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Price Drop Makes Sonnet
Fusion™ F2 Portable Storage More Appealing Than Ever
May 16, 2008
Source: Sonnet
Sonnet Technologies,
a leader in providing local storage systems for professional
users of Macintosh®, Windows®, and UNIX® systems
in the film, video, and broadcast industries, today announced
a price reduction for the company's award-winning Fusion™
F2 portable RAID storage system, which provides exceptional
speed, proven reliability, and 640GB capacity in a rugged
low-profile design measuring 5.9 by 6.2 by 0.72 inches. Now
available at $695, a savings of $200, the Sonnet Fusion F2
is an ideal fit for flexible, cost-effective on-location video
capture or remote use when grid power is unavailable.
"Fusion F2 is a one-of-kind storage
solution for professional content creation and editing, and
in the short time the system has been on the market, it has
made a tremendous impact on how media is stored and edited,"
said Robert Farnsworth, CEO of Sonnet Technologies. "The
Fusion F2 offers an unprecedented combination of speed and
convenience in a durable, low-power package that's easy to
transport and can be used in virtually any environment. Through
this price reduction, we hope to make the unique benefits
of the system accessible to a broader base of media professionals."
Sonnet's Fusion F2 features two 320GB/5400
RPM 2.5-inch drives, mounted side by side in a rugged ¾-inch-thin
aluminum enclosure that fits easily into a briefcase or camera
bag. Each drive is individually shock-isolated to protect
against cross-coupled vibration during operation and ensure
secure storage. Side-by-side placement of the drives increases
the metal case's cooling surface area, thereby eliminating
the need for a fan. Although Fusion F2 communicates via eSATA,
it draws power from a FireWire® port for truly portable
operation.
The storage system features two eSATA data
connections and is designed for use with the Sonnet Tempo™
SATA ExpressCard/34 adapter for the MacBook® Pro and Windows®
notebooks. By transmitting data via its 2-port SATA interface,
Fusion F2 handily supports portable video capture in conjunction
with an AJA® Video Systems' Io HD, which requires dedicated
use of FireWire bandwidth.
To protect priceless field footage, users
can configure Fusion F2's drives in RAID 1 mirrored mode and
still capture Apple® ProRes HQ HD fed from an AJA Io HD.
This protected mode also allows for safe field transfer of
media from Panasonic® P2, Sony® SxS Pro, or similar
memory cards. Footage verification by a MacBook Pro/Fusion
F2 system gives users peace of mind when erasing and reusing
cards on location.
With its drives configured as a RAID 0 striped
volume, Fusion F2 is capable of 126 MB/sec read and write
sustained data transfers (compared with 66 MB/sec connecting
via FireWire 800), thus providing the ability to capture and
play more streams of compressed video for portable video editing.
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