Awards & Reviews

NewerTech Guardian Maximus WINS 2008 Macsimum Macworld Award

"Guardian MAXimus For Up To The Minute Protection"

–Terry White's Tech Blog

"Anyone Could Set This System Up In Less Than 10 Minutes"

–MacDirectory

"You Cannot Beat This Unit"

–Typical Mac User Podcast

"I Use It To Back Up My Main Photo Workstation at Home"

–Scott Kelby, Photoshop User

"A Sweet, Virtually Problem-Free
Back-up Strategy."

–MyMac.com

"Extremely Easy To Set Up ...
Easy To Operate"

–Gear Diary

"Outstanding"

–The Mac Observer

"An Eco-Friendly RAID 1 Powerhouse with a Shock-Resistant Design"

–Jack Neubart, Shutterbug

"Easy To Use For Such a Powerful RAID Solution"

–Digitally Daunted

"It's An Excellent All-Around Solution That Offers Both Versatility and Ease of Operation."

–MacRevu

Newertech Guardian Maximus Backup Drive Awarded Storage Visions 2008 Finalist At CES

–Applelinks.com

"Quite Compact"

–Marcel Binder, Tom's Hardware

• included
• system requirements
• product specifications

• One Guardian MAXimus Enclosure
• High quality double shielded connecting cables:
• One FireWire 800 (9-9 Pin cable)
• One FireWire 400 (6-6 Pin cable)
• One USB 2.0/1.1
• One eSATA
• US/International 100~240V 4.2A UL listed power supply

Software
Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 - X only)
Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows® 2000 or later
Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) from Bombich Software
Over 2GB of Freeware, Shareware, Public domain software installed.

Mac Requirements
• Apple OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, 10.0.x or later and an available USB 1.1 or FireWire 400 port.
• Apple OS X 10.2.8 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400 port, or eSATA port.

Windows Requirements
• Windows 98SE or later and an available FireWire 400 or USB 2.0/1.1 port.
• Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400, or eSATA port.

Features
• Up to 2.0TB + 2.0TB (Mirrored) SATA Hard Drive Storage Solution**
• Up to 64MB Total drive cache**
• Two FireWire 800 9 pin ports
• One FireWire 400 6 pin port
• One USB 2.0 "B" port -backwards compatible with USB 1.1
• One eSATA port
• Front panel drive status LEDs
• Thermalregulated Smart Fan
  for super quiet operation
• Shock resistant design

Drive Type
• Two paired (identical) 3.5" SATA drives required

Bridge Chipset
• Custom Oxford 936DS eSATA, FW400(1394A), FW800(1394B), and USB 2.0 Integrated Chipset

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)

Enclosure Size
• 9.3"(D) x 2.8"(W) x 5.6"(H)
• 237mm x 72mm x 142mm

Enclosure Weight (no accessories)
• 2.68lbs. (1.22kg) (bare enclosure)

Format
• Pre-formatted for Mac OSX
• Fully compatible w/Windows
  (reformating required)

Warranty
• 3 Years



**In pre-configured solutions, "add your own hard drive" kits also available.

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Guardian MAXimus Whisper Quiet Test Results

As quiet as a recording studio at a 2 foot working distance!

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dB Human Perception of Change:

• 1 dB = Imperceptible Change
• 10 dB = About Twice as Loud
• 3 dB = Barely Perceptible Change
• 20 dB = About Four Times as Loud
• 5 dB = Clearly Noticeable Change

Test Parameters

• Testing was performed in a room with no acoustical treatment with no other persons or devices creating any perceptible background sound.

Two sound level meter positions

• 6 inches directly behind drive / exhuast fan
• 2 foot "working distance" in front of the drive

Two drive states

• Idle: drive not reading/writing. no processing of any kind.
• Extreme Read/Write: AJA DiskWhakTest reading and writing 4GB of HD video to create mechanical load heat increase and cause the cooling fan to activate.

SPL Loudness Guide

130 dB Pneumatic Drill

120 dB Loud car horn 3 feet away

110 dB Airport

100 dB Alongside railroad

90 dB Inside of bus

80 dB Busy road

70 dB Conversational Speech

60 dB TV quietly on in living room

50 dB Quiet office

40 dB Bedroom

30 dB Recording studio

20 dB Broadcasting studio

10 dB Threshold of hearing

0 dB