IBC: Promise Pegasus R12 Thunderbolt 4 12-Bay Desktop RAID Solution Up to 240TB

Promise Technology, Inc. announced Pegasus R12 debuting at IBC 2023, bringing the rich media industry a high-performance Thunderbolt 4 storage solution for both Mac and Windows environments – all powered by the proprietary PromiseRAID technology.

To further showcase the value, it adds to a key industry in its portfolio, the brand will also demo the latest results of its long-term partnership with the professional video solutions company AJA Video Systems.

“We are thrilled to debut the brand-new Pegasus R12. By combining a compact, streamlined design, unmatched performance, and green technology, this new platform provides creative professionals with an elegant, powerful solution to work at the speed of inspiration,” said Alice Chang, US president, Promise.

Pegasus R12

Optimized for the latest Mac platform and Windows-based workstations, it brings video creators the highest capacity of 12-bay desktop RAID storage leveraging Thunderbolt 4 – with up to 3,000MB/s data transfer speeds.

The Pegasus line has led the way for each Thunderbolt generation, and R12 continues by delivering the company’s NVMeBoost technology for performance. Furthermore, its compact 12-drive design belies 240TB of storage from its Toshiba nearline 20TB HDDs, blending portability and top performance.

The core of R12 is Promise’s proprietary storage technologies – PromiseRAID and Boost Technologies – that enhance performance, security, and stability. Battle-tested across industries by millions of users, PromiseRAID in particular leverages the Predictive Data Migration (PDM) feature to deliver unparalleled reliability – the company’s Promise – and keep hard-won creative work safe from disk failure while maximizing performance, particularly effective on high-capacity, multi-drive systems. It also serves as the cornerstone for Boost Technologies, which give creative studios and media companies more storage optimization solutions that enhance performance, security, sustainability, scalability, and stability.

Partnership with AJA
Long a key player in storage technology for the M&E industry, Promise is advancing its Rich Media ecosystem and better serving customers through collaborations with brands such as AJA Video Systems. The latest result of this partnership is a specialized setup combining AJA’s capture and output solution Io 4K Plus with Pegasus M4 compact desktop storage solution.

Chang added: “Also at IBC, we are celebrating our partnership with AJA to enable seamless video processing via Pegasus M4 and AJA Io 4K Plus. The combined setup ensures that – once video files are converted and stored in Pegasus M4 – the data is secured by PromiseRAID, while four integrated SSDs always guarantee exceptional performance and speeds throughout the video ingesting and editing process.”

“Developing technology that helps streamline and accelerate creative workflows as they continue to grow in complexity remains a key focus for AJA, and those efforts extend into our partner collaborations. Our latest work with Promise supports this mission, enabling a powerful setup between AJA Thunderbolt solutions and the Pegasus M4 that provides the I/O and storage performance and speed to keep pace with modern workflow demands,” said Nick Rashby, president, AJA Video Systems.

Pegasus R12 front and rear

Form sactor: 12-bay tower
Drive support  3.5” 6Gb SATA
Processor: Storage processor 4 cores, 2.2GHz
Memory: 8GB DDR4 ECC DIMM
Cache: NVMe M.2 SSD x2
Interface type: Thunderbolt4 40Gb/s / USB4 40Gb/s / Thunderbolt3 40Gb/s
Thunderbolt port: Thunderbolt4 ports x3 (Upstream x1, Downstream x2)
External monitor: One downstream Thunderbolt4 port can connect up to dual 4K monitors or single 8K monitor
Power delivery: 85W (Thunderbolt host and USB4 host)
Port type: USB Type-C

RAID and features

• RAID level: RAID-0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD
• Hot spare: Yes
• Max LUNs: 128
• Hot swap: Yes

Software highlights:

• Supported OS: macOS, Windows
• Management tool: Promise Utility Pro
• Product specific features: Intelligent Cooling, Drive SMART health Polling, NVMe Cache Management

Physical information:

• Dimension: 227(L) x 227(W) x 318mm(H)
• Weight: 12.3kg
• Power supply: AC 100~240V auto-ranging, 50~60Hz, 350W

Environment

• Temperature range: operating: 5°~35°C, non-operating: -40°~60°C
• Humidity: operating: 10%~95% non-condensing , storage: 5%~95% non-condensing

Standard: EMC: FCC, CE , Safety: cTUVus, CB
Green certificate: ErP/EuP, RoHS, WEEE

Warranty and support

• Warranty: 3-years standard warranty, optional extended warranty, and on-site parts replacement program (Promise ServicePlus) available.
• Support: 24/7