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HD 4:4:4 on Mac Pro thru X-san to a X-raid?
Is it possible to capture HD 1080P 25fps on a decklink card with a Mac Pro connected thru Fibre Channel to a X-raid with X-san?
I just want to know if this is a smart way of working with HD 4:4:4. Today we have 2 PowerMac G5 that we want to connect thru X-san to a X-raid. To this setup we are in the market for a HD capture station. My idea is to get a MacPro with a Decklink card and connect it to the X-san thru Fibre Channel. So when i capture all the videofiles goes strait to the X-raid so the other computers can wok with the video right away.
Is the setup fast enough?
Will it work nice?
/Christian
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4 Replies
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a single Apple XServe RAID is not fast enough to do dual link 4:4:4. Even without XSan.
Bob Zelin -
What are the bitrate/MBytes per second for HD 4:4:4?
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It’s about 198 Mb/sec for 1080i50 and about 237 Mb/sec for at 1080i59.94.
regards
Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design -
Yes, it is. We’re getting 4:4:4 out of our 2.2 TB xServe with no problems… you have to enable some cache settings and run RAID 0, but we’re getting the throughput no problem.
Matt Small
Pair of Hands
Sherman Oaks, CA“If it was easy, everyone would do it.”
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