The 1TB Fusion F2 Portable eSATA Hard Drive Array from Sonnet is a high-capacity portable RAID that features two 7200rpm drives striped together in a hardware RAID 0 configuration. It connects to a computer via eSATA, requiring 2 available ports for operation. The drive is powered by your computer"s FireWire-400 bus, even though it does not transfer data via FireWire. Optional batteries are available for systems that lack FireWire.The drive is housed in a durable external casing that features passive cooling for quiet operation. It delivers transfer rates fast enough to play back multiple streams of high-definition video simultaneously, making it an ideal solution for editing on the go. It can be used with Windows, Mac and Linux computer systems.Remarkable Performance, Diminutive Package: Speed, reliability, ruggedness and convenience-these are the essential qualities of a storage system for on-location video capture.RAID to Go: Connected to a Sonnet Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 installed in a MacBook Pro and with its drives configured as a RAID 0 striped volume, the compact Fusion F2 is capable of up to 190MB/sec sustained read and write data transfers, fast enough to handle multiple streams of ProRes 422 (HQ)! Compared to the slower 66MB/sec performance from a pair of drives connected via FireWire-800, the advantage is clear - Fusion F2 provides you the capability to capture and play more streams of compressed video for field editing.Two Dat