[Jens Herold]

Hi Rory,
the scalability is the main advantage of the Linux Systems compared to the MacOS.

– The MacOS Version is limited to just one GPU, while you can scale up to 16 GPUs on the Linux systems. You could start with 1 or 4 GPUs and add more Power as you need. This is an important point if you think about 4k and/or stereoscopic 3D.

– You will be able to connect DaVinci Coprocessor (or more than one) via IB if you want to process RAW camera material in full res.
(RED r3d files can also be played in realtime at low resolution without Bayer decoding on a system with no Coprocessor).

– With the Resolve Waveform server, also Linux only, you will have the ability to monitor Waveform, Vectorscope, Histogram and Parade on images greater then Video formats and in higher bit depth.
You could also apply 3D LUTs to the monitored image.

– There is no Telecine control on the Mac

Just a few on

Jens
creative tools
Hamburg, Germany
https://www.creativetools.de/products/davinci.html