Apple Promise DS4600

SmartStor DS4600 4x2TB RAID System, SATA 3.5", FireWire 400/800, USB2.0, eSATA The Promise SmartStor DS4600 delivers blistering performance and robust data protection in a compact, ultra quiet design. No configuration is required; simply unpack and connect your power cable and FireWire 800, eSATA, or USB 2.0 cable, to complete your installation. With four 2TB 7200-rpm drives and a powerful hardware RAID engine, the SmartStor DS4600 is the perfect solution for small servers, creative pro workstations and users that need fast external storage with great capacity. Perfect for protecting your valuable data of any type – pictures, music, video, data files. In addition, audio/video enthusiasts can utilize its fast data transfers for media content editing.

Easy-to-Use Management Software
SmartNAVI is an easy-to-use management application that can be used to provide vital enclosure information such as fan speed, temperature and voltage with Event Logging and Email Event Notification. SmartNAVI also features a dashboard that provides the aforementioned, vital, information the moment the application is launched.

Best-in-Class Performance
The SmartStor DS4600 features the best in class performance over Firewire 800, High Speed USB 2.0 and eSATA 3G interfaces. Transfer your digital media at lightning speeds between your Mac Computer and the SmartStor DS4600.

Hardware RAID Protection for Small Business
Protect your valuable business data with a reliable hardware RAID solution. The SmartStor DS4600 can be used as large storage for a desktop system or as external storage solution on a small server. Providing 5.7 Terabytes storage in RAID 5, you'll have the capacity you need for data and backups with the protection of hardware RAID.

Desktop Workspace for Creative Mac Professionals
Photographers, video post production engineers, audio engineers and highly skilled amateurs have the perfect companion in the SmartStor DS4600. Mac OS X professionals craving cost-effective direct attached storage to protect valuable workflows, photo sessions, audio recording sessions and other irreplaceable digital content, should look no further than the SmartStor DS4600 to satisfy their multi-interface, high performance, direct attached storage needs.

Final Cut Professionals can utilize the raw power and high data transfer throughput of the Firewire 800 interface to Ingest and manipulate DVCProHD, ProRes, ProRes HQ and other SD and HD video formats with responsiveness and ease. The small form factor of the SmartStor DS4600 is ideal for those requiring portable storage for moving digital media between jobs and locations.

Cost Effective Expandable Storage for the Home
In today's digital world, you consistently acquire and amass large amounts of personal digital media using Smart Phones, Digital Cameras and Digital Video Cameras, in addition to downloadable digital media acquired through online stores such as iTunes. With memories meant to last a lifetime, the SmartStor DS4600 can protect digital content from single drive failures while providing data protection, high availability and high reliability.

Flexible Backup Solution
Connect SmartStor DS4600 to your Mac for use with Time Machine to backup your critical system files, applications, data files, music, pictures and videos. SmartStor DS4600 also includes SmartSync client backup software for scheduled backups of your important data and digital media.

Use One Touch Backup to backup data "on the fly". Create a schedule and then press the One Touch Button on the front of the SmartStor DS4600 at anytime to backup your computer.

Ultra Quiet, Low Power and Eco-Smart
The SmartStor DS4600 is RoHS compliant; in simple terms the SmartStor DS4600 is eco-friendly, keeping harmful lead out of the environment and our delicate ecosystems. Consuming a mere 40 watts under full load with four hard drives installed, it uses roughly 13% of the power consumed by the average 300 watt power supply in standard computers.

The Standby feature of the SmartStor DS4600 allows hard drives to spin-down during periods of inactivity, thereby reducing power consumption to as little as 14 watts.

Sporting a new enclosure design, a fan-less integrated power supply and a state-of-the-art fan control mechanism, system noise is never an issue making the SmartStor DS4600 idea for desktop, small office environments and any room in the house.