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Black Magic Speed Test
Hi,
I’m trying to set up me Final Cut Pro System. I just ran the Black Magic Speed Test on my disc array. the overall results are: Read 43.2 and Write 31.5.
I have no idea what this means.
Basically what I want to do with the system is be able to digitize from my Beta Deck/component (I have a deck link card) and be able to edit uncompressed or at least not lose much.
Do I need to consider a different disc array or ??????????????
Not being technically savvy I find setting this up with little documentation to be pretty intimidating. Is there a place where you can get information on disc arrays and setting Final Cut for various applications? Does anyone have suggestions for a package, drives etc for Final Cut?
Thanks
NORMCO
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6 Replies
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A single stream of 10-bit uncompressed SD video will need about 28 Mbytes/sec with audio.
For a comparison, my raid runs around 300 Mbytes/sec.
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You might find these helpful:
FREE Utility for your general use; it’s called the AJA Data Rate Calculator, and it’s a Mac application that calculates data rates and storage requirements for a given video size, format, frame rate, etc. It is available for download
https://www.aja.com/ajashare/AJA_Data_Rate_Calculator_102b11.sitReal World Speed Tests For Performance Minded Macintosh Users
https://www.barefeats.com/Inquiring minds…
BryceDon’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…
PowerBook 1.67 Ghz ATI 9700 128 MB 2 GB
Final Cut Pro HD
DVD Studio Pro 3
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If you’re looking to put together a RAID, find out how many MB/sec you need and start building from there. Using SoftRaid and four 400GB Seagate 7200.8 SATA drives, I get about 250MB/sec. So, even a two drive RAID could possibly be enough for your purposes.
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Hi,
Thank you for that tip. Where do you buy a RAID? And how much do I need to expect to spend?
Doug
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[NORMCO] “Thank you for that tip. Where do you buy a RAID? And how much do I need to expect to spend? “
If you’ve never built one before, certainly contact a VAR or manufacturer of RAID’s such as Medea. There are folks on these forums who like to build JBOD’s (Just a Bunch of Drives) in an enclosure, but I’ve never been a big fan of those. I’d rather pay the extra money and get some quality and support from folks like Medea. For SCSI or Fibrechannel RAID’s those are going to be the most expensive, but also the fastest out there. My Medea FCR2X (Fibrechannel) runs at 325mb/sec + with 2TB of Storage coming in around $8,000 or so, plus $500 for the Fibrechannel card in my G5.
You can also go with Firewire 800 RAID’s which are far cheaper, but slower. They are great for up to 10bit uncompressed standard definition. I’m running both LaCie Big Disk Extremes and the G-Tech G-RAID units here and they both work great. Prices depend on how much storage you need. If you add a second FW-800 card to your G5, you can increase the speeds of the FW800’s by striping two units together.
I just received a LaCie Biggest Disk F800 which is four drives striped together in a 1.6 TB Firewire 800 array. I’ll be writing a review on that shortly (along with several other reviews I owe the Cow!) so give me a few weeks to play with all this stuff and I’ll let you know how that performs.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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SATA RAID RESOURCES:
A popular resource:
https://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/satakits.phpSonnet Technologies SATA host adapters:
https://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo-x_esata44.html
https://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo-x_esata8.htmlSeriTek/1SEN2 External Dual Drive
Enclosure and Serial ATA PCI adapter Card
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/review_seritek_saraceno.htmlTransintl.com SwiftDATA 200
https://www.transintl.com/macupgrades/index.cfmWiebeTech Micro Storage Solutions – G5Jam+
https://www.wiebetech.com/products/G5Jamplus.phpAnd one slightly more obscure one:
G5 Drive Bracket – Install 5 Hard Drives Inside Your Apple Power Mac G5
https://www.g5drivebracket.com/The sweet spot for harddrives to build the RAID are the 250 GB drives if there are budgetary concerns.
OTHER RAID RESOURCES besides Medea:
Huge Systems
https://www.hugesystems.com/Apple Solutions
https://www.apple.com/xserve/
https://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/That should get you started but it does sound like you may need a VAR,
BryceDon’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…
PowerBook 1.67 Ghz ATI 9700 128 MB 2 GB
Final Cut Pro HD
DVD Studio Pro 3
Motion
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