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Headline	Sonnet's Award-Winning FusionTM F2 Now Offered With 1TB Of Storage And Even Faster Performance
Article	Sonnet Technologies, a leader in providing local storage systems for professional users of Macintosh®, Windows®, and UNIX® systems in the film, video, and broadcast industries, today announced the 1TB version of its multiple-award-winning FusionTM F2 portable two-drive RAID SATA storage system. The fastest storage solution of its kind, the enhanced Fusion F2 delivers remarkable performance with up to 134 MB/sec read and write sustained data transfer rates, and is bus-powered to enable its use when grid power is unavailable. The diminutive system consists of two 2.5-inch drives mounted side by side in a rugged aluminum enclosure just a bit larger than two stacked CD cases, features two eSATA data ports for maximum data throughput, and is designed for use with the Sonnet TempoTM< /SUP> SATA ExpressCard/34 controller for the MacBook® Pro and Windows notebooks. Fusion F2 was devised as a high-performance, high-reliability alternative to existing FireWire® and USB portable drive solutions. Fusion F2 transfers data via two eSATA ports, but it draws power from a powered FireWire port for truly portable operation. Fusion F2 handily supports portable video capture in conjunction with an AJA® Video Systems' Io HD, which requires dedicated use of FireWire bandwidth. To protect priceless field footage, Fusion F2's drives can be configured in RAID 1 mirrored mode, and still can capture Apple ProRes HQ HD fed from an AJA Io HD. This protected mode also allows safe field transfer of Panasonic® P2, Sony® SxS Pro, or similar memory cards. Footage verification by a MacBook Pro/Fusion F2 system gives users the peace of mind to erase and reuse cards on location. Each Fusion F2 drive is individually shock-isolated, not only protecting the drives during transport, but also virtually eliminating cross-coupled vibration — a potential source of soft-error-induced skipped frames. Fusion F2 is energy-efficient, and extremely cool and quiet. Side-by-side placement of its drives increases the metal case's cooling surface area, thereby eliminating the need for a fan. Like all Sonnet products, the 1TB Fusion F2 enjoys long-term support from a company with more than two decades in the computer performance enhancement business. As a provider of complete solutions, including controller cards, storage chassis, and tested hard drives, Sonnet provides a single point of support, thereby simplifying the purchase and maintenance of advanced storage systems.
Company	Sonnet Technologies
Date Published	2/7/2008