CalDigit ships FireWireVR

CalDigit has begun shipping the FireWireVR RAID, an external storage enclosure that offers FireWire 400/800 and USB 2.0 connectivity without the need for additional cards. The device supports RAID settings of 0, 1, and JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) while providing controls for the different RAID settings on the box itself. The unit features a ball bearing fan and venting system, allowing air to flow freely through the enclosure. The FireWireVR utilizes SATA 3Gbps drives with 16MB of cache per drive, and is easily chained to multiple FireWireVR units without any loss in performance, according to CalDigit. Under performance mode the device handles two streams of 10-bit uncompressed SD and three streams of 8-bit uncompressed SD. CalDigit offers up to 1.5TB of storage capacity with a modular design in an aluminum housing to improve heat dissipation. Each FireWireVR unit ships with a padded achieving box that stores additional drive modules in the same fashion as verticle-standing VHS tapes (pricing was unavailable).

by MacNN Staff