everything is almost TWICE the price as last summer. So far this year we have just invested 1% in new gear from US, as from last year. All other stuff is home grown for now.

..so every little price/performance improvement is greatly appreciated

 

[Andrew Wilding]

Wow. You guys are awesome. Im so glad I haven't received my drive yet!

Red never ceases to amaze me.

 

[Radim Schreiber]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! I'll need a dual battery setup.

 

[Stephen Lovett]

Price drop

Price drop

Hi folks,

As a heads up, the price difference between the two drive sizes is almost a rounding error, given the price of the Red-Drive.

for example, the branny new 500GB 7200 rpm drives from Seagate (arguably the most expensive / fastest non SSD Drive available in a 2.5" form factor today) is about $125.00 US.

http://www.centralcomputers.com/ccp...ata-7200rpm-16mb-st9500420as-drisea95002s.htm

The same model with 320GB capacity is about $110.00 US

http://www.centralcomputers.com/com...ata-3gb-s-16mb--st9320421asg-drisea93203s.htm

Looking for about a $500.00 discount based on a less than $30.00 difference in parts costs seems pretty unreasonable to me.

(The delta is going to be smaller on both lower capacity drives, and in volume purchase, like those used in the Red-Drives)

I agree that digital storage is the area where Red's value proposition isn't as strong as it is in the vast majority of the product line.

(But here I think the larger gap exists on RedRam as Red CP units, as prices for SSD, SxS cards, and other CF media have plummeted)

Given the value proposition of the rest of the products, you won't hear me bitchin however.

Thus I find myself back at "Thanks Red team",

Steve

 

[Curran Giddens]

Given the value proposition of the rest of the products, you won't hear me bitchin however.

Thus I find myself back at "Thanks Red team"

Yeah. They gotta make $$ somewhere.

Thanks Red team!