Over the last 3 months, editors have increasingly stepped away from the post house to cut, grade and finish from home. Unplugged from ultra-fast online storage, editors have felt the pain of small local drives and storage that isn’t up to the job of multi-channel RAW.
The problem is real and becoming increasingly pressing: video resolution is increasing, with 4K and 6K cameras becoming common on the market, and more cameras offering 10-, 12- or 16-bit recording options.
For a creative platform like Baselight, DaVinci Resolve or Adobe After Effectts, this additional data is a godsend as it gives editors, colourists and compositors the flexibility to control the look with no creative boundaries.
Workstations ship as standard with heavyweight CPUs and GPUs and have the power to handle very demanding workflows. What they often do not offer as standard are secondary and tertiary drives. This gives the user the choice to add the specific drives they need for peak performance. A typical set-up is:
In post facilities, all data can be centralized on storage networks, whether for project workspaces, nearline or archive. In home studio set-ups or temporary creative spaces, local storage is the solution. Sonnet offers a variety of installed and Thunderbolt-attached solutions for high-speed storage.
| Media | Max Performance | Max capacity | Internal Compatibility | External (via Thunderbolt expansion) | |
| M.2 4x4 PCIe | NVMe SSD | 8TB | PCIe | Yes | |
| Fusion Dual U.2 | U.2 NVMe SSDs | 32TB | PCIe | Yes | |
| Fusion Dual | Twin 2.5” SSD | 8TB | PCIe | Yes | |
| Flex J3i |
1. 3 x SSD 2. 1 x SSD + 2x HDD 3. 3 x HDD |
36TB | PCIe (Mac Pro 2019 only) | No | |
Installed via PCIe slots (or via a Thunderbolt expansion chassis), these cards deliver high-speed scratch disk performance.
Designed for the latest Mac Pro, the J3i offers users the flexibility of different configurations. These include:
Installed safely into the Mac Pro chassis, it’s an exceptionally flexible solution.
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