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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

G-Speed STUDIO line

I have not tried this, but I consult for a fortune 500 company, and when I first got there they had 15-20 G-Speeds. 10 of them were broken and the rest were scattered through out the building being used by content creators because their SAN was not working, I fixed the SAN but the G-Speeds continued to get use as temporary storage as the content creators needed it, mostly as a place to keep their projects in the event of another SAN failure since they didn't really trust it after it failed years earlier.

Now its been a year or so and all of the G-Speed drives have bitten the dust. And the company bought new ones for users to use as they needed. Many of those are failing as well.

I use other brands of drives in my own post production studio, as well as in other consulting clients, and I have yet to have any issues with them. So I tend to stay away from G-Tech.

Maybe other peoples experience will vary, or maybe its just the way the people at my one client treat the drives when I'm not looking, I'm not sure.
 
I've been recommending G-Tech products for years. At least, I have been. In the past 8 months, out of about 40 drives, 3 have failed. This is about 30 GRaids and 10 GRaid Mini's. On this current project, out of 7 drives, 2 died.

That's an atrocious, unacceptable ratio.

Would love to know what other people are using for reliable fast I/O drives on set. The GRaids are nice for the cost, availability, and write speeds versus non-RAIDed external drives. But without the reliability, it's pointless.
 
I'm surprised by this negativity that goes for G-tech drives... Earlier I thought they were regarded as reliable and professional products used by many pros...
 
Gabor D. said:
I'm surprised by this negativity that goes for G-tech drives... Earlier I thought they were regarded as reliable and professional products used by many pros...
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They used to be. About a year or two ago they were purchased by Western Digital. It's been a slow decline ever since. But before that happened, they became one of the standards used on set. So the quality can decline, and the product can continue to be used. Just, no longer by me.
 
What do you recommend, then, as a brand thats close/equal to the reliability and performance of the "golden age" g-tech drives before they got bought out?
 
Any other thoughts on the subjecT?
 
I push for Glyph, and if they're not available then I recommend OWC. G Tech still makes it onto set quite a bit as they're an industry staple, but I've been letting every producer and production coordinator I work with know that they're now owned by Western Digital. Quite a few concerned looks when they find out.
 
I have a G Tech small raid box that has been in service for 3 years or more. No problems.
 
http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/

...just saying

I have Seagate 3TB Barracuda drives in my RAIDs and as archive drives - no problems so far, but may buy WesternDigital-Red drives in the future.

My RAID housings (4 of them) are cheap-ish ORIO and Sharkoon housings - they work like a charm (knock on wood).
Personally I don't think, that the housing maters much, it's the drives that fail.
 
Robert Bluemke said:
I push for Glyph, and if they're not available then I recommend OWC. G Tech still makes it onto set quite a bit as they're an industry staple, but I've been letting every producer and production coordinator I work with know that they're now owned by Western Digital. Quite a few concerned looks when they find out.
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Does glyph make thunderbolt drives? i cant seem to find any :(
 
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