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500GB Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus RAID-1 [MIRROR] (500GB HDs x 2) FireWire 800/400+USB2 Storage Solution. Oxford 924 SATA chipset, Dual Drive 7200RPM, 32MB Data Buffer. All cables, Software Bundle, 3 year warranty Incl. (NWTGM8U27500G32)

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energy efficientGuardian MAXimus
500GB "Quad Interface" FireWire® 800/400, USB 2.0 & eSATA
Hardware RAID-1 (Mirrored) Data Redundant Solution
Provides "live activity" backup/data redundancy of your critical data with Plug and Play simplicity on any Mac or PC.
MAXimum Performance & Compatibility
Underneath Guardian MAXimus’s sleek, unassuming housing beats the heart of a super protector ready to save large amounts of precious data quickly, reliably, and effortlessly. Pre-configured hardware RAID solutions feature 2 paired lightning fast SATA drives with up to 2.0TB each of storage capacity and a high speed Oxford 936DS eSATA, FireWire 800/400 & USB 2.0 chipset to deliver some of the fastest single drive transfer rates possible...up to 300MB per second! "add your own hard drive" flexibility and economy. Thanks to its 1 eSATA port, 2 FireWire 800 ports, 1 FireWire 400 port, and 1 USB 2.0 port, Guardian MAXimus offers Plug-and-Play connectivity of vault-like mirrored data storage performance to ANY computer with an available eSATA, FireWire or USB port.

MAXimum Real Time Redundancy
Real performance can also be measured by intangibles like having peace of mind knowing your critical data is always safe! Should you experience a hard drive failure, the ever vigilant Guardian MAXimus automatically and seamlessly continues data read/write functions with the remaining drive. And with the convenient front panel drive status LEDs, you’ll know at a glance which drive is being accessed and if you need to take any action.

MAXimum Portability
With its shock resistant design, diminutive 5.8 pound weight (Bare case is 2.68 pounds, 1.22 kg.), and 9.3" x 2.8" x 5.6" (237mm x 72mm x 142mm) dimensions, Guardian MAXimus is ready to go to wherever you need a storage sentinel on duty.

 
How GMAX works

 

 
Guardian MAXimus Reviews & Awards

GearDiary Logo
"Extremely Easy To Set Up
... Easy To Operate"
- Gear Diary

Terry White
"Guardian MAXimus For Up To The Minute Protection"
- Terry White's Tech Blog
MAcDirectory Logo
"Anyone Could Set This System Up In Less Than 10 Minutes"
- MacDirectory
Typical Mac User Logo
"You Cannot Beat This Unit"
- Typical Mac User
PhotoshopUser logo
"I Use It To Back Up My Main Photo Workstation at Home"
- Scott Kelby, Photoshop User
mymac magazine logo
"A Sweet, Virtually Problem-Free
Back-up Strategy."
- MyMac.com
   
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Why You Need Guardian MAXimus RAID-1
Guardian MAXimus is "live activity" backup of financial records, medical files, business projects...any critical data that you simply cannot risk losing. It's always guarding against data loss by writing the same information in real-time to two separate drives for a "mirrored" copy. It also protects you from costly system downtime and data restoring after a single hard drive-equipped system crash. Even daily scheduled software driven data backups can't protect you from the time of your last backup and when the hard drive fails.
 

Time Machine Ready logo Our solutions work with OS X Leopard's Time Machine feature to keep an up-to-date copy of all of your files and documents. Go back in time to recover anything with ease. Mac PC
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Software Included
PRoSoft Logo Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup 3
for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later

Backup Made Easy. Data Backup makes it easy to backup to FireWire and USB drives, network drives, CDs and even DVDs. Make schedules so you don'tneed to 'think' about backing up... It does it for you. A $59.00 Value!
Intech Speed Tools logoIntech Speed Tools logo
Carbon Copy Cloner© for Mac OS X 10.4 or later
CCC 3 features an interface designed to make the cloning and backup procedure very intuitive. In addition to general backup, CCC can also clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. CCC's block-level copy offers the absolute best fidelity in the industry!
NovaStor NovaStor NovaBACKUP® Solution
for Windows®

NovaBACKUP has been helping millions of users recover from data loss and disasters for over 18 years. Feature rich, NovaBACKUP provides a powerful backup solution. Built-in support for hundreds of the most popular storage devices and a step-by-step backup and restore wizard makes NovaBACKUP extremely easy to use. Requires Windows 2000 and later. A $49.95 Value!
 
Intech Speed Tools logo Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™
Intech Hard Disk SpeedTools consists of a suite of utilities managed by an application which administers the launching, documentation and version control of each individual component utility, such as Disk Defrag and QuickBack. An easy-to-use installation and removal application is provided to make installation a snap, Intech SpeedTools is powerful enough to allow you to customize which utility component set you would like to create.
An $89.95 Value!
Product Specifications
Drive Type Two paired (identical) 500GB 3.5" SATA (Type I/II) drives
Bridge Chipset Custom Oxford 936DS eSATA, FW400(1394A), FW800(1394B), and USB 2.0 Integrated Chipset
Drive Rotation Speed 7200 RPM
Data Cache Size 32 Megabyte (2 Drives with 16MB (16,384K) cache each)
Maximum Data
Transfer Rate:
  • eSATA - 3.0Gbps (or 300MB/sec)
  • FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
  • FireWire 400 - 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)
  • USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
Mac Requirements
  • Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 compatible, OS X 10.1.x and later (10.2 or later required for FW800 and USB 2.0)
  • eSATA: Macintosh with eSATA interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI eSATA card.
  • FireWire 800: Macintosh with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 card.
  • FireWire 400: Macintosh with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 400 card.
  • USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 2.0 card.
Windows Requirements
  • Windows ME and later.
  • Windows 2000 or later required for FW800 Operation.
Power Supply
  • US/International 100~240V 4.2A - UL Listed power supply
Enclosure Size 9.3" x 2.8" x 5.6"
(237mm x 72mm x 142mm)
Enclosure Weight
(no accessories)
2.68lbs. (1.22kg) (bare enclosure)
Software Included

Operating Environment
Temperature (operating) 5°C - 55°C (41°F - 131°F)
(non-operating) -40°C - 65°C (-40°F - 149°F)
Relative Humidity (operating) 8% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)
(non-operating) 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)
Shock (operating) 65G 2mS;
(non-operating) 175G 2mS
Vibration

(operating) 1.0G (5 - 300Hz)
(non-operating) 5.0G (5 - 500Hz)

MTBF More than 300,000 power-on hours
Standard Mechanism Two x 500GB Hitachi Deskstar P7K500
Warranty

NewerTech 3 Year Solution Warranty
The best warranty is one you never have to use, but should the need occur – NewerTech is proud to provide a superior level of support and warranty coverage to our customers. Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. NewerTech's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. NewerTech solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.

Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your NewerTech solution prior to the conclusion of NewerTech's 3 year Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the NewerTech warranty.

Performance Benchmarks

eSATA

eSATA benchmark results
eSATA

FireWire

fw800 benchmark results
FireWire 800 (1394B)

USB

USB benchmark results
USB 2.0

High Def Video Test Results

AJA benchmark results
AJA System Test

fw400 benchmark results
FireWire 400 (1394A)
 

BlackMagic benchmark results
BlackMagic Performance Test

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for larger view

This NewerTech Guardian MAXimus storage solution includes:

 

  • External NewerTech Guardian MAXimus storage solution
  • 36" High Quality Double Shielded eSATA connecting cable.
  • 36" High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable)
  • 36" High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 400 connecting cable (6-6 Pin cable)
  • 72" High Quality Double Shielded USB 2.0/1.1 connecting cable
  • US/International 100~240V 4.2A UL Listed power supply
  • Utility Software:
    • ProSoft Engineering® Data Backup 3
    • NovaStor NovaBACKUP®
    • Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™
    • Carbon Copy Cloner©

    1) Power switch
    2) Power receptacle
    3)(2) FireWire 800 9 pin ports
    4)(1) FireWire 400 6 pin port
    5)(1) USB 2.0 "B" port (backwards compatible with USB 1.1)
    6)(1) eSATA port
    7)Kensington® security slot provides ability to anchor Guardian MAXimus to a desk
    8) Thermoregulated Smart Fan for super quiet operation

 

 

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