Alex Gerulaitis
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[Paul Boone] “FCPX isn’t great for collaboration with my 2 assistants, and with the huge amounts of footage and projects its just not good for our needs.”
It might make sense to sort out the priorities first. The FCPX-Pr move is a big deal – the learning curve, figuring out the workflow. The graphics card and the associated GPU acceleration are there primarily for performance – and while that’s important, it seems that your priority is to make collaboration with your assistants smoother.
I am not sure Premiere Pro is any better at this vs. FCPX, at the moment – but that depends on what you need exactly, in terms of collaboration.
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[Matthew Sonnenfeld] “What kind of computer are you working? Are you on a laptop or a desktop?”
The OP mentioned “PC/Ci7 3930k” which makes it a Windows desktop. Unlikely to have TB, but very likely with USB 3.0.
I’d vouch for Decklink Studio vs. Intensity Pro.
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I think the best bet is an external analog-to-DV converter. Connect it to any FireWire-equipped Mac or PC, and it acts just like a DV camera, i.e. compatible with everything.
If BMD doesn’t make anything like that (and I don’t believe it does), I’d look at Grass Valley ADVC-110 which goes for between $220 and 250 street.
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The latest update is that Areca was able to replicate the issue; it’s the firmware thing; they need to figure out what’s causing the problem and then roll out an update.
Not time frame yet.
Alex Gerulaitis
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Paolo,
Although I am on a standard Vimeo account, I was able to download it.
When you click on “download”, it opens another box below it, where you can choose to download SD, HD, and “original” MP4 files. I missed it at first too, and was wondering the same thing you were.
If that doesn’t work, try a different browser. It worked in Chrome and IE9 for me.
Alex Gerulaitis
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Hi Uli,
An 8-bay Mini-SAS expander tower would likely suit you the best. Pretty sure Maxx Digital has something like that; not sure about Promise.
Alex Gerulaitis
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DV411 – Los Angeles, CA -
Pleasure!
[Pat Ostman] “I’m split between the Areca 1882lp and the ATTO 644. The Areca seems to be better value, has more cache, etc. Reading posts here and other groups show both have strong and not so strong points.”
Areca confirmed the issue (of slow read speeds) is with the firmware: they were able to find a previous version that doesn’t have the issue, now they just need to figure what they changed… 🙂
[Pat Ostman] “Unless I misunderstand your explanation of how the enclosures work, I can get a card with an internal and external mini-SAS port and lose little long term flexibility provided I assure I buy an enclosure that acts as a SAS-Expander vs just a “dumb” enclosure. “
Perfect.
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[Alex Gerulaitis] “The simple answer: it’s the enclosure; some require a MiniSAS port for each four drives; some don’t.”
Well in most case it’s true but not in all; some SAS RAID controllers don’t support SAS expanders, notably Areca 1600 series; 1800 do, and so dooes ATTO.
Alex Gerulaitis
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Areca issues were reported on this forum, summarized here. Something to do with the firmware, I think – the hardware (LSI brain) is fairly standard.
[Pat Ostman] “Would an internal raid 6 be a reasonable interim solution until I build out into an external enclosure? I am trying to determine a quick ramp up starting point. “
Not with desired performance in mind; otherwise yes.
[Pat Ostman] “Is it best to get a card with multiple SAS external connectors or can the drive enclosures be daisy chained off 1 port. I read somewhere that and 8 bay enclosure would require 2 SAS cables back to the Mac Pro. But it is unclear if this is a card requirement or an enclosure req.”
The simple answer: it’s the enclosure; some require a MiniSAS port for each four drives; some don’t.
The longer answer: (please bear with me, English is not my first language :))
There are two types of external SAS boxes: “dumb” and expander. “Dumb” boxes need a SAS lane for each drive; each MiniSAS connection has four such lanes; thus to connect an 8-bay “dumb” box, you’d need a controller with two MiniSAS connections. That’s probably what you’ve heard.
“Expander” boxes are daisy-chainable, and run off a single MiniSAS connection. Each normally has two “expander” MiniSAS ports to which you can daisy-chain additional enclosures. There is a limit on how many, but it’s pretty high: e.g. up to 8 total enclosures, up to 122 total drives. You probably want to stick to the same manufacturer and even type of enclosure when daisy-chaining; they are not necessarily all compatible or interchangeable.
Most “dumb” boxes are 8 bays or less; thus whenever you look at a 12+ bay SAS enclosure, it’s likely the “expander” type.
To answer your question… If we assume that you need sustained 500MB/s in RAID6 and based on all of the above, the best bet is a 12- or 16-bay “expander” enclosure (dual 8-bays also possible). That enclosure will run off of a single MiniSAS connection.
Prices:
– 8-bay “dumb” MiniSAS 6G box such as CR-T08: $600-900
– 8-bay “expander” MiniSAS 6G box such as CR-T08E – $1500
– 16-bay “expander” MiniSAS 6G box such as CR-16E: $2400.Not including drives or a controller of course.
Disclaimer: Areca (and ATTO) only support enterprise class drives in their enclosures and with their controllers.
Unless there is an extremely tight budget, it’s recommended to buy the whole thing from one place: the array will get initialized and benchmarked, drives tested. (Disk array performance issues aren’t easy to trouble-shoot on-site without spare parts, and drives do fail, even enterprise class, even DOA.)
Did I cover everything?
HTH.
(If you are looking for a single place to buy such a thing, I’d be email you a quote, shoot me an email, ag at dv411 dot com with your contact info.)
Alex Gerulaitis
Systems Engineer
DV411 – Los Angeles, CA