Matching Storage for my forseeable needs
by Rhys Ludlow
on
May 11, 2008 at 3:45:52 pm
I'm putting together a new system and need some storage recommendations. Before I get flamed, I have searched the forums for about an hour and surprisingly I've come up with nada.
I will primarily be using an Aja I/O HD with a new MacPro tower so I'll likely be editing ProRes HQ. I want to get at least 6 realtime streams.
Occasionally, I can forsee getting some uncompressed 10 Bit HD. I'm willing (at those times) to slog through with 2 streams.
The trick here is to buy what's adequate for my needs but not to overbuy speed I'll never need. Hoping to find maximum TB in $4K range
I do NOT want to build my own raid. And I don't want it inside the MacPro.
I've checked the manufauturers websites and they are sneaky. Cal digit shows an HD Element (4 drive raid) with specs that fit my needs but in the fine print it says they were using 8 drives?? I guess that's 2 units? Seems really deceptive to me.
Re: Matching Storage for my forseeable needs by Jon Schilling on May 12, 2008 at 8:29:51 pm
Rhys,
We feel that it's important that people know what their choices are and be educated and really understand what the differences in the products (your investment) are. That being said, here's some good information on our HDPro.
Regarding our PCIe storage, the HDPro, it is a very solid product. While there are differences between the HDPro and other products in terms of price, ultimately it boils down to overall quality & performance.
The Hardware RAID based HDPro offers these features above & beyond the competition:
1. Supports latest Apple 8-core MacPro
2. The ability to edit up to 2k in RAID 5.
RAID level of 0,1,5 and also RAID 6 as well as JBOD
3. ASTT, (Active Sustained Transfer Technology), giving you real world sustained performance.
4. An optional load balancing redundant power supply.
5. A RAID card INSIDE the product, keeping the heat from the card out of your Tower.
6. The option of an ExpressCard 34 for editing up to 8 bit uncompressed HD at speeds upwards of 195MB/s. This is the fastest laptop storage.
7. The HDPro is easily expandable & with the addition of a switch, virtually unlimited storage capacity. We will be releasing switch soon.
8. The HDPro is SAN ready & will be shipping soon.
9. The HDPro is bootable from Windows and Mac OS.
10. The HDPro offers a PCI-x solution for G5 & G4 users. Windows users who have no pci e slot in their workstation can also benefit from it too.
11. The HDPro is modular in design making replacement of parts easy to do for the consumer.
12. No 2TB limitation on the Windows machines with the HDPro.
13. The HDPro comes with 256MB of DDR333 RAM that is expandable to 2GB.
14. CalDigit offers a 3 year warranty & technical support.
15. The HDPro's cable allows you to have the unit as far away as 20 meters. We have 1m, 2m, 7m, and 10m available and spec to make 20 meter PCI-e cable.
16. One cable (Some competitor's RAID products require 2 or more cables.)
17. Single vendor support. With the exception of cabling and hard drives all parts are manufactured by CalDigit. Even our Intuitive GUI is written in-house, Everything in one box.
18. The HDPro has been validated & is recommended by Blackmagic Design, Matrox & Media100
Jon Schilling | Sales Manager
CalDigit Inc.
Storage Solutions that work for un-compressed SD & HD, Photography & Audio
www.caldigit.com
Tel: 714-572-9889 X234
Fax: 714-572-9881
e-mail: jons@caldigit.com
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