Red Drive RC limitation

[David (dudi) Namir]

Does anyone have a clue if the current Red Drive will be capable of working with the Red Code of the Epic?

 

[J. Bernard Vallon]

Your best bet is to plug it into a computer via the R2E cable and test its maximum sustainable write speed. To be conservative, you should expect slightly less impressive results than you get on a test.

 

[David (dudi) Namir]

Your best bet is to plug it into a computer via the R2E cable and test its maximum sustainable write speed. To be conservative, you should expect slightly less impressive results than you get on a test.

And what is the math for writing speed in relate to Red Code?

 

[Craig Schober]

my red drive taps out before redcode 42 so i don't see how it's going to sustain any epic rates over 42 mb/sec.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Considering we don't even know what the new REDCODE numbers mean, as it's been said they are not MB/s in the same sense, it will be hard to say what will work for what. RED may not even have these answers yet until they get prototype Epic/Scarlet cameras shooting with various media.

Craig, if your RED Drive is topping out at less than 42MB/s, there is something wrong. How are you testing?

Moving forward, the RED Drive and RED RAM are currently the fastest media available. It will be interesting to see what happens when the TATTOO program starts.

 

[Rich Schaefer]

I have heard of only SSD and Flash type storage for the Epic. I assume it's due to the fact they can do higher data speeds.

Maybe with lesser resolution, frame-rates and redcodes the Epic might be able to use the drives. I hope so, I have 8 of the suckers!