OK then, what about storage for uncompressed HD?
I’ve written tons about this. Use the Google bar at top of page to search. In general, a few gotchas: 1.) The raw data rate of the video stream is NOT how much throughput you need. You need more. 20-35% more. 2.) Raw throughput isn’t the only metric to be concerned about. Can the drive system as a whole (the drives, the RAID controller if there is one, the bus the data travels over, the drivers for the card, the card itself, etc.) SUSTAIN the throughput you need? Some tests showed that stuff that appeared to work would consistently drop frames every 15 to 20 minutes…even if it was just a couple o frames every 15 minutes. For a broadcast shop, this is unacceptable. For starving indies, perhaps something they are willing to work around (so long as FCP is configured to warn them). 3.) Seek speeds matter, too, especially if you want to do multiple streams of video. “But I’m not doing any picture in picture or any of that broadcast crap for my movie!” you say. Ah, yes. But you want to do
