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Dual stream vs Single stream.
The SD greed has a range of powerful features that a designed to work with a range of specialized OEM applications.
One ability is the dual independent stream feature of the SD| Greed card which in affect allows a single card to act as
multiple cards for each physical input and output channel.
This is referred to dual Independent streaming where you can have simultaneous inputs and outputs and assign these
channels as separate sessions.
For applications that support these features, you will require the install the SD| Greed in a PCI slot that is 66 Mhz or faster.
SD Fidelity, Focus, Prime and Single link Pro do not support the dual independent stream feature.
Storage Requirements
The SD product range is primarily an uncompressed capture and playback card providing an unprecedented level of quality
on the Windows, Linux and Apple Mac OS systems. Bluefish444 recommends that your storage system be able to provide
and sustain a data rate up to 45 MB per sec for single stream applications and at least up to 90 MB for dual stream and
above for multiple stream solutions.
Onboard SATA Controllers.
Modern mother boards come with more than one SATA controller that can apply hardware RAID across multiple SATA
drives. In most cases these solutions can provide adequate performance for uncompressed SD I/O and editing, however
performance can vary between motherboards manufactures. It is recommended that this storage type configuration is tested
fully.
Storage Capacity Guide
W X H X Rate
E.G. PAL v210 =
(720 X 576 X 40/15) MB/sec
RGB(10)
(40/10)
MB/sec
RGBA(8)
(40/10)
MB/sec
RGB (8)
(40/13)
MB/sec
V210
(40/15)
MB/sec
BV10
(40/16)
MB/sec
Standard Definition
720 X 576I @ 50 41.57 41.57 31.10 27.65 25.92
720 X 486I @ 60/1.001 41.98 41.98 31.46 27.97 26.22
1 hour 151 GB 151 GB 131 GB 100 GB 94 GB
5 hours 755 GB 755 GB 655 GB 500 GB 470 GB
Certified Storage for Real Time Solutions
Bluefish444 continually test and certify storage and controller solutions as they become available. Look for the RT certified
solution logos for SD and HD workstations and storage solutions that are “RT” ready with your Bluefish444 hardware.
For a list of storage solution vendors go to the Bluefish444 web site at;
http://www.bluefish444.com/support/compatibility/hardware/mediaarray.asp