HD Optimized Performance

Whether you’re editing a project on your own, or running a facility with multiple edit stations, you need fast and reliable storage if you’re working in HD. Sonnet’s award-winning Fusion D800RAID storage systems provide breakthrough performance and data safety in the form of affordable, transportable, local RAID storage systems for the desktop. Designed for work environments where performance and fault tolerance are critical, Fusion D800RAID 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.

With its drives formatted as a RAID 0 group, the D800RAID is capable of single-stream 2K (2048 x 1556) LOG RGB capture and playback. With its drives configured as a protected RAID 5 group (8 drives striped with parity distributed across all group members), Fusion D800RAID can achieve 340MB/sec (AJA Kona 1080HD test), fast enough to handle a single stream of uncompressed 10-bit 1080 4:4:4 HD, two streams of uncompressed 8-bit 1080i HD, or multiple streams of DV, HDV, DVCPRO, and uncompressed SD video.

With drives formatted as a RAID 4, RAID 5, or DVRAID group, Fusion D800RAID 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. A drive can be swapped out and the RAID rebuilt in 2 or 3 hours (4 or 6TB configurations*, respectively), or you can continue to work at reduced bandwidth while the RAID rebuilds in the background.

Built-In Flexibility

Do you need pure, unadulterated speed, ultimate redundancy, or something in between? It’s your choice—Fusion D800RAID supports DVRAID, RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 10, 50, and JBOD groups. Fusion D800RAID even supports hot spares— the designated hot spare drive automatically replaces a 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 environments.

Brains and Brawn

The heart of the Fusion D800RAID 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.

Driving Force

Fusion D800RAID storage systems employ Enterprise/RAID Edition hard drives. These drives are subjected to hours of additional, stringent testing to check for soft errors, vibration, and other reliability predictors—just the sturdiest drives pass these tests and are prepared with special RAID-optimized firmware. Enterprise/RAID drives offer higher MTBF (mean time between failure) specs, carry longer warranties than “desktop” drives, and are the building blocks of a super-reliable Fusion storage system.

Versatile Performance

These systems are ideal for use in mixed environments—various operating systems, editing applications and output demands requiring the flexibility and interoperability that Fusion D800RAID storage systems provide. Fusion D800RAID systems support Mac OS® X, Windows® XP, Windows Vista, and Linux. They are compatible with capture cards from AJA, Blackmagic Design, Matrox, and Bluefish444, and work with all mainstream video editing applications including Apple® Final Cut Pro®, and Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS3.

Key Features

• Complete storage system includes enclosure, RAID controller card, drive modules, cables and software
• 4TB or 6TB configurations; Enterprise/RAID Edition drives*
• Up to 440 MB/sec read, 431 MB/sec write data transfers
  (configured as RAID 0)
• Up to 370 MB/sec read, 364 MB/sec write data transfers
  (configured as RAID 5)
• Universal 300W, 100–240V, 50/60Hz power supply
• Drive Activity, Drive Presence, and Power LED indicators
• RoHS compliant

OS Compatibility

• Mac OS X Version 10.4.8 and higher
• Windows® Vista, Server 2003, and XP
• Linux (RedHat ES 3, 4; Suse RedHat ES 3, 4; Suse Linux 9, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10, 10.1 and the following architectures: i386; x86_64 (AMD64, Intel EM64T))

Hardware Compatibility

• Mac, Windows or Linux computer with available x8 (or x4) PCI Express (PCIe) slot

Technical Specifications

Specifications subject to change without notice.

* Unformatted disk capacities. Actual formatted capacities depend on drive formatting and configuration