Promise Pegasus

RickST · 6 Dec 2011 at 19:37

Are Promise the only company doing thunderbolt connected NAS?

I have ordered a MBP with 128GB SSD but I have a pretty decent movie collection which I store on my gaming pc. As part of my desire to de-clutter I want to ditch my gaming pc so was hoping to NAS things up. Thunderbolt seems like the best/most future proof way to connect everything up as I am also shortly going to order a 27" thunderbolt display.

Your thoughts; I welcome them.

dav3evans · 8 Dec 2011 at 10:13

NAS == Network Attached Storage, I assume you're meaning a RAID drive of sorts so you get lots of space and access the data quickly

The Pegasus RAIDS are Thunderbolt only, if you are wanting something to connect to a network this isn't the option for you.

Let me know what you're after in terms of speed, and storage size and I'll see if I can recommend something =]

RickST · 8 Dec 2011 at 12:14

That is true, NAS was really the wrong word.

what I want / need is a way to extend the storage space on my Mac, I won't have any other computers so network attached doesn't really matter. I would like to be as quick as possible so that perhaps I could run some less commonly used apps from it.

Cheers
Rick

dav3evans · 8 Dec 2011 at 12:21

Well a Firewire 800 drive will be fine for running apps from so you'll be ok there. Plus they are pretty cheap these days so you could pick one up and see how you get on.

The Promise Pegasus is pretty expensive, the R4 retailing about what... £480? Also, the current issue with the connection dropping could make it a bit of a nightmare.

Not to worry you or discourage you, but basically if you have an iPhone near the unit and you make/receive a call it can cause it to unmount, which isn't great. However! Promise did announce this week that it's a problem at the RAID and they will be addressing it.

Despite this, you can fix it by wrapping the TB cable in foil. Totally random I know! But it's worked with a couple of people now so that's something to consider..I'd just be curious to see whether Promise have to fix it physically rather than with Firmware.

But anyway, in terms of advice I'd bag yourself WD Firewire drive like one of the Passport series as a test, they're great little drives and really reliable. Then you can see the performance for yourself and if you decide to upgrade a bigger drive later, you have something portable to take around with you.

Of course it can be any FW drive, I just like the WD ones =]