Specifications

Compatible Operating Systems

Apple OS 8.6, 9.X, 10.X
Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000*, XP*, Vista, 7
Modern Unix-based, Linux, or BSD

*Older versions of Windows, such as 2000 and XP 32-bit, use Master Boot Record which doesn’t support volumes larger than 2TB. When the total capacity of the RAID is 2TB or higher, you must format the array using GPT in Windows. GPT format is only supported by Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X. GPT format will not work with XP 32-bit or older Windows operating systems. If you want to use Windows 2000 and/or XP 32-bit, choose a ForteRAID capacity and RAID mode that yields a volume 2TB or smaller.

Content Creation Applications

Final Cut Pro
Avid Media Composer
Adobe Premiere
Digidesign Pro Tools
Steinberg Nuendo and Cubase
Apple Logic
MOTU Digital Performer
Cakewalk Sonar
Sony Vegas

Inside The Box

EC2 eSATA card
Glyph Manager software installer CD
9-Pin FireWire 800 Cable
6-Pin FireWire 400 Cable
USB 2.0 cable
1 meter eSATA cable
IEC Power Cable

Warranty

Full 3 Years
1 Year Advance Replacement on removable drives (U.S. 48 States only)

Audio Track Count Test Results

Track Count Test Results here

Capacity, part number, and RPM

4TB

FTRD-4000 (7,200RPM)

8TB

FTRD-8000 (5,900RPM)

8TB

FTRD2-8000 (7,200RPM) Enterprise

8TB

FTRD3-8000 (7,200RPM)

12TB

FTRD-12000 (7,200RPM)

1TB

FTSP-1000 (7,200RPM) Spare Drive

2TB

FTSP-2000 (5,900RPM) Spare Drive

2TB

FTSP2-2000 (7,200RPM) Spare Drive Enterprise

2TB

FTSP3-2000 (7,200RPM) Spare Drive

3TB

FTSP-3000 (7,200RPM) Spare Drive

Capacities

4TB | 8TB | 12TB

Read more about common disk capacity misconceptions.

Rotational speed (RPM)

7,200RPM and 5,900RPM

Interface connectivity

eSATA - One port
FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) - Two 9-pin ports
FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) - One 6-pin port
USB 2.0 Hi-speed (device-side) port

Bridging chipset

Oxford 936

Software selectable drive modes

RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, and Spanning

Average seek time

8ms

Maximum transfer rate (eSATA port)

3 Gbit/s (300MB/sec)

Sustained transfer rate

Performance benchmark test results

Cache size

2TB: 64MB (16MB per drive)
4TB, 8TB: 128MB (32MB per drive)

12TB: 256MB (64MB per drive)

Dimensions (HxWxD)

Product:

7" x 5.3" x 9.6" / 17.8 x 13.5 x 24.4 cm

Packaging:

11" x 12.8" x 8.5" / 28 x 32.5 x 21.6 cm

Weight

Product:

8.6 pounds / 3.9 kg

With pkg:

18 pounds / 8.2 kg

Power Supply

Internal Universal 100-240v 50/60 Hz