G-Drive Pro vs G-Raid with Thunderbolt

Been very happy with the 8TB G-Raid Thunderbolt. Was thinking about possible getting a 4TB model as well. Looks like they just came out with a G-Drive Pro with Thunderbolt. One 7200 RPM drive. The 4TB model is 250.00 more then the G-Raid 4TB. What would be the advantage of the Pro model? Is it just safer because it's only one drive to go bad instead of two? Could one 7200 drive be faster then a two 7200 raid setup?

JT

Taylor,
The hdd is the bottleneck. No single hdd or even ssd will saturate a TB, or USB3 I/O port.
Raids are faster if not just mirroring. More drives the merrier. Lots of info on internet with various raids/drive configurations.
While G-Tech claims 480MBs/s, there are no graphs/speed test results. Never seen any single 7200rpm drive even come close. I think this is just hype for port thru put, not real world. So don't hold your breath for faster transfers on a single drive.
Hope this helps,
Greg

That's what I was thinking. Just surprised at the cost. Can't imagine why someone would pay extra for one drive that was slower? I think I'd go with the cheaper Thunderbolt Raid every time.

Thanks, I was at a loss on the major price change.

FWIW,

I bought the Lacie eSATA to thunderbolt hub and it really does the job especially if you don't have a tower or USB3. I still buy eSATA drives when I can but now companies are phasing out having that connection.

Here is good example between a Thunderbolt RAID and a standard drive.

A LaCie Thunderbolt Hard Drive (not a fan)


and a Thunderbolt Pegasus RAID (totally a fan)