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1. Mobility Versatility j Per Pm id fF WU We proudly introduce the Pegasus J2 the smallest Thunderbolt equipped storage device available and the Pegasus J4 the first 4 bay high performance Thunderbolt storage system for 2 5 HDD or SSD drives Both are ideal for content creators who want mobility versatility and the highest performance in a storage solution Take the hyper portable J2 in your pocket to any on location site with or without the power adapter Or team up the J4 with new Thunderbolt enabled notebooks to create a compact mobile non linear editing station great for immediate on location use With blazing throughput the J2 and J4 represent a giant leap in the performance of portable storage devices Pegasus R4 and R6 are the world s first 4 bay and 6 bay high performance hardware RAID solutions to unleash the performance advantage of Thunderbolt technology With over 800 MB s throughput and up to 18 TB capacity the R4 and R6 are ideal for professional NLE digital media work m stations small server high demand direct attached storage ae EE DAS power users or anyone who wants quiet high capa city external storage with lightning fast performance and enterprise class RAID performance and data protection in a compact user friendly system eee 7ANLink C2 THUNDERBOL egasus CO UY D TECHNOLOGY INC About Thunderbolt Technology 10Gb s Channel ao ala2. Tested using lometer 2006 07 27 with a 30 second ramp up 5 minute run duration 512KB request size 8 outstanding lOs 500GB test file on PROMISE Pegasus R6 and 50GB test file on PROMISE SmartStor DS4600 Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac 3 Testing conducted by Apple in April 2011 using preproduction 27 inch 3 4GHz Intel Core i7 based iMac units preproduction PROMISE Pegasus R6 units and shipping PROMISE SmartStor DS4600 units Tested using Final Cut Pro 7 0 3 with simultaneous unique 10 minute clips for each content type Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac Impressive Capacity for Massive Projects The Pegasus R4 and R6 enables the amateur or pro fessional audio engineer photographer and post production engineer a convenient worry free way to safely store massive projects so you can devote more time and creativity to doing what you do best Up to 18TB of storage is available in a single Pegasus R6 de vice that s equal to 400 typical dual layer HD DVDs To add more capacity simply daisy chain more Pega sus enclosures for up to 36 HDDs of storage Daisy Chain Connect up to 6 units 36 HDDs Enterprise Level RAID Protection The Pegasus R4 and R6 are the world s first Thunderbolt enabled hardware RAID storage so lutions Features include two Thunderbolt 10Gb s bi
3. directional channels and our renowned PROMISE enterprise level RAID protection Pegasus provides fast safe and reliable external storage to protect your expanding library of music photos videos and other valuable data Configure your Pegasus R4 and R6 to the RAID level that suits your needs RAID O for extreme performance or RAID 6 for data redundancy and performance full data protection even if two disks fail or anything in between Total Audio Video Post Production Solution The Pegasus series of Thunderbolt enabled storage devices are designed especially for content creators Use Pegasus as a key component in a flexible portable digital media post production solution offered by PROMISE The PROMISE total solution includes the SANLink Thunderbolt to Fibre Channel adapter and our scalable VTrak storage subsystems Seamless sharing of digital media assets is done easily between your a Pegasus Mac workstation and permanent storage backup on the VTrak using the SANLink 7 ANLink Fire Chae itch 7 i i T iHe THS CT C m Se sy Om SE j Fib oroe e Lhe e ko e e 2 Sn Se ao oe Pegasus Series Picture 6xSATA 7200 RPM 4xSATA 7200 RPM 4xSATA 5400 RPM 3 5 inch 3 5 inch 2 5 inch JBOD or software RAID Thunderbolt Technology Ports _ 2 i 6x2TB 256GB Capacity 6x3TB 4x1TB 4x500GB 512GB Dimensions HxWXxL 25 0x19 5x18 5 cm 19 0x19 5x18 5 cm 4 2x20 1x20 1 cm 2 05x7 4x11 c
4. e 2 5Gb s 800Mb s 400Mb s USB2 0 FireWire800 ExpressCard eSATA USB3 0 THunperBoL Thunderbolt technology is a new high speed dual protocol I O technology developed by Intel and Apple designed for performance robustness simplicity and flexibility Thunderbolt delivers two chan nels of 10Gb s 1 25GB s per port of blistering performance PCI Express PCle expansion bus protocol is integrated with DisplayPort protocol in a single cable for simultaneous data transmission and video output with no performance degradation The throughput speed of Thunderbolt enables transfer of terabytes in a small fraction of time of competing connection technologies The huge bandwidth allows digital media professionals to edit HD video stored on the Pegasus with NLE software such as Apple Final Cut or Adobe Premiere improve work flow efficiency save time and money Pegasus J2 Hyper Portable Thunderbolt Storage Creativity on the Fly The Pegasus J2 is an Apple and Windows certified dual mSATA SSD 256GB or 512GB storage mini marvel the size of a smart phone and it weighs just 140 grams The J2 goes wherever you need to work away from the studio even off the grid in Bus Powered Mode or use this pocket sized powerhouse to showcase your portfolio Small and very fast the J2 is great for media pros on the go The Fastest Storage in Your Pocket Don t let its size fool you the Pegasus J2 is fast Powered by 6G mSATA flash w
5. expansion bus standard PCI Express to achieve I O transfers of more than 800 MB s Prior to Thunderbolt the only option for achieving that level of performance in a direct attached storage system was to use a Fibre Channel connection a much more expensive and cumbersome option that is typically used only for large enterprise database storage needs The Thunderbolt connection achieves optical fibre speed over copper This ingenious technology is what makes it possible to create compact Pegasus R4 and R6 that delivers data throughput previ ously available exclusively to large enterprise storage The result is that videographers can ingest edit and playback multiple streams of uncompressed HD 8 bit and 10 bit video and graphic artists can manipulate and archive high resolution graphics on a system that can be easily carried to a shoot location PROMISE Pegasus R Thunderbolt Performance High Speed I O Performance Streams Performance Up to 800 megabytes per second Up to 8 simultaneous uncompressed 720p streams 8 1 FireWire 800 864MB s Read Thunderbolt 746MB s Wire 93MB s Read FireWire 800 77MB s Wire Stream 41MB s Read USB2 0 0 Stream USB2 0 28MB s Wire 1 Performance benchmark data provided by Apple 2 Testing conducted by Apple in April 2011 using preproduction 27 inch 3 4GHz Intel Core i7 based iMac units preproduction PROMISE Pegasus R6 units and shipping PROMISE SmartStor DS4600 units
6. ith striped RAID RAID 0 the Pegasus J2 reaches write speeds of 550 MB s and read speeds of 750 MB s Transfer playback or edit media directly from this featherweight drive with amazing speed Pegasus J4 Compact Versatility with Pegasus Performance Conveniently Runs Without the Power Adapter The Pegasus J2 conveniently runs in bus mode which means you do not need to use the power adapter Just the Thunderbolt cable and a computer is enough for high speed data transfer To supercharge throughput plug in the power adapter for maximum performance Now you can backup huge files and even edit digital media on location on a plane in transit wherever you happen to be at amazing speed Note To achieve maximum throughput of over 750MB s requires using the Pegasus J2 power adapter plugged into a power outlet The Ultimate in Versatility The Pegasus J4 is the first 4 bay 2 5 HDD SSD small form factor high performance Thunderbolt JBOD storage solution It is perfect for use in non linear editing of digital media or other data storage applica tions where very high throughput very low latency is essential The compact efficient design of the J4 makes it is easy to pack up and carry With a Mac Mini server or new Thunderbolt enabled computer the J4 is a key component of a mobile video production solution Mobile Video Production j THuNperBott Daisy Chain to Optimize Performance The Pegasus J4 conveniently support
7. m Weight 5 9kg 4 5kg 2 4kg 140grams SANLink e 2x 4G Fibre Channel ports with auto negotiation of 1 2 and 4Gbps e Host connectivity using 10Gbps Thunderbolt port e 2x Thunderbolt ports supporting daisy chaining of peripherals e Fully qualified Mac OS X Mac OS X Server Final Cut Studio and Xsan solution e Qualified solution with PROMISE VTrak x30 8Gbps FC and x10 Series 4Gbps FC storage subsystems All PROMISE Pegasus Thunderbolt storage solutions support Mac OS X The Pegasus J2 supports both Mac OS X and Windows 7 amp 8 19 TH U N DE RBO LT Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and or other countries Promise USA Promise Germany Promise UK Promise China Milpitas USA Dortmund Germany Wokingham United Kingdom Beijing China Tel 1 408 228 1400 Tel 49 231 56 76 48 0 Tel 44 870 112 59 77 Tel 86 10 8857 8085 or 8095 E mail sales promise com E mail sales de eu promise com E mail sales eu promise com E mail sales cn promise com Promise EMEA Promise Italy Promise Taiwan Promise Japan Son The Netherlands Rome Italy Hsin Chu Taiwan Tokyo Japan Tel 31 40 235 2600 Tel 39 06 3671 2626 Tel 886 3 578 2395 Tel 81 03 5333 3631 E mail sales eu promise com E mail sales eu promise com E mail sales tw promise com E mail sales jp promise com 2012 PROMISE Technology Inc All Rights Reserved PROMISE the PROMISE logo VTrak SmartStor SuperTrak Fa
8. s daisy chaining enabling you to connect Thunderbolt enabled displays or multiple Pegasus storage devices to boost overall transfer speeds Additionally the J4 can also serve as your secondary storage device enabling you to copy data from a Mac and Pegasus R4 R6 so you can take projects to a client and instantly edit content without even having to go back to your office This is perfect for those clients who just never give you enough time Daisy Chain ee Configure RAID Based on Your Needs The Pegasus J4 is flexible to suit your data requirements The four storage disks can be set up as a striped RAID set as a mirrored RAID set or as a JBOD If you need super fast speed for video editing configure the J4 in RAID O If you need the data protection of disk mirroring configure the J4 in RAID 1 so your data will be safe even if an installed disk fails Even better combine both needs and configure two daisy chained J4s in a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 for performance and redundancy Speed RAID 0 Data Protection RAID 1 Pegasus R4 amp R6 For Super Performance Creative Workstations i fy More Than Just Fast Performance RAID O or striped RAID is used for multiple drive systems configured for speed but this perfor mance advantage is pointless if there is no way to deliver that performance at bus speed This is why Thunderbolt is such a huge leap beyond competing connection technologies Thunderbolt uses the widely used
9. stTrak VessRAID Vess PerfectPATH PerfectRAID SATA150 ULTRA133 VTrak S3000 Pegasus SANLink and GreenRAID are registered or pending trademarks of PROMISE Technology Inc in the U S and other countries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Information regarding products services and offerings may be superseded by subsequent documents and are subject to change without notice G61300000000046 2012 November
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