Promise Technology Pegasus F40DS6701100000 Benutzerhandbuch

Thunderbolt™ technology is a new high-speed, multi-protocol I/O technology providing dual channel, bi-
directional 10Gb/s data transfer rate, while integrating the display protocol, allowing users to use a single cable 
for data transmission and video output. Thunderbolt™ technology provides the incredible 10Gb/s speed which 
is much more faster than other existing I/O technologies. Benefit from Thunderbolt™ technology, users can now 
transmit Teras and Gigas of data in a flip, and for creative professionals can utilize the large bandwidth to enhance 
the effectiveness of HD video editing.

Lightning Fast Performance 

With I/O rates of over 800 MB/s, Pegasus delivers a massive and unprecedented leap in performance, allowing 
amateur professionals, audio engineers, photographers, and post production engineers, to unleash the raw power 
of Pegasus, enabled with Thunderbolt Technology. Final Cut professionals can ingest, edit, and playback, multiple 
streams of uncompressed HD (10-bit and 12-bit) video, whilst protecting valuable workflows, audio sessions, and 
other creative media content, with PROMISE's award winning, enterprise level, RAID6 engine (features mature 
error handling schemes for the ultimate in data protection). Graphic artists utilizing Photoshop and Maya 3D 
animation can both manipulate and archive high resolution graphics on Pegasus, with relative ease and lightning 
fast responsiveness. 

One More Thing, Eco-Friendly.

Pegasus is RoHS compliant; in simple terms Pegasus is eco-friendly, keeping harmful lead out of the 
environment and our delicate ecosystems. Consuming a mere 78 watts under full load with six hard drives 
installed, Pegasus uses roughly 26% of the power consumed by the average 300 watt power supply in standard 
computers. Sporting a new enclosure design, an 80Plus power supply and a smart cooling fan, system noise is 
never an issue making Pegasus ideal for desktop, small office environments and or any room in the home. 

Fast, Safe and Reliable

Digital Media consumption is growing at an astonishing rate, and is part of everyone's life. Featuring, two, 
high performance, 10Gb/s bi-directional channels, and PROMISE enterprise-level RAID 6 protection, 
Pegasus provides fast, safe, and reliable external storage, essential for protecting your music, photos, videos, 
and other valuable data. Pegasus provides massive storage, and fast performance for popular applications, 
including Final Cut Pro, Garageband, iTunes, iPhoto, and Photoshop. Pegasus can be used, in conjunction 
with Apple's Time Machine utility (in Mac OS X), to store backups of invaluable digital media, documents, 
or an entire computer (or workstation).

Flexible Connectivity

The multi-protocol support of Thunderbolt Technology enables Pegasus to deliver amazing flexibility. Daisy-
chain more than one Pegasus enclosures to a single Thunderbolt technology port or connect a display to Pegasus 
for the ultimate in convenience and interface connectivity.

PROMISE is committed to developing the best-in-class storage solutions for Mac OS X users. From the A/V 
professional needing enterprise class storage to the home user requiring external desktop storage, PROMISE 
provides proven storage solutions for your storage infrastructure.

MacBook

8Gb/s

4Gb/s

800 Mb/s

R4

R6

480 Mb/s

MacBook

MacBook

1. Performance benchmark data provided by Apple.

2. Testing conducted by Apple in April 2011 using preproduction 27-inch 3.4GHz Intel Core i7–based iMac units, preproduction PROMISE Pegasus R6 units,  

  and shipping PROMISE SmartStor DS4600 units. Tested using Iometer 2006.07.27 with a 30-second ramp-up, 5-minute run duration, 512KB request size, 

  8 outstanding IOs, 500GB test file on PROMISE Pegasus R6, and 50GB test file on PROMISE SmartStor DS4600. Performance tests are conducted using  

  specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac.

3. Testing conducted by Apple in April 2011 using preproduction 27-inch 3.4GHz Intel Core i7–based iMac units, preproduction PROMISE Pegasus R6  

  units, and shipping PROMISE SmartStor DS4600 units. Tested using Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 with simultaneous unique 10-minute clips for each content type.  

  Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac.

Easy to Use

Pegasus comes pre-configured out of the box. Simply unpack, supply power, and connect the Thunderbolt 
cable (currently, only available from Apple) to the Thunderbolt port on your computer, and you will be ready 
to either ingest/edit production video, or store all your important documents, music, photos, and videos. 
Management of Pegasus is made possible through an easy to use, all new, made-for-Mac OS X GUI utility.