G-Technology G-DRIVE 3TB External Hard Drive w eSATA, USB 2.0, Firewire 400, Firewire 800...

G-Technology, part of the Hitachi Global Storage Technologies family, manufactures the industry's most comprehensive line of external disk storage solutions designed for professional content creation applications. G-Technology's USB, FireWire, eSATA, series-SAS, and Fibre Channel systems support all levels of audio/video production. G-Tech’s focus on technology, quality and design has resulted in disk storage solutions with unmatched performance, reliability and style.

Small footprint and portability made perfect for laptop applications

High-speed professional interface with 3Gbit eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0. View larger

Professional External Hard Drive

G-DRIVE high-speed interface external storage systems offer the ultimate in flexibility by providing 3Gbit eSATA, FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 via included cable) and USB 2.0 ports. G-DRIVE is the perfect high-performance solution for storage intensive applications including audio/video editing, digital photography, MP3 libraries and high-speed data backup. The system features a fan-less cooling system and the latest technology 7200 RPM SATA II hard drives with up to 2TB in storage capacity with up to 32 MB of cache.

Support for Professional Creative Applications

G-DRIVE supports professional music production tools including Pro Tools, Logic Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Digital Performer, and many more.

The Ultimate in Desktop Performance

G-DRIVE is the highest performance single disk storage solution in the industry. When connected via the eSATA port, G-DRIVE provides data transfer rates in excess of 100 MB/second for today’s demanding content creation applications such as audio and video editing.

Featuring an all aluminum enclosure to give you a rugged and dependable backup solution

Rugged and Stylish Aluminum Enclosure

The G-DRIVE series is built to last, featuring a solid, all-aluminum base and enclosure that especially complements the recent line of MacBooks. It's a rugged and dependable backup solution with a stylish and clean design.

Easy to Setup and Time Machine Ready

G-DRIVE series is formatted at the factory HFS+ with Journaling and is Time Machine ready right out of the box. A simple initialization is all it takes to prepare G-DRIVE series for use with Windows systems.

The Best Warranty and Support in the Business

G-DRIVE series is backed by a standard 3-year factory warranty. See the included warranty card for details.

What's in the Box

G-DRIVE External Hard Drive, Universal AC Power Supply, 1.6 Meter eSATA Cable (black), 1.8 Meter FireWire 800 Cable (white), 1.8 Meter FireWire 400 Cable (white), 0.6 Meter USB 2.0 Cable (white), CD Manual, and 3-year factory warranty.

Technical Specifications

Interface: 1x 3Gbit, eSATA, 2x FireWire 800 (9-pin), 1x USB 2.0, FireWire 400 via 800 to 400 cable
Disk Drives: Type: SATA II
RPM: 7200
Cache: Up to 32MB
Cooling System: Integrated heat sink
Bridge: Oxford 934 chipset
Size (LxWxH): 9.25" x 5.125" x 1.82" / 235 x 130 x 46 mm
Weight: 2.6 lbs / 1.2 kg
System Requirements: Mac OSX 10.3.x or higher or Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Which Hitachi External Storage Product is Right For You?

		G-SAFE	G-DRIVE	G-RAID	G-DRIVE mini	G-DRIVE mobile USB	G-DRIVE slim USB
Designed For		General Storage / Backup	Video / Audio Editing	Video / Audio Editing	General Storage / Backup	General Storage / Backup	General Storage / Backup
Capacities		500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB	500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB	1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 6TB	250GB, 320GB, 500GB	500GB, 750GB	320GB
Interfaces	USB 2.0
	FW 400	--				--	--
	FW 800					--	--
	eSATA				--	--	--
RAID Configurable			--	--	--	--	--

Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
This appears to be the second review here now from the mac side- it's a no brainer for mac users (as I'd read for the 2TB G-Drive when I first started buying these). I'd had mixed luck with the much cheaper Fantom drives- some worked fine and my last order I had to return due to quirky formatting and even quirkier copying via my eSATA card- and I got the ones that were supposed to have the 'better components' whatever that means. These have been nothing but easy and flawless. I choke a little on the price which is quickly forgotten when they arrive and work seamless via any connection (build quality and other features have all been elaborated on by other users and are impeccable) and I sleep at night. After a day of panic over possibly losing 350gigs of Canon 5D Mark 2 images on my last (ever) Fantom experiment to save money (copied to two of 'em for redundancy) and finally coaxing the data to copy back via USB I decided to stick with these (this is my third pair- the other four are the 2TB drives and I decided to try the 3TB). Don't know about reliability but data is copied to two of 'em. I love 'em. Summary: if it's stuff you want to keep (and you can afford them) it appears you get what you pay for. I'm very happy.