RAID suggestions for Panasonic HVX-200/ FCP setup

[Michael Alberts]

No RAID needed for 720p 24 DVCPro100. Just use a FW800 drive such as the GRAID. Data rate is minimal; something like 10MB/sec. Use the Digital Heaven Widget to calculate your storage requrements.

Michael Alberts
Ambidextrous Productions, Inc.

[Walter Biscardi]

FW800 drives will work for you, but you’ll get minimal realtime functionality.

we run the Med

[Steve Eisen]

No pull down is needed when recording to P2 Card. When you shoot 720p 24, you are recording exactly 24 frames. Just make sure you shoot at the correct settings.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Director-At-Large
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Jeremy Garchow]

Those settings are 720p24N (for native) to record the 24 discreet frames. There’s no 24p advanced in 720p.

Scott, i highly recommend you test any settings with that camera before you start shooting.

Jeremy

[Mitchji]

Hi,

The most cost effective solution will be SATA (I recommend external SATA). I really like my Seritek (they also sell four port cards and four bay enclosures). The two drive solution is $257.95.
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/SATA1SEN2/

You can find quite a bit of information on external SATA solutions with reviews at these sites:
https://www.barefeats.com/index.html
https://hdforindies.com/
https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/reviews.html

For example:
https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/firmtek/1v4/

If you prefer external look at this:
Up to 5 Drives in a G5
https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/g5bracket/

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Gary Adcock]

[Michael Alberts] “No RAID needed for 720p 24 DVCPro100. Just use a FW800 drive such as the GRAID. Data rate is minimal; something like 10MB/sec. Use the Digital Heaven Widget to calculate your storage requrements”

thats not exactly true, while FW 800 is fine for a single stream of 720p24,
The entire basis of working in HD with FCP really wants to have higher end storage. Faster arrays mean a number of things, more RT effects, more streams of realtime, faster compression, faster renders, smother playback – all do to the increase in bandwidth available.

Remember that RT functions in Final Cut are directly related to how fast your machine and storage are.

Funny also — I do not see too many posts about fibre arrays that suck, but lots and lots of posts on FW drives that do.

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[Jonathan Palmer]

Well said Gary – FW can suck. But there are alot more FW drives in use than fibre:)

[Scott Pellet]

Yeah, sorry, corretion: it’s 24p advanced native. I got the wrong info.–I just got that cleared up from them–I’m not a camera guy, I’m working in post. They’re not recording at 60 and doing pulldown.

Anything else problem-wise I can look forward to and/or avoid with this setup? I want the workflow, etc. to go smooth. Thanks.

-S

[Gary Adcock]

[liv2snoride] “Well said Gary – FW can suck. But there are alot more FW drives in use than fibre:)”

maybe in the consumer/ DV video space, but not when we are talking about HD or share workflows.
Fibre and SCSI rule and have since the beginning. The FW 800 workflows are what, 3 years old?
whereas I have had fibre in my office for 6 years and scsi for over 12.

We are talking about working in HD, not DV and everyone needs to respect that just because the signal can be passed over FW does not mean that is a professional way to work.

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