New RAID-G-Speed ES Pro. Am I doing the right thing?

[Godfrey Pye]

It was me who asked the question “Am I doing the right thing?”.
A number of kind people responded with their advice – thanks to all you peeps.
Then I made my decision, OK after a mix-up with the G-Tech sales organization.
A mix-up which was beautifully sorted out when Sandy at Melrose Mac became involved.
And now my original question has been answered- and I believe I have done the right thing.

As I write I am looking at my new G-Speed ES RAID.
In fact I’ve had it for a few weeks now and I am very happy with it.
I bought two units, each with four x 1.5 tb drives, that’s 12 tb of storage!
Actually it’s about 10.5 tb after striping the array with RAID 5.
Striping was easily accomplished, which surprised me as I’m a techno-dummy.
But now the two units work as one.

It is indeed “whisper quiet”, as advertised, especially when comparing it with my outgoing Apple XRAID which was a good servant for 5 years, with only one drive ever going down – but that noise!
Now it’s been sold via eBay.

Anyway, so far so good. I am delighted with my G-Speed ES. Just thought I’d let you all know.

Godfrey Pye
Mulholland Bays – in the Hollywood Hills