Specialists In Data Storage Solutions For Video and Creatives...........
are you video editor?
• Need more video streams? Need more speed?
• Tape-less workflow concerns? Having backup and archiving issues?
• Fed up of dealing with loads of drives, PSUs and cables?
• Looking to edit or colour correct un-compressed HD, 2K or even 4K footage for the first time?
We Have The Ideal Data Storage Solutions for Digital Photography...........
are you a photographer?
• Hearing about different types of "flash" that aren't a bright light?
• Worried that you keep forgetting to backup or archive your work?
• Not sure what storage technologies will survive hostile environments and shoots?
• Find your drives slow you down when editing your ever increasingly large files?
Experts In Data Storage Solutions For Music / Audio Production...........
are you a musician or music producer?
• System keep running out of tracks?
• Samples streaming from disk too slow to play real-time?
• Existing drives too noisy to record in the same room?
• Risking tracks and takes that are not backed up and protected?
Why Rentaraid..........?
we have the:
• knowledge - we know and understand the systems & terminology our customers use so we can give them our best advice.
• experience - we have been successfully operating and growing for over 7 years with key staff having over 20 years experience.
• customer service - we really value our customers and are proud that most of our business is gained either from repeat customers or their recommendations to friends and colleagues!
We Have The Data Storage Solutions To Help You Teach...........
are you an educational department?
• Need to share your class files and folders so your students can access them from home or abroad?
• Are much of your teaching resources now virtual and need to be kept protected and safe?
• Do you need a storage area for your class to "collaborate" their work and assignments from?
• "Sorry Sir - my dog ate my hard drive" - Have systems in place so you don't have to trust your students to keep their work safe!
Improve Your Existing Storage Systems and Workflows...........
are you a post production house?
• Is your existing system creaking under new workflow pressures and formats?
• Adding new creative departments or workstations and want to integrate them all together more efficiently?
• Having to physically move material and drives from room to room only to find you are have different material and edits in each of departments or workstations?
• Let us help you work "clever by working together!"
Protect Your Digital Assets...........
be aware!
• "90% of businesses that lose data from a disaster are forced to shut down within 2 years of the disaster.'
Source: London Chamber of Commerce
• Is your data safe if your employees work from home?
• How safe are your systems and are your digital assets from getting in to the hands of your competitors?
• What happens if you have a fire, theft or flood or worse? Are you protected?
Examples of our Configured Packages to Buy
We like nothing better than talking to our customers and putting real value solutions together.
Here are some examples that show the type of systems we specialise in selling and more importantly support.....!!!
HD Video Package - 24.0 TB for Uncompressed HD Editing
8 Bay RAID 0, 5 or 6 (up to 900MB/sec +) 2K capable HD Editing Package for Mac Pro's, PC's with PCi-Express slots:
Quiet, Low Cost Raid Array with secure connectors perfect for Video Editing (Uncompressed HD / 2K etc), Data Servers, Multi-Track Digital Audio, Sample and Sound FX Libraries, Photography, Graphic Design etc.
Package Includes:
1 x Enhance-Tech E800MS 8-bay Cable-less Enclosure with quiet PSU and fans
1 x Areca ARC-1223-8x 8-External Port SAS/SATA PCIe2.0 x8 RAID Adapter Card
8 x matched 3.0 TB Desktop Edition Mechanisms
2 x 1m miniSAS to miniSAS Cables
Software for Mac Pro, PC or Linux
Free Telephone Installation and Unlimited Off-Site Technical Support
Delivery to UK Mainland
Total Price if purchased Individually: - £ 2,343.90 ex VAT
Stock getting low - only a few left.
Please phone to ask about our additional option to make this work via ThunderBolt.
2 x 5 Bay RAID 0, 5 Arrays with eSATA,FW800 and USB3.0 bundled further with an eSATA to ThunderBolt convertor and cable.
2 x Quiet, Low Cost Raid Arrays perfectly configured so one can be a huge Working Drive for all your Video or Photographic files and the other an equally large Back up unit for total peace of mind.
Package Includes:
2 x Enhance-Tech E500FR 5 bay Hardware RAID 5 Enclosure with eSATA, USB3.0 and FW800 Interfaces
10 x matched 3.0 TB Desktop Edition Mechanisms
1 x LaCie eSATA Hub
1 x Apple Thunderbolt Cable
Free Telephone Installation and Unlimited Off-Site Technical Support
Delivery to UK Mainland
Total Price if purchased Individually: - £ 2,783.90 ex VAT
1.5 TB native capacity per tape. 30 year archival life. Performance up to 500 GB/hr uncompressed.
All Tandberg Data LTO-5 tape drives support LTFS (Linear Tape File System). LTFS simplifies archiving tasks and is fast becoming the standard recording format within the video and entertainment industry.
LTO tape technology makes it easy for users to standardize on a tape technology that meets today's data capacity requirements and ensures futures growth potential. LTO's eight-generation roadmap, with four generations available today makes it a clear choice for small to medium businesses.
Package Includes:
1 x Tandberg LTO-5 HH External drive kit, black, SAS
1 x ATTO ExpressSAS H680 Low-Profile 8-External Port 6Gb/s SAS/SATA PCIe 2.0 Host Adapter
1 x miniSAS to miniSAS Cable - 1m
Free Telephone Installation and Unlimited Off-Site Technical Support
Delivery to UK Mainland
4 seat iSCSI SAN System for Collaborative Editing (Mac / PC) - 16.0 TB
Expandable 8 Bay RAID Array configurable as RAID 5, 6 with Hot Spares etc.
Perfect System for Collaborative Uncompressed SD, ProRes HQ / and other Compressed Video Workflows, Data Servers, Sample and Sound FX Libraries, Photography and Graphic Design etc.
Package Includes:
1 x Enhance-Tech UltraStor RS8 IP-4 Quad-port GbE-to-SAS/ SATA 8-Disk Expandable iSCSI RAID System
8 x matched 2.0 TB Desktop Edition Drives
4 x Tiger Technology MetaSAN iSCSI Licenses (Mac / PC)
(one must be configured as a MetaDATA Master but can still be used as a workstation)
Free Telephone Installation and Unlimited Off-Site Technical Support
Delivery to UK Mainland
Total Price if purchased Individually: - £ 4,771.04 ex VAT
Only one left at this price.
Please note: you will need a good L2 GBe Switch (not included) and each workstation would need an iSCSI initiator installed. Additional workstations easily added by buying additional MetaSAN iSCSI Licenses and conecting them to the switch.
Please call for more details.
Advertised drive capacities are the total unformatted amount. Prices above are ex VAT unless shown.
'So glad I found you guys - was pulling my hair out this morning ..
You have been proof that customer service still exists in the UK.'
'Our DaVinci Resolve colour grading workstation runs flawlessly with the RAID delivered by Rent-a-Raid.'
'Thank you very much for your excellent personal service yesterday - in my experience 99% of companies would not have been able to offer this fast track help.'
