Promise Pegasus RAID Storage with Thunderbolt

Anyone have any experience with Promise Technology products?

I'm reviewing the Pegasus RAID storage unit with Thunderbolt for my new iMac.

Thanks for any information.

Regards, Cyrus
iMac 27" Intel i7 Quad-Core; 16GB RAM; 2TB HD
Final Cut Studio, FCP X, Photoshop CS5, After Effects, etc.

I have been using an R4 for over a year. Never any issues except what I think was a Thunderbolt disconnect twice during that time. I get read/write speeds in excess of 400 MB/sec.
I have essentially the same model iMac you have.

>Never any issues except what I think was a Thunderbolt disconnect twice during that time.

I've heard about issues with Thunderbolt and having a handphone too near the drive. Here's a reference:

[forums.macrumors.com]



www.strypesinpost.com

I had heard about that but I haven't seen it happen. I cannot even verify that what happened to me was definitely a Thunderbolt issue because it only happened twice in over a year. Otherwise no problems.

There is an in-depth review over here

[www.fcp.co]

A line has 2 Sides

[finalbug.net]
[paurray.de]
[lostsensemedia.org]

I purchased an R4 8TB unit along with a 27" imac and Retina MBP in December/January. The unit was a simple plug & play and has been stellar at keeping up with live capture of 1080i prores files through our BlackMagic Ultra Studio 3D SDI capture, until Monday when I noticed Drive 1 had failed. A quick ... well ok it was an hour... call to Promise Tech Support and a replacement drive was on the way (standard shipping is 2 day ground... paid extra for overnight).

I was able to keep working off of the unit and all of my files played fine. Installed the replacement drive last night and let the unit rebuild itself. Took about 4 hours... and all is well. So far I'm pretty happy with the unit and Promise overall.

I use the R4 along with 2 Drobo FS and 1 DroboPro 16TB units and had more issues with the drobos out of the box.

Steve

FCPX
FCP 7.0.3
Premier CS6

MBP Retina 2.6i7 16GB / iMac 27" 3.4i7 16GB

Thanks everyone. You input has been most helpful. Will be ordering the Promise unit soon.

Regards, Cyrus
iMac 27" Intel i7 Quad-Core; 16GB RAM; 2TB HD
Final Cut Studio, FCP X, Photoshop CS5, After Effects, etc.