Whether you're editing a project on your own or running a facility with multiple edit stations, if you're working in HD, you need fast and reliable storage. Sonnet's Fusion R800RAID storage systems meet your needs with breakthrough performance and data safety, provided in affordable, direct attached disk arrays for the rack.

The Fusion R800RAID 2U rackmount system is designed for work environments where performance and fault tolerance are critical. Fusion R800RAID storage systems are fast enough to easily handle uncompressed HD while protecting the data at the same time, yet flexible enough to be configured for any workflow.Under real world use (drives 85% filled and fragmented), with its drives formatted as a RAID 0 group, a Fusion R800RAID system is capable of single-stream 2K (2048 x 1556) LOG RGB capture and playback. With its drives configured as a protected RAID 5 group (eight 1TB drives striped with parity distributed across all group members), a Fusion R800RAID system can achieve 577MB/sec (AJA Kona 1080HD test), fast enough to handle a single stream of uncompressed 10-bit 1080i 4:4:4 HD, or multiple streams of Pro Res 422, uncompressed 8-bit 1080 HD, DV, HDV, and DVCPRO video.With drives formatted as a RAID 4, RAID 5, or DVRAID group, Fusion R800RAID systems offer fail-safe protection in the event of a drive failure. You can set up your system to provide visual and audible alerts, including e-mail notification.

Do you need pure, unadulterated speed, ultimate redundancy, or something in between? It's your choice - Fusion R800RAID systems support RAID 0, 1, 4 (DV RAID), 5, 10, 50, and JBOD groups. Fusion R800RAID systems even support hot spares - a designated hot spare drive automatically replaces the failed one without you having to lift a finger. All this flexibility is accomplished without switches - a simple to use configuration utility enables you to optimize your setup for specific workflow requirements.

The heart of a Fusion R800RAID storage system is the Sonnet PCI Express RAID controller. This powerhouse is based on the latest-generation Intel IOP348 RAID processor, which can handle the throughput from all the drives with plenty of overhead. The Sonnet RAID controller is configured with 256MB of ECC-protected RAM, especially important to maintain data stream writes as the disk array nears capacity.