#PROMISE PEGASUS R4 REFURBISHED FOR MAC#
#PROMISE PEGASUS R4 REFURBISHED SOFTWARE#

Since the drive lacks USB or eSATA, you won't be able to copy data directly off your old PC or Mac. The drive only has Thunderbolt ports, so if you want to use the drive with a PC, you'll need a PC with a Thunderbolt port. This is fine, since the drive is positioned more as a data work drive than a backup drive.

#PROMISE PEGASUS R4 REFURBISHED SOFTWARE#

The drive has no packed in software aside from drivers. The Pegasus R4 comes pre-formatted with HFS+ for OS X systems, but you can of course reformat the drive exFAT or NTFS for Windows PCs. While more complex (if needed), the flexibility of RAID configurations are more flexible than the simpler RAID configs in the comparable Western Digital My Book VelociRaptor Duo ($900), LaCie 2big ($749), and Editors' Choice LaCie 5big Thunderbolt Series ($2,199). For our tests and review, we left the drive in RAID 0 configuration. You can setup the drive for RAID 1, 5, 6, and 50, which can give you data redundancy, at the expense of some drive capacity.

The Pegasus R4 has four 1TB drives in it, giving you a 4TB RAID 0 configuration. The drive's internal power supply means that you won't have to find space for an external power brick, which saves a little space and makes it more convenient to move the drive to another Mac or PC. In the back the drive has a pair of 10Gbps Thunderbolt ports, a Kensington lock port, cooling fan exhaust, and a standard 3-pin power port. It's a big metal box with four removable drive sleds in the front, with power and access lights, and a perforated panel for cooling duties. It's got an identical if shorter facade like its big brother, the Promise Pegasus R6 ($1,999).

The Pegasus R4 looks like a standard business-class RAID drive from the front. It's a drive for the media, database, and scientific professional who needs to work on multi-TB projects, and who need to constantly submit their work now.

#PROMISE PEGASUS R4 REFURBISHED FOR MAC#

It is one of the latest Thunderbolt drives on the market for Mac and PC users who have adopted the speedy 10Gbps interface. The Promise Pegasus R4 is a four-bay RAID external drive for professionals that sling a lot of data. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security Software.

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