SimpleTech has updated its line of Pro Drive and Duo Pro Drive external hard drives. Along with highter capacities, the new drives offer a quad interface (eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0) and a reinforced design for added reliability and durability.
If you're part of the digital media generation, a power user or even a small business owner, there's no doubt that your computer is quickly filling up with tons of video clips, songs, digital photographs and documents. To help relieve you of this data overload, SimpleTech (http://www.SimpleTech.com), a Fabrik company, today announced two affordable ways to easily add more storage capacity and backup power to your home or office computers - the 1.5TB SimpleTech® Pro Drive™ and the first 3TB two-drive RAID 0/1 solution, the SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive™. Each solution now ships with a reinforced design for added reliability and durability, higher capacities so you have room to grow, and a quad interface (eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0) that future-proofs your investment, so you'll be prepared to connect to whatever system, device or peripheral - in the future as well as today.
Brace yourself - Do everything faster with eSATA
With data transfer rates up to 3 gigabits per second (3 Gbps), eSATA is three times faster than USB 2.0 (480 Megabits per second), giving you amazing speed to back up in a blink, save video in a snap or store your entire music collection in minutes. If your desktop computer does not have an eSATA port, you can easily add one with the new SimpleTech ProSpeed™ eSATA PCI Adaptor Card (MSRP $69.99). Simply grab a screwdriver, open up your computer and pop in the new card. You'll be up and running in no time flat. No brilliant engineers are required, or you can even call your local teenager to help. With a dose of high-speed 3 Gbps transfer speed, you'll never look back at USB again.
SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive by Fabrik
The SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive offers massive performance, capacity and protection. With two drives in one, the SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive gives you two ways to save: Speed Mode (RAID 0) and Copy Mode (RAID 1). Speed Mode, or striping, leverages both hard drives to read and write your files, making storing and accessing your files significantly faster than using one disk alone. If using eSATA in Speed Mode (RAID 0), you can receive six times the speed of USB 2.0, ideal for home video editing and streaming or working with graphic-intensive files. For added data protection, Copy Mode, or mirroring, makes an extra copy of your files on the second internal hard drive, so you always have two separate copies of your important stuff. That way, if the first drive fails, the second one swings into action so there's no data loss or downtime. Now shipping, suggested retail pricing is $279.99 for 1TB, $419.99 for 1.5TB and $549.99 for 2TB. The 3TB model will be available in late Q4. Pricing has not been set.
SimpleTech Pro Drive by Fabrik
The SimpleTech Pro Drive works like a pro, and it is plug 'n' play simple. Delivering capacities up to 1.5TB and a quad-interface, it is a smart investment that delivers everything you need to succeed. Now shipping, suggested retail pricing is $159.99 for 500GB, $209.99 for 750GB and $259.99 for 1TB. The 1.5TB single-drive model will be available in mid-Q4. Pricing has not been set.
