Aimed for backing up single PC or Apple Macs or small peer to peer networks of 2 or 3 machines these are essentially large external hard drives. Using Thunderbolt, Firewire or USB technology these will sit on your Mac or PC and allow you to give extensive storage space for huge workflow or backup.
Storage can be expensive but leasing storage makes it very affordable and HardSoft have a three years warranty when you lease storage products. If you can’t find what you want please contact us for advice. Storage has never been faster or more expandable with single drives now available up to 3TB meaning units like the Promise R6 is capable of carrying 18TB of data…….and if speed is the key the new Drobo mini will take SSD storage as well as SAS. In fact the new Drobo Mini and Drobo 5d are the most user friendly storage available. HardSoft also lease solutions from Western Digital, Buffalo, Sonnet and OWC.
G-Tech G-Raid 6TB Dual Drive Storage System
3 year lease
£4.20 +VAT
Per Week
G-RAID is an external RAID storage solution and is designed specifically for professional content creation applications and features a high-speed interface including 3Gbit eSATA, FireWire 800 and USB2.0 ports. When connected via eSATA, the G-RAID provides high-speed connectivity, with data transfer rates in excess of 200MB/second to support demanding post production environments. G-RAID's sleek, all-aluminum design and super-quiet smart fan make it a perfect fit for you.
LaCie 2big 4TB Thunderbolt Drive
3 year lease
£3.50 +VAT
Per Week
The LaCie 2big Thunderbolt series features RAID security, hot-swapable disks, and Thunderbolt Daisy chain to connect multiple devices. Available with up to 8TB configuration on fast 7200rpm HDD this solution delivers professional storage solution that heavy data users demand.
Drobo Mini - with 4 x 256GB SSD
3 year lease
£8.90 +VAT
Per Week
Full Product Specification
Highly portable this is a four bay unit with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 connectivity that uniquely supports 2.5" hdds. Though smaller generally in capacity this smaller format does support SSD, Hybrid and even SAS 10k drives. Let us know how you want it configured and we can lease you the solution. An mSATA SSD can be added as a fifth drive into the Accelerator Bay.
Drobo 5D - with 5 X 2TB hdds +256GB mSATA
3 year lease
£10.90 +VAT
Per Week
Full Product Specification
Drobo offers a fully automated self configuring Beyond Raid technology in the unit that offers Thunderbolt and USB 3.0. Accepting up to Five 3.5” hard drives the Drobo 5D can mix large capacity SATA storage with SSD and an mSATA in a sixth bay. Any drive from any manufacturer can be included and mixed. Expandable just by hot swapping drives makes it a long term solution.
Promise Pegasus R4 4TB Thunderbolt Desktop Raid
3 year lease
£6.90 +VAT
Per Week
Pegasus R4 is the first 4-bay high performance hardware RAID Solutions available to let loose the power of Thunderbolt™ technology. The 4TB version uses 4 x 1TB SATA HDD with interchangeable drives for future upgrades. And with dual Thunderbolt Ports you can daisy chain additional items.
Promise Pegasus R6 6TB Raid5 Thunderbolt Desktop Raid
3 year lease
£10.90 +VAT
Per Week
Pegasus R6 is has 6 bays so for memory hungry users the 6TB has a default of 6 x 1TB SATA Hard drives which can be changed to 2TB to give a massive 12TB of raw capacity. Drives can be configured in Raid 0,1 or 5 configuration and is Apple Time Machine compatible for Auto updates.
