By Elina Shatkin, November 20, 2004
PROMAX SYSTEMS, INC., a provider of turnkey desktop video editing systems, announced the addition of the high performance FireMAX-R series removable 2-bay RAID solution to their FireWire storage product line. Engineered with the video user in mind, the FireMAX-R handles multiple streams of DV, HDV, and uncompressed SD with all of the popular NLE applications on both the Mac and Windows XP platforms
. A 4-bay version of the
FireMAX-R is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2005
In addition to RAID 0 performance for high data throughput, the
FireMAX-R offers removable bays for easy drive exchange. The simple replacement of drive sets allows for quick backup, storage expansion, and easy access to other active projects. The plug-and-play portability afforded by the FireWire 800 protocol allows the FireMAX-R to be shared amongst workstations as well.
The ProMax FireMAX-R has begun shipping and is available exclusively through ProMax in capacities of 500GB and 800GB with US list prices starting at $599.00.
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