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G-Technology: On Set Professional’s Guide to Picking the Right Hard Drive

Adam Noyes — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:16:31 +0000

G-Technology has recently released a great guide to which of their drives fits best in which workflow. G-Technology makes everything from portable drives, to desktop solutions, all with different speeds and varying ruggedness. We’re taking a look at G-Technology’s guide to picking the right drive, below.

Picking the right storage device for a specific job can be a real pain, but it’s integral to designing an efficient workflow. We’re here to help you find the right solutions for your needs and break down some best practices that can help keep things on budget, more secure, and on pace.
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3-2-1: The Gold Standard

The ‘Gold Standard’ for how you protect OCF and other important files is the 3-2-1 Rule: THREE copies, one that you work off of and two backup⁵ copies; saved on TWO different types of storage (i.e. HDD/SSD, Tape, Server, etc.); ONE copy stored in a different location in case of fires, accidents, etc. The key is to have a clear plan and protocol in place with your fellow production members on and off set. You also must confirm receipt and validation of copies before any are wiped and the media reused.

Tip: Designate someone to ‘manage’ the process, and make sure they communicate with everyone handling media prior to production starting. Make sure everyone is aligned.

Checksum Before You Wreck Some

If your workflow is not utilizing confidence-based checksums and MHLs (media hash lists), it’s not a professional workflow, full stop. As good as OS based file managers may be, they do not create a verifiable record that your OCF has transferred properly, and completely. These records are necessary when managing OCF, whether multi-million dollar or phone-based productions. There are several industry standard software options to facilitate checksum transfers, without overcomplicating it for you.

Find Your Balance of Read and Write Transfer

A common misconception in media workflows is the expectation of how fast your data transfers. Ultimately it is your Capture Media’s listed Read rate in MB/s, matched with an offload drive that has AT LEAST as fast a Write speed in MB/s, that determine whether you’re slowing down your workflow. Two things to be mindful of are; 1. Capture Media readers that slow you down 2. Your interface’s theoretical ‘speed limit’ or ‘cap’ on how fast data moves over it (usually listed in Gb/s). Interface plays a bigger role in multiple offloads.

Tip: Look closely at your read/write speeds, use speed tests, and simple addition and subtraction to make sure you’re not slowing yourself down.

G-Drive Mobile SSD

The Mobile SSD features IP67 water and dust resistance, and can withstand a 3 meter drop. It is also 1000IB crushproof, and provides durable storage for your data.

G-Drive Mobile Pro SSD

Mobile Pro SSD is equipped with Thunderbolt 3 technology. It is also durable and shock resistant. This drive fits perfectly in your multi-stream 8K workflow, and can store 8K footage at full frame rate. It can transfer up to a terabyte of media in seven minutes or less.

ArmorATD

This is a rugged, all terrain drive that is completely portable. This is made for filmmakers and producers on the road in difficult environments, and comes equipped with triple layer shock resistance, as well as a solid aluminum enclosure.

G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3

This desktop solution comes with up to 72 Terabytes of capacity, and transfer speeds up to 1000MB/s. G-Speed Shuttle is a thunderbolt 3 device that is perfect for demanding workflows.

G-Speed Shuttle SSD:

One of the most powerful SSD desktop storage solutions available today. This drive has transfer speeds up to 2800MB/s, Thunderbolt 3 connectivity, and it comes packed in a transportable design perfect for editing multi camera footage in real time.

G-SPEED Shuttle XL with Thunderbolt 3

Shuttle XL is a transportable 8-bay hardware RAID solution. It packs transfer speeds up to 2000MB/s with Thunderbolt 3 technology. This offers creators high speed capacity and powerful performance.

Check out G-Technologys Article HERE.

Learn more about G-Technology HERE.

Tune Up Your Workflow: Saving Time, Money and Stress

Adam Noyes — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:44:00 +0000

Calling all creatives from on-set to post and beyond. Get a full break down of the fundamentals of workflow data management from the G-Technology Studio. Whether you’re a creative workflow novice or master, these are useful tips to clean up and speed up your workflow for your next project. Learn about the versatility of the G-Speed Shuttle series and how you can keep your next project on schedule but most importantly on budget. Don’t let a progress bar slow down your story.

Learn more about the products in this video:
• G-Speed Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3
• G-Speed Shuttle XL with Thunderbolt 3
• G-Drive Mobile SSD
• G-Drive Mobile Pro SSD
• G-Drive ArmorATD

G-Technology enables you to Never Stop Creating.

Check out the video on YouTube HERE

Learn more about G-Technology HERE

G-Tech Workflow video: G-Drive mobile SSD and G-SPEED Shuttle

Adam Noyes — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:30:17 +0000

G-Technology goes on location with Photographer, Filmmaker and G-Team Ambassador Gregg Jaden who relies on the rugged durability and speed of G-Drive mobile SSD and G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3 to stay adventurous while keeping all his client’s work safe.

G-Technology enables you to Never Stop Creating. Learn more about next-level photo and video storage solutions at G-Technology.com.

Learn more about G-Technology HERE

NAB Wrap-Up Broadfield Live Webinar

Jim Bask — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 19:47:51 +0000

This week’s Broadfield Live Webinar is a Wrap-Up on NAB 2018 in Las Vegas. We were there from beginning to end and got to hear a lot of exciting news. NewTek told us about their new Connect Spark Pro coming soon. G-Technology unveiled to us three exciting new storage devices that will be sure to solve all of your storage needs! We heard from BirdDog about their new BirdDog mini the worlds smallest NDI encoder as well as their new application BirdDog COMMS; an audio intercom for live video productions. Avid gave us the inside scoop on their new creative suite including, Media Composer, Pro Tools and Sibelius. Telestream gave us a demo of the new PTZ camera control coming in Wirecast 9. And Lacie introduced their new Rugged Raid Pro.

To stay ahead of the industry news and trends tune in every Thursday at 2pm to our Broadfield Live webinars. If you miss the live airing or just want to catch up on past product reviews, head over to the Broadfield YouTube Channel.

Click here to watch the video on YouTube.

G-Technology Presents New Pro SSD Series

Jim Bask — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:35:42 +0000

From cinema5d.com

G-Technology booth here at NAB 2018 tells us their new Pro SSD line consists of three different products. First of them is the redundant and serviceable, high capacity, transportable RAID SSD solution called G-SPEED Shuttle SSD. Second drive is the high endurance desktop SSD in a minimalistic aluminium case called G-DRIVE Pro SSD. Last product is a rugged shock-resistant portable drive called G-DRIVE Mobile Pro SSD. Let’s take a short look at each of them.

G-SPEED Shuttle SSD

Starting with the bulkiest product of the new lineup, the G-SPEED Shuttle SSD is a high-performance solid-state storage device. Equipped with up to 16TB of SSD storage and fast Thunderbolt 3 technology it lets users edit 4K, 8K, VR, high dynamic range (HDR) or multi-camera footage in real time and quickly export projects either on location or at the studio… read more

Review: G-Technology G-SPEED Shuttle T3 Provides Fast and Flexible Storage

Jim Bask — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:18:41 +0000

Review from Videomaker.com

The G-Technology G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3 provides portable, fast and flexible storage with the reliability of a hardware RAID controller.

The G-Technology G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3 is fast, stout, and highly configurable, but it all comes at a price. The Shuttle is the little brother to the Shuttle XL, with the big difference being the number of drive bays. The Shuttle has four bays instead of eight. The Shuttle can be configured from 16 Terabytes (TB) all the way up to 48TB. It comes pre-configured in RAID 5 in HFS+ for MacOS 10.12+ systems and will require being formatted to exFAT or NTFS for use with a PC.

For this review, we’ll be looking at the 24TB version of the Shuttle, loaded with four enterprise class 6TB HGST Ultrastar 7K6000 7200rpm HDD drives. With two Thunderbolt 3 (T3) ports, it can be daisy chained to up to five additional T3 machines. It can be configured in RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10. There is even an option for a two bay version with two EV bay adaptors. With those adapters, you’re able to offload, backup and save content using EV Series drives or readers like the Red mini mag reader, CFast 2.0 reader and Atomos SSD reader….

…The G-Technology G-SPEED Shuttle is a smaller and cuter version of the Shuttle XL. The cost of the Shuttle is high, but it offers a great product for the price. The benefit from a hardware RAID cannot be understated, but it will cost you. The transfer speeds were good enough to work off of regardless of the type of footage you are working with. If you need large storage with redundancy, want it portable, and need dependency, you should strongly consider the Shuttle….[continue reading]

The Most Demanding On-Location Film and Video Production Workflows Need the New, Fast and Reliable G-SPEED™ Shuttle

Jim Bask — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:27:48 +0000

by Matthew Bennion

Senior Manager, Product Marketing G-Technology®, Western Digital Corporation

You’ve been on the set for the past sixteen hours. Delay after delay has held up the production schedule. But, the producer just dropped three Red® Mini-Mags in your lap and the clock is ticking. As the director paces back and forth, you’re on the hook to transfer and back-up the day’s shoot as quickly as possible so it can be moved into post-production. The multi-million dollar production is in your hands and there’s no room for error.

Video Gold Rush
Streaming video on demand (SVoD) services are rising globally, enabling many new opportunities for studios, production houses and independents to create cinema, reality or episodic TV, documentaries, etc. With this present-day gold rush, SVoD providers are scooping up new content in order to keep up with consumer demand, differentiate themselves, and generate revenue through new subscriptions. And, like the gold miners of 1849, the right tools are essential for striking it rich.

Professional content creators who plan to sell their next big series or feature, must first follow a variety of requirements set forth by the SVoD providers. Content has to be captured at high resolution with specific equipment so that content will live well into the future and subscribers can consume the highest quality possible. A minimum of 4K, up to 8K, is required. Specific workflow procedures also need to be followed so that certain tasks are handled to the provider’s requirements.

This requires content producers to use new and sometimes unfamiliar tools as their volumes of footage continue to reach epic proportions. It is not uncommon for a production crew to be on-location for two or three months recording 3 to 4 terabytes per day of footage from multiple cameras. Some camera systems are creating up to 400 megabytes per second!

If currency is something of value that is in circulation as a medium of exchange, then video footage is a form of currency. Any professional production requires three duplicated copies on three separate devices — one goes to the producer, one is shipped with the equipment, and one is handcuffed to the DIT or PA to never let out of their sight. Footage, if lost, can never be recovered, or is costly to reshoot, so its value is significant.

Content creators in the field need a reliable and fast storage solution that can handle demanding workflows of 4K and beyond, with the ability to easily move and capture footage from location to location. Not being able to move data quickly and reliably to the next stage of the workflow is one of the biggest pain points in video production. Our new G-SPEED Shuttle is ideally suited to meet these objectives.

G-SPEED Shuttle

The G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3, including a configuration with two (2) ev Bay Adapters (Figure 1) easily handles and stores terabytes of 4K, 8K and High Dynamic Range (HDR) video footage captured daily. It is fast enough to ingest camera transfers and move the content to on-set storage for super-fast back-up or duplication (supporting best practices for three or more copies of original footage). Additional attributes of the G-SPEED Shuttle include:

Transportability: Have you ever carried a back-up copy of your footage onto an airplane and cradled it to your chest for safekeeping? We know how valuable the data is and our G-SPEED Shuttle is designed to travel safely from location to location. It is built with a handle, weighs sixteen pounds or less, and fits snuggly within a custom Pelican case (sold separately), so it’s protected.

The Pelican case also stores well in overhead bins on most flights. Given the magnitude of these big dollar productions, getting the footage securely to post-production is the goal without having to cuddle the back-up on your lap during the flight home. Though there are solutions that reside on desktops, they are not designed for travel.

Reliability: The G-SPEED Shuttle incorporates Ultrastar® enterprise-class 7,200 rpm hard drives that we develop (as Western Digital Corporation), and are supported with a trusted 5-year limited warranty. Other solutions use desktop drives that are only designed to read and write for a 40-hour work week, versus continuous 24x7x365x5 operation.

Time Savings: When on-location, time is money as everything is scheduled and on the clock. So if you’re the DIT or PA responsible for backing up and transferring all of the captured data, you won’t be able to stop until the work is done, sometimes well into the night. With built-in hardware RAID and transfer rates up to 1,000 MB/s, production crews can quickly transfer and back up content. For example, with the G-SPEED Shuttle, a professional can transfer one hour of 4K footage at 30 frames per second (fps) in just minutes at up to 1,000 MB/s. With support for Thunderbolt 3 technology (via dual ports), up to five additional storage devices can be daisy-chained through one cable port providing further time savings when making additional back-ups.

Back-up Flexibility: The G-SPEED Shuttle comes in a configuration with two EV Series bay adapters. This enables memory cards to be loaded directly into each shuttle drive’s EV card readers so that multiple cards can be backed up simultaneously. It also can back-up a card inserted into one reader to a G-DRIVE ev RaW mobile drive loaded in the second bay to ship to clients or studios for post-production. With the G-SPEED Shuttle, simultaneous back-ups are fast and simple.

Final Thoughts Whether you’re making an SVOD original or a passion piece of your own, the need to shuttle data efficiently in the production workflow is essential. The G-SPEED Shuttle, with transfer rates up to 1,000 MB/s and 48TB capacity, is just right for transferring and handling a week’s worth of 4K video footage.

G-Technology understands the financial and personal pressures associated with capturing and delivering footage. The G-SPEED Shuttle is a reliable storage solution available in two configurations that will save you time throughout the production and post-production processes, ultimately saving you money. From high-performance data capture, to easily transporting large content back and forth from location to studio, to flexibly performing back-ups, transfers and edits, the shuttle helps protect mission-critical content. If you are going to undertake capturing content and properly transporting it, you owe it to yourself and the production team to use the G-SPEED Shuttle.

WD Launches 4 bay G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3

Jim Bask — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 19:16:44 +0000

From Hexus

Western Digital Corporation has launched a pair of powerful new storage solutions. Aimed at professional content creators who need lightning-fast transfer speed and high-capacity storage – with mobility – WD has created the G-Speed Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3 and the G-Speed Shuttle with ev Series Bay Adapters…

…Scott Vouri, vice president strategy and business development, G-Technology, Western Digital, reckons a great practical application of the G-Speed Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3 will be in the easy transport of footage. “One of the biggest pain points facing film makers is not having the ability to move the massive amounts of footage quickly and reliably to the next stage of the workflow – both physically and virtually.” said Vouri, in an email to HEXUS. “If you’re looking for a fast, high-capacity solution that’s also easily transportable, your options are limited. With the power of Thunderbolt 3, the flexibility to integrate with our ev Series, and a design optimized for mobility, the G-SPEED Shuttle is the perfect solution for any on-the-go project team.” [continue reading]

G-Technology intros Thunderbolt 3 G-Speed Shuttle

Jim Bask — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:41:53 +0000

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]

New Product Alert – G-Technology G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3, 4-Bay RAID

Jim Bask — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:42:20 +0000

NEW PRODUCT ALERT!
G-Technology G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3

G-SPEED Shuttle w/ Thunderbolt 3

Up to 48TB* of capacity for demanding production workflows
A transportable design for easy travel from studio to location and back Optimized to support multi-stream 4K and 8K workflows
Built-in hardware RAID (supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10)
Sustained transfer rates up to 1000MB/s**
Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports for easy daisy-chaining (backwards compatible with Thunderbolt 2)
Removable, reliable Enterprise-class 7200RPM Drives
5-Year limited warranty

With up to 48TB* of capacity and transfer speeds up to 1000MB/s**, the G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3 device delivers ideal storage for demanding workflows. A transportable design lets you easily carry it on-location and back to the studio, and with optimized 4K and 8K support, you get the bandwidth to edit multi camera footage in real time, render multi-layer effects, and quickly export with incredible efficiency. Built-in hardware RAID offers several backup options, while dual Thunderbolt 3 ports are ready for daisy chaining up to 5 additional devices. Combined with four bays of removable Enterprise-class hard drives for enhanced reliability and a trusted 5-year limited warranty, the G-SPEED Shuttle with Thunderbolt 3 device provides reliable, high-performance storage to scale with all your productions.

16TB
SKU: GSPSHUT4T3-16
MPN: 0G10067
MSRP: $1799.95

24TB
SKU: GSPSHUT4T3-24
MPN: 0G10072
MSRP: $2299.95

32TB
SKU: GSPSHUT4T3-32
MPN: 0G10077
MSRP: $2799.95

48TB
SKU: GSPSHUT4T3-48
MPN: 0G10087
MSRP: $3799.95

G-SPEED Shuttle w/ Thunderbolt 3 with ev Series Bay Adapters

Up to 24TB of capacity for demanding production workflows
A transportable design for easy travel from studio to location and back
Optimized to support multi-stream 4K and 8K workflows
Built-in hardware RAID (supports RAID 0, 1 or JBOD)
Sustained transfer rates up to 500MB/s
Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports for easy daisy-chaining (backwards compatible with Thunderbolt 2)
Removable, reliable Enterprise-class 7200RPM Drives
5-Year limited warranty

The G-SPEED Shuttle with ev Series Bay Adapters device offers up to 24TB of transportable storage you can easily carry to an on-site location and back to the studio. Optimized 4K and 8K support lets you edit footage in real-time, render multi-layer effects, and quickly export a cut, while built-in hardware RAID offers several ways to help protect your files. Transfer rates up to 500MB/s² let you quickly ingest content or natively edit footage, and with two ev Series bays, you get a flexible way to quickly offload media from a wide range of ev Series drives and readers. Combined with two removable Enterprise-class hard drives and a trusted 5-year limited warranty, you get reliable, high-performance storage to scale with all your productions.

20TB
SKU: GSPSHUT4T3EV-20
MPN: 0G10141
MSRP: $1,999.95

24TB
SKU: GSPSHUT4T3EV-24
MPN: 0G10146
MSRP: $2,299.95

SKU	MPN	DESCRIPTION	MSRP
GSPSHUT4T3-16	0G10067	G-SPEED Shuttle Thunderbolt 3 Transportable 4-Bay RAID 16TB	$1,799.95 MSRP
GSPSHUT4T3-24	0G10072	G-SPEED Shuttle Thunderbolt 3 Transportable 4-Bay RAID 24TB	$2,299.95 MSRP
GSPSHUT4T3-32	0G10077	G-SPEED Shuttle Thunderbolt 3 Transportable 4-Bay RAID 32TB	$2,799.95 MSRP
GSPSHUT4T3-48	0G10087	G-SPEED Shuttle Thunderbolt 3 Transportable 4-Bay RAID 48TB	$3,799.95 MSRP
GSPSHUT4T3EV-20	0G10141	G-SPEED Shuttle Thunderbolt 3 Transportable 4-Bay RAID with 2 ev Series Bays 20TB	$1,999.95 MSRP
GSPSHUT4T3EV-24	0G10146	G-SPEED Shuttle Thunderbolt 3 Transportable 4-Bay RAID with 2 ev Series Bays 24TB	$2,299.95 MSRP

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