Specifications

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Portable Storage Solution
Speed, reliability, ruggedness, and convenience—these are the essen-
tial qualities of a storage system for on-location video capture. When
you need to travel light, choose a Sonnet Fusion F2 portable SATA
RAID storage system. Providing 640GB of storage in a small enclosure,
Fusion F2 uses eSATA connections to deliver the fastest performance
yet from a 2-drive portable storage system, with data transfer rates up to twice as fast as FireWire. By connecting Fusion F2
through a SATA host adapter like Sonnet’s Tempo SATA ExpressCard/34, your notebook’s FireWire 800 port is left open for
use by an AJA Video Systems Io HD, which requires dedicated use of FireWire bandwidth. Fusion F2 is cool, quiet, and
energy-efficient: side-by-side placement of its drives increases the metal case’s cooling surface area, thereby eliminating
the need for a fan, and allowing it to be bus-powered so it can be used even when no grid power is available.
RAID to Go
Connected to a Sonnet Tempo SATA ExpressCard/34 installed in a Mac-
Book Pro, and with its drives configured as a RAID 0 striped volume, the
Fusion F2 is capable of 126 MB/sec sustained read and write data trans-
fers, fast enough for multiple streams of ProRes 422 (HQ). (A pair of
drives connected via FireWire 800 provides only 66MB/sec.)
Configured as a RAID 1 mirrored volume, Fusion F2 still can capture
Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) HD fed from an AJA Io HD. This protected mode
also enables you to safely transfer data from Panasonic P2, Sony SxS Pro,
or similar memory cards in the field. This allows you to verify footage
and to erase and reuse cards on location.
Three Connections
Fusion F2 features two 3 Gb/sec eSATA data ports. By connecting via a
direct SATA II interface with no bridge chip between the F2’s case and
SATA II drives, there is no resulting communication slowdown, just the
fastest data transfers possible. Fusion F2 uses a novel method to power
itself; it draws power from your notebook’s FireWire 400 port. Instead of
relying on a bulky external power supply that may not work everywhere
you go, Fusion F2 uses an included FireWire-to-power cable. Whether
your notebook is plugged in or running off its battery, Fusion F2
operates anywhere your computer does. Another FireWire device, or a
powered hub can also power Fusion F2, if necessary.
HD Hours of Capacity
Fusion
2TB
Fusion
2.5TB
Fusion
3TB
Fusion
3.75TB
Fusion
4TB
Fusion
5TB
Fusion
6TB
Fusion
8TB
HDV 1080 60i 167 209 251 314 335 418 502 100
DVCPRO HD 1080i 59.94 45 56 68 85 90 113 136 181
Uncompressed SD 8-bit
PRORES 720 59.94
PRORES 1080 29.97
DNXHD 165 Mb/sec
30 37 45 56 60 75 90 182
Uncompressed SD 10-bit
PRORES 720 59.94
PRORES 1080 29.97
DNXHD 220 Mb/sec
20 25 30 37 40 50 60 121
HD 720p 8-bit 5.1 6.3 7.6 9.5 10.1 12.6 15.2 30.4
HD 720p 10-bit 4 5 6 7.5 8 10 12.1 24
HD 1080i 8-bit 4.6 5.8 6.9 8.7 9.3 11.6 13.9 27.8
HD 1080i 10-bit 4:2:2 3.6 4.5 5.4 6.7 7.2 9 10.8 21.6
HD 1080i 10-bit 4:4:4 2.3 2.9 3.5 4.4 4.7 5.8 7 14
2K 10-bit RGB 1.8 2.3 2.7 3.4 3.6 4.6 5.5 11
Hours of Footage per Fusion Model Based on Raw Capacity
Sonnet 640GB Fusion F2 Portable eSATA Hard Drive Array
(Mfr # FUS-F2-640M5 • B&H # SOFUSF2640M5).........................................................695.95
SonnetTempo - 2-Port ExpressCard/34 eSATA Controller
(Mfr # TSATAII-E342P • B&H # SOTSE34)........................................................................88.95
FUSION F2