DataTale SMART 4-bay Thunderbolt RAID overview

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Published on May 24, 2013 3:08:11 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWZC6iWYc9M

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Unboxing and introductory review of the DataTale 4-bay Thunderbolt RAID. Setup and tested as RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID10 using four 2 TB 7200rpm 6Gb/s Toshiba hard drives.

RAID 0 speeds reached almost 600 MB/s.
RAID 1 speeds reached about 180 MB/s.
RAID 10 speeds reached about 260 MB/s write, 360 MB/s read.

What is RAID 10?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nested_RAID_levels#RAID_1.2B0

This unit can also do JBOD and HyperDuo modes. HyperDuo uses SSDs and HDDs to create an optimized system similar to an Apple Fusion drive.

The RAID is whisper-quiet, showing approximately 5db of noise.

The source blog post for this video review (updated periodically) is here:
http://www.tweakdigital.com/2013/05/datatale-thunderbolt-raid-review.html

NOTE: September 2013 software update still isn't quite feature-complete (the email and logging isn't fully functional). Performance has so far been trouble-free.

NOTE: Features have been updated to be complete and logging works. Even in September 2015, with the RAID mostly full, it still performs at above tested speeds.

*Disclosure: Oyen Digital has provided me with a DataTale Thunderbolt RAID chassis for purposes of providing a review. I received it with no obligations. I will attempt to keep the blog post updated with on-going performance notes, good or bad.

http://www.oyendigital.com/