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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

640gb red drive

are u serious

are u serious

gdv said:
I wouldn't give directors 640GB. I try make them threat the Red format as film and not as video where we insert a tape and just roll.....:emote_headwall:
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Why limit yourself to films limitations, express yourself with Reds unlimited potential
 
RED-DRIVE 640GB live on RED.com: http://www.red.com/store/501004

Backorders for the 320GB RED-DRIVE will be automatically converted to 640GB orders and shipped accordingly. Shipments will begin tomorrow.

Happy Father's Day to the dads out there!

BC
 
I apologize, this must be the 10th time I ask the same basic question. I keep forgetting the average size of RC36.

How big is a second of 4k 2:1 24fps? Or how much 4k 2:1 24fps can you fit in one of these babies if you filled it up to say 75%?

I am asking cause I am planning on keeping the camera rolling 12hs a day. Just in case you know... maybe the grips do something funny and I might want to have that. :)
 
Jarred Land said:
heh heh heh your right Ron... my bad :)

There is no current upgrade path for the 320gb drives.. but I will look into it.
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OK, take your time to think this throught... I always like the final outcome of your "...but I will look into it.":violin:

Regards!
 
Roberto Lequeux said:
I apologize, this must be the 10th time I ask the same basic question. I keep forgetting the average size of RC36.

How big is a second of 4k 2:1 24fps? Or how much 4k 2:1 24fps can you fit in one of these babies if you filled it up to say 75%?

I am asking cause I am planning on keeping the camera rolling 12hs a day. Just in case you know... maybe the grips do something funny and I might want to have that. :)
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The 320G drive holds about 200 minutes, so the 640G will hold about 400 minutes. Not quite 24/7, just 6 1/2 hours is pretty nice on one drive.
 
great news!!

I am also interested in what it would cost to have my existing RedDrive sent in and the internal HDDs ripped out and replaced with 640s. I really don't care about the extra space per se, but since HDDs have a lifespan, every time I use the RedDrive it takes a toll on it. So getting new HDDs is a restart on the lifespan
 
Upgrading RedDrives would be welcome at the right price. Can SSDs be swapped into the cases made for spinning media? Just wanted my head counted as interested, perhaps if there was enough of us it would make economic sense.

Peace - #19
 
Blair S. Paulsen said:
Upgrading RedDrives would be welcome at the right price. Can SSDs be swapped into the cases made for spinning media? Just wanted my head counted as interested, perhaps if there was enough of us it would make economic sense.

Peace - #19
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I've been very tempted to do this myself, after all, the RedDrive is two drives raided together with some sort of controller, so theoretically you could just replace the HDDs with your own SSD
 
Joseph Safai said:
Someone tried 2x 256GB SSD and said it gave the "too slow" error. There is probably a firmware on the drivers or on the controller which says you can only use the allowable drives.

Most SSD drives are 2-3 times the speed of the regular, so it confuses me.
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Remember SSDs are only faster when reading. Writing speeds are significantly lower.
 
The difference between lowend SSDs and highend ones can be huge in write/read speeds. I'd be interested to hear if you took 2 highend SSDs like the one from the test and put them in there. Obviously that would void all kinds of warranties and I don't think it would be wise for "real work" but it'd be a great test. I don't think RED is really out there to gouge for media costs, I'm sure that after R&D and Assembly that they're not making a killing on drives. Personally, I think that the eventual 32 GB CF card and the dual slot recording on the next gen. cameras has solved my desire for the SSD drive.
 
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Is there any way to send data to two Red Raids simultaneously? Like if you're at a live event recording a 2 hours plus take. It would be nice to have a back-up or a clone of the take just in case.
 
I'm also looking for a way to refresh the drives. I don't need more space, but I like to swap out critical components like drives at least every 2 years. It would be great if i could either just swap in new drives or send it to red for fresh drives.
 
SSD's

SSD's

Will these new capacities are used on need any form of update?

Relatedly, if I were to, say, tinker with a Red Drive, and replace the spinning hard drives with a pair of SSD's ... they would be hella fast and immune to vibration-related dropped frames. The real question is whether the firmware of the camera would be confused when trying to format it or write to it. But if they would recognize and format the larger capacities without balking, perhaps this would work without the need for firmware changes.

If I buy a new larger drive, I may be tempted to fiddle with one of the older ones.

(Yes I acknowledge that I'm ignoring warranty issues.)
(Has anyone ever addressed this? Sorry if it's a regular discussion, there's just too much stuff on this site to really follow effectively. (Thanks for the crucial ordinance, btw, it helps!))
 
Grand Funk said:
Will these new capacities are used on need any form of update?

Relatedly, if I were to, say, tinker with a Red Drive, and replace the spinning hard drives with a pair of SSD's ... they would be hella fast and immune to vibration-related dropped frames.
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And couldn't you toss in 2 7200 RPM 320gig laptop drives in a current RED drive? I'd think the RAID is a controller board and any 2 sata devices should work. I've got a 640g RAID 0 in my PC laptop which does about 110MB per sec. writes. The drives are plenty fast enough.
 
Grand Funk said:
Will these new capacities are used on need any form of update?
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I think that wins the best grammar of the decade award. Stupid laptop touchpads, I think the cursor jumped as I was typing and erased part of it - I meant something like ...
Will the cameras these new capacities are used on need any form of update?
LoL. Just didn't want anyone thinking I is a moh-ron. :blink:
 
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