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G-raid and DVC-Pro HD
Hi All:
I am doing a Final Cut Pro project for a client in DVC-PRO HD. I was going to use a 1 Terabyte G-Raid via Firewire. Has anyone used this combo of DVC-PRo HD on G-raid via Firewire? How well does it work. There are quite a few graphics in the project. Thabnks for your thoughts.
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As long as you’re using Firewire 800, you should be fine.
DVCPROHD tops out at around 16MB/sec and a G-Raid can give you between 60-80MB/sec over Firewire 800
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Kaleidoscope Pictures
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G-Raids are fine for DVCPRO HD. I started out editing that footage with G-Raids, and still do on occasion.
Shane
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I’ve done many DVCPROHD 720 and 1080 projects using MacBook Pro with 1TB and 1.5TB G-Raids via firewire 800. Drives perform well and prices are nicely coming down during the incremental market march to eSata, and eventually a next firewire speed.
Meanwhile, also consider a 2nd firewire cardbus if you want to use two G-Raids at once for lots of resource media and scratch space at your disposal.
Performance with intense graphics is also dependent on your Mac, for one thing if you’re G5 or Intel. My MacBook Pro way outperformed my G5 dual 2.5, even though on the laptop I use G-Raids and the G5 had a full-blown level 5 fiber-channel raid.
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