Rhys,
We feel that it's important that people know what their choices are and be educated and really understand what the differences in the products (your investment) are. That being said, here's some good information on our HDPro.
http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/973491 ( 1 more reason to buy a HDPro )
http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/973448
Regarding our PCIe storage, the HDPro, it is a very solid product. While there are differences between the HDPro and other products in terms of price, ultimately it boils down to overall quality & performance.
The Hardware RAID based HDPro offers these features above & beyond the competition:
1. Supports latest Apple 8-core MacPro
2. The ability to edit up to 2k in RAID 5.
RAID level of 0,1,5 and also RAID 6 as well as JBOD
3. ASTT, (Active Sustained Transfer Technology), giving you real world sustained performance.
4. An optional load balancing redundant power supply.
5. A RAID card INSIDE the product, keeping the heat from the card out of your Tower.
6. The option of an ExpressCard 34 for editing up to 8 bit uncompressed HD at speeds upwards of 195MB/s. This is the fastest laptop storage.
7. The HDPro is easily expandable & with the addition of a switch, virtually unlimited storage capacity. We will be releasing switch soon.
8. The HDPro is SAN ready & will be shipping soon.
9. The HDPro is bootable from Windows and Mac OS.
10. The HDPro offers a PCI-x solution for G5 & G4 users. Windows users who have no pci e slot in their workstation can also benefit from it too.
11. The HDPro is modular in design making replacement of parts easy to do for the consumer.
12. No 2TB limitation on the Windows machines with the HDPro.
13. The HDPro comes with 256MB of DDR333 RAM that is expandable to 2GB.
14. CalDigit offers a 3 year warranty & technical support.
15. The HDPro's cable allows you to have the unit as far away as 20 meters. We have 1m, 2m, 7m, and 10m available and spec to make 20 meter PCI-e cable.
16. One cable (Some competitor's RAID products require 2 or more cables.)
17. Single vendor support. With the exception of cabling and hard drives all parts are manufactured by CalDigit. Even our Intuitive GUI is written in-house, Everything in one box.
18. The HDPro has been validated & is recommended by Blackmagic Design, Matrox & Media100
Jon Schilling | Sales Manager
CalDigit Inc.
Storage Solutions that work for un-compressed SD & HD, Photography & Audio
www.caldigit.com
Tel: 714-572-9889 X234
Fax: 714-572-9881
e-mail: jons@caldigit.com
Skype me: cgijon
msn: mpujon
