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G-Technology G-RAID 2 TB Dual External Hard Drive

4.1 out of 5 stars 183 customer reviews
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  • 200+ MB/second data transfer rates via eSATA port
  • High-speed interface eSATA, FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 via cable) and USB 2.0 ports
  • High-speed, low-cost RAID designed specifically for professional content creation applications
  • Thermo-regulated, quiet smart fan
  • Supports multi-stream HDV, DVCPro HD, XDCAM HD, ProRes 422 and uncompressed SD workflows
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Summary : Screen Size, Screen Resolution, Graphics Coprocessor, Graphics Card RAM
RAM 32 MB
Hard Drive 2 TB Desktop
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 1
Other Technical Details
Brand Name G-Technology
Item model number 0G00271
Hardware Platform PC
Operating System OSX 10.3/ 10.4/ 10.5/ 10.6/ 10.7, Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7
Item Weight 3.9 pounds
Product Dimensions 2.9 x 5.1 x 9.2 inches
Item Dimensions L x W x H 2.87 x 5.12 x 9.25 inches
Color SILVER
Hard Drive Interface Firewire
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 7200 RPM

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ASIN B002Q887BS
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4.1 out of 5 stars 183 customer reviews

4.1 out of 5 stars
Best Sellers Rank #1,073 in Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Data Storage > External Hard Drives
#1,652 in Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Data Storage > Internal Hard Drives
Shipping Weight 6.5 pounds
Date First Available September 24, 2009

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1.0 out of 5 starsBuyer BEWARE!
By David M. Ice on November 2, 2010
Size: 2 TB Verified Purchase
I've owned about 10 GRaid drives over the past few years. I thought it was just me.....nearly a 75% failure rate.

I purchased two new Graid Gen4 2tb drives in October 2010. One drive was totally dead, DOA, right out of the box.

GTech informed me today that "We no longer repair drives." Oh. Maybe they were thinking something else, but that really gives me pause about customer service and warranty reliablility.

Need further proof? Simply go to [...] and look under FORUMS. There you will find one for GTech. Man you will get an eye full! "Now my 2nd GRAID is failing!" "Lost all data, HELP!" "Drive won't mount". "Power button won't work." "Drive makes strange noises". And my favorite, "Are all GTech drives really bad, or is it just me?"

Nope, it isn't "just you". I've had the president of GTech call me and replace ALL of my GRAID drives because I raised such a stink about the lousy quality and the failure rate. At that time, I had 3 or 4 drives fail in a year--one only 9 months new, and the replacement RMA drive failing after 30 days!

Now this....2 new drives, purchased here through Adorama (which I hold totally blameless) and one of them is totally dead. According to GTech, my only option is to return the drive to Adorama and have them ship me another drive--with no assurances that it will work, either.

I would love to really believe in or trust GTech, but no longer. As soon as I can afford it, I will replace my 4 (hopefully) running GRaid drives with another manufacturer.

I'm not a nut. I don't have my video editing suite located over power lines, or an ancient Indian burial ground. They are in an air conditioned room with superb ventilation. But they don't last. They don't work.Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 starsAwaiting exchange; mine randomly dismounts.
By Carla K Barlow on February 14, 2011
Size: 2 TB Verified Purchase
I purchased mine a month ago to hold my sample library (I'm a composer and have roughly 1TB so far of virtual instrument libraries).

During the second week, I noticed a "Device Removal!" error (meaning, the drive had unexpectedly disconnected from the Mac); I figured it was a fluke. But last night, it did this three times, during a big read operation. Hideous. Specifically, I was opening a project that used a number of orchestral instruments, and the G-Tech drive dismounted in the middle of their loading process. OUCH.

I've taken the exchange route this time, but if the replacement drive exhibits the same behavior, I'm getting a refund and moving on. (Up to now, I've gotten most of my audio-purposed drives from Other World Computing and had pretty good luck - one failure in I think 8 years.)

G-Tech cannot advertise this drive as suitable for A/V/Digital Media work -- or much of anything else, really -- if this is how it performs. I'll report back after I get my replacement.
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1.0 out of 5 starsCustomer Service Nightmare
By Penny Royal on August 22, 2012
Size: 4 TB
I have a design production studio and while we have used G-Drives forever, something bad has happened to both their quality control and customer service. We have had 3 consecutive failures of 2TB and 4TB drives. The 4TB drive gave me an error message when I first got it. We have now invested so much time in troubleshooting and being shuffled around by the G-Tech Customer Service reps that I have decided to return it to Amazon and to find a better company to deal with. If you are considering buying a G-Tech drive I want you to consider the following - We invested many hours in finding out the device has a problem, sent it back and got back the same hard drive with the same information and icon from my studio in place. I initialized the drive and then plugged it in after remove the same make drive that is not having a problem. It gave me the same error message that caused me to send it in in the first place. The customer service rep, Angel, refused to treat our second failure as anything other than a routine RMA and started us on the trouble shooting again.

I will never, never buy a G-Tech product again. They are badly made and they are not supported by intelligent service. I have a quote from our CS rep - We can't give you your money back because we are not the retailer and you have to go through trouble shooting to get an RMA! OK I am sending it back to Amazon. At least they have good customer service.
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5.0 out of 5 starsRoom to store
By Skycaptain on April 28, 2010
Size: 4 TB Verified Purchase
Needed more room to store photographic and video files. Another unnamed drive has failed me twice, but this product has proven to do the job.
This is the second G-raid I've bought and I'm pleased with the design and quality.
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4.0 out of 5 starsG-raid 2TB
By Amazon Customer on April 5, 2010
Size: 2 TB Verified Purchase
I ordered this drive thinking that it was RAID 1 compatible, but I was totally wrong and should have read the description better (my fault). None the less this product was rock solid and is great. I would definitely recommend this for those who are in the market for a kick-ass RAID 0 drive. It's built like a tank and fast.
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2.0 out of 5 starsNot a RAID. It's a Stripe Set. DO NOT BUY FOR BACKUPS.
By Version One on September 9, 2013
Size: 4 TB Verified Purchase
A RAID is a "Redundant Array of Independent Disks." The "RAID" in "G-RAID" is not redundant.

No matter what definition you use, the "R" in RAID stands for "Redundant." This is always true with the exception of RAID 0 which isn't really a RAID at all. With the very basic RAID, RAID 1, you have a mirrored copy of all information on both drives in the pair. With RAID 0 you have what's called a stripe set; bits of files are written to multiple disks in a set. No one disk contains a whole file (usually), so all drives are required for you to be able to access your data.

When I dig deeper into the reviews on here (Amazon) I notice a lot of people giving the drives negative scores because of the failure rate. My drive hasn't failed. I'm giving this drive a negative rating for mis-branding. Because the drive is called G-RAID, and I read far enough down to see that the "drive" came with 2 disks, I assumed that the drive was a RAID 1. Because of this I purchased the drive for doing backups on data that I would like to keep. Upon realizing my mistake some months after having purchased my drive, (finally got around to using it), I realize that I need to get a different drive for backups. I had actually done my pre-purchase "research" on another site that did not indicate this is a RAID-0 drive, and ended up buying the drive from Amazon because of the cheaper price.

I was not intending on buying a stripe set for doing back-ups, but was mislead by the name on the unit. I have a stripe set with SSDs which is significantly faster than this drive will ever be, even with its Firewire 800 port because this drive uses physical disks. I purchased this device for use on one of my workstations as a back-up.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsBEST DRIVES I'VE EVER HAD!

I have half a dozen G-Raid drives, all from 2TB to 6TB, purchase in 2010 to 2011. All are working perfectly FIVE YEARS LATER, no data problems or failures. Read more

Published 1 month ago by L. Brown
5.0 out of 5 starsLasted 5+ years

We bought 3 of these for our video library, a main drive and 2 backups, and they've worked well. After five years, only one has died. Read more

Published 4 months ago by D. Offer
5.0 out of 5 starsAmazingly reliable drive. G-Technology uses Enterprise drives in them...

Amazingly reliable drive. G-Technology uses Enterprise drives in them which are supreme to normal drives. If you want a fail proof drive- look no further.

Published 8 months ago by Michael Potter
5.0 out of 5 starsSO FAR SO GOOD - Mine have stayed working just fine for 2.5 years.

I have read the devastating reviews of the GForce RAID and GForce drives. After a fatal loss of my music and video project drives (Seagates) I went for the G-Tech solution. Read more

Published 8 months ago by JJR
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Love the space!Great especially of you have tons of video content.

Published 9 months ago by Adeola Alao
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Works Great, this is my third drive, all others are full and never had an issue!

Published 9 months ago by Dustin
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

GOOD

Published 11 months ago by Melvin I. Taff
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Does what it's supposed to do. Arrive in a timely manner. Still using it.

Published 14 months ago by Matthew H.
5.0 out of 5 stars... is made with very high quality materials and works super well.

The drive is made with very high quality materials and works super well. It has more than enough space to fulfill my work needs. Great product.

Published 14 months ago by Mia
1.0 out of 5 starsOne Star

The reviews say it all. There are way too many failures to even think about buying another one!

Published 18 months ago by Gary VanHorn

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