CalDigit
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CalDigit is dedicated to the content creation industry, every product is exclusively designed with the users’ requirement in mind. CalDigit has a team of world-class software, hardware, and engineers. Closely bonded, the CalDigit Team works to develop the best RAID software and hardware in the industry offering various RAID solutions for people in the multimedia industry. CalDigit is the one source supplier for Video Editors, Photographers, and the Music Industry. Their products have a sleek modular design, and can be configured to RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD. CalDigit is your complete RAID solution choice, at an affordable price.
Product Listings
SuperShare
The CalDigit SuperShare is a revolutionary solution to the traditional SAN. Based on direct connect PCIe technology, the CalDigit SuperShare is an extremely fast hardware solution that allows users to access a pool of shared storage simultaneously. This effective collaboration makes sharing CalDigit storage solutions easy, fast and affordable.
AV Drive
The CalDigit AV Drive is one of the most uniquely designed single drive systems on the market. It features the first dual interface with USB 3.0 and FireWire 800 connectivity. The CalDigit AV Drive is the first USB 3.0 drive for the Mac, all in a sleek and compact design.
RAID 5 and RAID 6
HDPro24
The CalDigit HDPro-24 is a blazing fast 24 drive hardware RAID solution, with support for 24 SATA-II 3Gbs drive modules. The HDPro-24 provides hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD support. Sustained speeds of over 1,600MB/s can be achieved with RAID 50 protection. Dual hardware RAID controllers feature a next generation Intel XScale RAID engine accompanied by high speed, upgradeable ECC cache.
HDPro2
Eight-drive hardware RAID supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, RAID 6 & JBOD in 20Gb ultra-high bandwidth connectivity. Active Sustained Transfer Technology (ASTT) to maintain stable performance and supports professional video editing. With CalDigit PCIe switch, you can connect as many HDPro2s as you want. State-of-the-art performance, an extreme level of reliability, unsurpassed user friendliness combined with the lowest price per gigabyte! HDPro2 is also a SAN-Ready storage subsystem enhancing scalability, usability and reliability of heterogeneous environments. Upgradeable cache memory up to 2GB. Useable capacity to 16.0TB.
HDOne
CalDigit's HDOne makes it easier and more affordable than ever to enter the world of RAID storage solutions. The HDOne comes with 8 drive modules, a CalDigit Controller Card and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and JBOD. Its unique architecture combines sleek design with the latest technology and is engineered for the modern, digital professional. At a starting price of $2,299 for a 2TB system, and with a gigabyte-per-dollar ratio of up to 99¢ per GB, the HDOne offers a truly, reasonably priced alternative. Whether you are editing for film or television, managing photographic libraries, composing musical scores, running vast databases, or organizing your mp3 and game libraries, the HDOne gives you high performance data access, secure and reliable storage, with the specs you want at over 400MB/s in RAID Level 5.
HDElement
The HDElement is the compact 4-bay hardware RAID storage that comes with CalDigit's RAID Card that gives you hardware protection for your valuable data. Each HDElement gives you flexibility of configuring your RAID on different RAID Levels such as RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 50, 60 and JBOD. Thanks to CalDigit RAID Card's multiple external ports, you can connect up to 3 HDElements. As your workloads increase it is easy to expand your storage capacity.
CalDigit RAID Card
Utilizing the PCI-e expansion slots in the latest MacPro or PC machines, the CalDigit RAID card offers unrivaled performance and protection for the capturing, storing and editing of large HD media files and content creation. Performance & protection with RAID level 5 speeds of 500MB/s externally (with the New HDElement - 4 bay external drive enclosure, with RAID 0,1,5,6 & JBOD connected through external mini-sas) and internally 4 drive speeds of 247MB/S, internal & external drives scale up to 32TB capacity. The easy-to-use GUI, RAID Shield, is simple and straight-forward, no more hassles with mind-boggling windows and commands
CalDigit VR
The CalDigit VR is a combination of FireWire VR and S2VR Duo, supporting a quadruple interface for easy connectivity (Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0, and eSATA). There is no performance loss when daisy chaining the CalDigit VR using Firewire 800. The CalDigit VR's modular design provides two hot swappable drive modules and an easy to read front LCD. With support for RAID 0, 1, and JBOD the CalDigit VR can reach speeds of up to 250MB/s, and includes an easy to use GUI for configuration and environmental monitoring which supports email notification.
VR mini
The CalDigit VR mini is an innovative, compact and bus powered two drive RAID system, supporting a quadruple interface for easy connectivity. The CalDigit VR mini's modular design provides two removable drive modules and an easy to read frontside LCD.With support for RAID 0, 1, and JBOD the CalDigit VR mini can reach speeds fast enough for high definition video editing. It includes easy to use software allowing for firmware updates,configuration, and monitoring which even supports email notification.
FASTA - SATA PCI-E/PCI-X Adapter
FASTA-4e
Compatible with Mac Pro and Power Mac G5(Late 2005)! Add 4 high-speed external eSATA ports to any Mac equipped with PCI-Express expansion slots. This adapter supports 10-bit/8-bit uncompressed HD, 8-bit/10-bit SD, DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD video workflows when used in conjunction with storage.
FASTA-4x
Add 4 high-speed external eSATA ports to any Power Mac G5 equipped with PCI-X expansion slots. This adapter supports 10-bit/8-bit uncompressed HD, 8-bit/10-bit SD, DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD video workflows when used in conjunction with S2VR storage
FASTA-2e
Compatible with Mac Pro and Power Mac G5(Late 2005)! Add 2 high-speed external eSATA ports to any Power Mac G5 and Mac Pro equipped with PCI-Express expansion slots. This adapter supports DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, 8-bit and 10-bit SD video workflows when used in conjunction with regular SATA external storage.
FASTA-1ex
Compatible with MacBook Pro and Windows! Add One high-speed external eSATA port to any Apple MacBook Pro or Windows-based Notebook equipped with ExpressCard expansion slot. This adapter supports DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, 8-bit and 10-bit SD video workflows when used in conjunction with regular SATA external storage.
CalDigit Certified eSATA Cable
When using S2VR SATA RAID storage and connecting to FASTA-4 SATA card, you need CalDigit certified eSATA cables to achieve the best quality and performance!
Legacy Products
FireWireVR Drive Module
FireWireVR Drive Module features a unique handle design for fast, easy installation and a positive locking mechanism to hold it tightly in place after insertion. This module employs a drive mounting technique that increases drive isolation and reduces vibration. Carefully tested and qualified to ensure maximum performance and reliability, FireWireVR Drive Modules work seamlessly with the sophisticated FireWireVR RAID engine and variety of Operation System.
S2VR Drive Module
S2VR Drive Module features a unique handle design for fast, easy installation and a positive locking mechanism to hold it tightly in place after insertion. This module employs a drive mounting technique that increases drive isolation and reduces vibration. Carefully tested and qualified to ensure maximum performance and reliability, S2VR Drive Modules work seamlessly with the sophisticated S2VR RAID engine and S2VR monitoring software.