[Jon Frost]

You might consider formatting your media drives for eFAT which works on both PC and MAC. Someone else could advise you on the naming issues.

Jon Frost
Easthampton MA

[Jon Frost]

I have 32GB (4x 8GB) of 133DDR3 ECC memory sticks from my former 2008 MAC Pro 2,1. e-mail me if you want to purchase them. You can upgrade to 32GB DDR3 on the MAC Pro 2,1. Just make sure the sticks are all the same speed and capacity.

I would upgrade your graphics card to something like an INVIDIA GEforce GFX 660Ti which has either 2GB or 3GB of memory and over 1,000 CUDA cores. This card is going into my 2012, MAC Pro 5,1 tower next week. The more memory and CUDA cores you have to work with, the faster your processing, rendering, transcoding and such. The GTX 660Ti card is a balance of price, speed, CUDA cores and memory. Remember that you have to turn on Mercury Playback Engine Processor under Project/Settings/General tab.

Jon Frost
frostgfx@gmail.com
413-348-0591

Jon Frost
Easthampton MA

[Jon Frost]

You can do a few things to try to boost your 2K workflow.
Max out the RAM in your PC.
upgrade your main CPU if possible for your mother board.
Upgrade your GPU card to increase the number of CUDA cores and graphics memory to something like 6+ GB. Make certain that your computer power supply can handle the increased load.

I notice that you don’t have a “backup’ plan… So I would recommend you invest in a serious RAID array for RAID 10 (mirrored and redundant.) Another consideration is the transfer speed (USB 2.0, 3.0, Firewire 400/800, E-SATA, etc.) I like the G-TEchnology drives and RAID arrays.

You might want to browse the RED camera sites here or on the web for more suggestions.

Best of luck…

Jon Frost
Easthampton MA