G-Technology intros Thunderbolt 3 G-Speed Shuttle
By Jim Bask
G-Technology has plugged a gap in its portable RAID product line with two versions of its G-Speed Shuttle in a Thunderbolt 3, and significantly more portable, flavour.
The G-Speed Shuttles are basically storage with a handle: ultraportable RAID arrays designed for location shooting that can then be picked up and, settled within their optional custom Pelican cases, stored in the overhead bin on most flights.
Weighing under 7.5kg (that’s under 16lb) the new drives’ portability is an improvement on the previous eight-bay XL version that even G-Technology acknowledges sometimes stretched the definition of portable. Two models are available, both with two Thunderbolt 3 drives built in, allowing up to five additional storage devices to be daisy-chained through one cable port, thus speeding up the process of making additional back-ups….[continue reading]