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* DIGIEFFECTS' DELIRIUM
* MATROX' DIGISUITE DTV
* MEDEA'S VIDEORAID RT
* MEDIA 100'S RFE V.6.0
* PINNACLE SYSTEMS' DV500
* ZAXWERKS' INVIGORATOR
Last year (3199), I reviewed Medea's VideoRaid scsi, which was the lowest-cost SCSI RAID 0 system suitable for video that we could find at the time. Medea accomplished this feat by using DMA drives, instead of much more expensive SCSI drives, internally in the array. They made it work by using a unique proprietary controller in the array that made the array appear as a single SCSI device to the controller card in the host computer.
They accomplished sustained data-transfer rates at 18 GBps for the two-drive systems and 36 GBps for the four-drive versions on host systems using Ultra-Wide controller cards. These systems have been very successful and are still available today.
Medea has taken the concept even further with the VideoRaid RT, which is the bigger, faster Ultra2 SCSI LVD brother. The VideoRaid RT uses the same principle as the VideoRaid scsi, but comes only in six-drive configurations and is differential SCSI (LVD) enabled. It delivers sustained transfer rates of up to 55 MBps.
We have worked with both the 78 GB version and the 225 GB version in our lab with a few different nonlinear editing systems, including Media 100 and Apple's Final Cut Pro. Ultimately they both worked as specified. There are a few things to know however.
First is that you...