User manual

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Slot Installation Requirements
PCI e
Mac Pro Quad
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 X 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.
Storage Capacity Guide
FORMAT Transfer Rate
MB/sec
Storage
Requirement in
GB/Hour
Hours of Storage
Per Terabyte of
Disk
10 bit YUV Uncompressed 30 101 9.9
8 bit Uncompressed Standard Definition 21 76 13.1
DV50 Standard Definition 6.3 23 43.4
DV25 Standard Definition 3.1 11 90.0
Photo JPEG 2.5 9 111
Bluefish444 PCI E card.
Installed in slots 4 or 3
Atto UL5D SCSI Card installed in Slot 2