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Matching Storage for my forseeable needs
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.
Any specific products I should look at?
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Caldigit HD PRO
MaxxDigital EVO HD
SOnnet D800
MacGurus Burly BoxShane
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Thanks Shane!
Is there anything to beware of with the Burly Box?
It is one-third the cost of a Caldigit.
Here’s wha I found for a 4TB 8-drive system:
Caldigit HD PRO = $5319
MaxxDigital EVO HD = $4495
SOnnet D800 = $3995
MacGurus Burly Box = $1783It seems to good to be true (so it probably is). What am I missing? Other than a $300 esata card?
Rhys Ludlow
Ludlow Media Services
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Burley Box is Raid 0…the others are Raid 5, so the controller card required is more expensive.
But I have been editing with Raid 0 boxes for years now, any only had one failure where I lost data. But then I had it backed up too…so..
Shane
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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.
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/973491 ( 1 more reason to buy a HDPro )
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/973448
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 JBOD3. 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
http://www.caldigit.com
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You may want to look into the CalDigit HDOne, a lower cost alternative to the HDPro. Sounds like a good fit.
Jared Picune
Idea Spring Editing, Inc.
Denver Final Cut Pro UG
Geeky Mac | FCP Tips & Tricks
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