Five configurable drive bays in a 2U rack space. The GT 205™ is built for serious production environments.
The GT 205 is Glyph's flagship system designed for the utmost in storage capacity, options and performance. Applications where multiple drives are needed, such as audio and video production, will benefit from having four GT Key drive bays and the expansion bay, which can house an AIT tape backup drive, SCSI or FireWire hot-swap receiving bay, DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW. The 2U enclosure features Glyph's integrity™ FireWire hot-swap interface, three internal power supplies and a near-silent fan. GT Key drives can be interchanged with the GT 051™ tabletop and the GT 103™ 3-bay 1U enclosures. The GT 205 can be configured with four FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 GT Key™ FireWire hot-swap drives in capacities up to 1TB each. The GT 205 comes standard with a three-year warranty, while GT Keys carry an additional overnight advance replacement warranty in the first year.
Features
- Compatible with FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 GT Keys
- FireWire 400 port accessible on front panel
- Expansion bay options (built to order):
- AIT-1 Turbo (40GB) FireWire or SCSI, AIT-2 Turbo (80GB) FireWire or SCSI, AIT-3 (100GB) SCSI, AIT-4 (200GB) SCSI
- SCSI Ultra160 or GT Series FireWire hot-swap receiving bay
- DVD-R or CD-R/RW
- Durable Stainless Steel Faceplate
- Three Internal power supplies
- Whisper quiet fan
- 3 Year Warranty
- 2 Year Free Basic Data Recovery
- Overnight Advance Replacement on GT Key drives in 1st year of warranty
| Technical Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | GT205-x (x = drive mechanism in expansion bay. Example: GT205-AIT2FW) |
| Capacities (GT Key 800) | 160GB // 250GB // 500GB // 750GB // 1TB
more about disk capacities |
| Rotational Speed (RPM) | 7200 |
| Interface | FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) Two 6-pin Ports on back panel, one on front panel |
| Bridging Chip on GT Key | Oxford 911 or 924 |
| Average seek time (read) | 8 milliseconds |
| Maximum Transfer Rate | 50MB/sec (400Mb/sec) |
| Sustained Transfer Rate | >36MB/sec |
| GT Key 800 Buffer Size (cache) | 8MB (160GB, 250GB), 16MB (500GB, 750GB), 32MB (1TB) |
| Dimensions | H 3.5" x W 19" x D 16" |
| Configuration | 19" Rack width, 16" deep |
| Weight | 17 lbs. / 8 kg (w/o GT Keys) 28 lbs. / 13 kg (fully loaded) |
| Internal Power Supply | Universal 100-240v 50/60 Hz |
| Operating System Compatibility | Apple OS 8.6, 9.X, 10.X Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista Modern Unix-based, Linux, or BSD |
| Content Creation Applications | Qualified with all major audio production packages that support FireWire storage, including Digidesign Pro Tools, Steinberg Nuendo and Cubase, Apple Logic, MOTU Digital Performer, Cakewalk Sonar, Sony Vegas and more... |
| Included | 6-Pin FireWire 400 Cable IEC Power Cable Rack mounting screws |
| Warranty | Full 3 Years 1 Year Overnight Advance Replace on GT Key drives more info 2 Years Free Basic Data Recovery more info |








