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G-Technology Announce New Rugged Series of Portable Hard drives

January 7^th, 2015

G-Technology Announce New Rugged Series of Portable Hard drives

by Tim FokJanuary 7^th, 2015

G-Technology has announced a new line of rugged hard drives for extreme in-the-field use. The G-Drive ev RaW and G-Drive ev ATC USB/Thunderbolt are three new drives that boast weather proofing, shock resistance and compatibly with the current Evolution series G-Dock.

We’ll start with the G-Drive ev RaW. The hard drive takes an existing G-Tech ev design, increases shock resistance and reduces weight by 35%. The hard drive on its own can withstand a drop up to 1.2M, add the rugged bumper and that increases to 1.5M.

The G-Tech Evolution series (or ev) is clever, appreciating the need for both portability in the field use and reliable fast in studio editing. The heart of the system is the G-Dock ev; a thunderbolt docking station that accepts two G-Drive ev drives in a selection of raid levels.

The G-Drive ev drives themselves work via USB 3 in the field, and SATA with the G-Dock to unlock Thunderbolt speeds. The new G-Drive ev RaW is compatible with this system; it can be used as a stand-alone rugged drive or stripped down to slot into the G-Dock.

Second up is the G-Drive ev ATC. This line adds further protection to your hard drive. Adding a tethered USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt cable (depending on which model you choose) these drives can withstand a drop of up to 2M.

They can also float in water, and take a 1M drop into water holding resistance of up to 30 seconds. Like the G-Drive ev RaW, the G-Drive ev ATC are also compatible with the current G-Dock.

G-Technology have a strong presence in the filmmaking industry, and quite rightly so by looking at this independent failure rate test for commonly used hard drives (G-Tech use HGST drives), I’m surprised product like these haven’t turned up sooner, it’s great to see them now entering the rugged market.