G-Technology today announced the first extension of its Studio line, the G-SPEED Studio XL. The G-SPEED Studio XL eight-bay Thunderbolt 2 storage solution holds up to eight removable enterprise-class 7,200 RPM hard drives and comes in a black enclosure with integrated cooling technology. It supports 4k workflows with user-configurable RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60, and transfer rates of up to 1,350MB/sec in RAID 0. Like other products in the Studio line, the G-SPEED Studio XL can be daisy-chained via dual Thunderbolt 2 ports to boost storage speeds and effortlessly support multi-stream HD, 2K and compressed 4K workflows. The G-SPEED Studio XL will be available in November.

Manufacturer's suggested retail pricing is 24TB for $3,599.95, 32TB for $4,599.95, 40TB for $5,499.95, 48TB for $5,999.95 and a 64TB for $6,999.95.