SATA out of the HVX

ChuckS

ChuckS

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I have been setting up an PC editing system for HD [which after I'm done I will go into in another thread] and I started with a FW800 RAID, after much aggrivation I switched to a SATA RAID, wow- what a difference. SATA is faster, I know this sounds strange but smoother, all around much nicer to work with than firewire.

I wonder how difficult it would be to change the firewire to SATA on the HVX? I don't know if there are issues with cable length, HBA's etc, but SATA seems to be so much more stable - plug and play - than firewire. And on a PC that's saying something :laugh:
 
I highly doubt such a thing would happen - without serious serious modification.
It's not just a matter of changing it from a 4-pin FW to a SATA connection - it's a change in the way the information is sent - it's like the difference between FW and USB - though USB 2.0 is rated faster (480Mbit/s vs. 400Mbit/s) - due to the fact that these cables can't just send data - they have to send information back and forth denoting how the data is coming over/etc - they never really perform as high as these specs. And in the end FW is much faster than USB in real-world tests.

Imagine the same relationship between SATA and FW. Different languages altogether.

Plus the fact that the FW port sends out data that needs a computer chip to interpret it before it can be dumped to HD (why you need a firestore instead of just a FW drive).

And finally, the mere fact that the throughput of a SATA RAID isn't something the capture process needs. It's something the editing process needs when working w/ a) multiple streams b)much less compressed footage.

FW does it's job and does it well, just like a SATA RAID as a storage solution does when connected to a computer. But they are different tasks altogether.
 
An intermediate device (read computer) would be required as the HVX will appear as a drive when connected to a computer just like a RAID would. Drives do not directly communicate with other drives, they need something that can read and write via the interface language.
 
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