Comments on: CalDigit HD Pro ADDITIONAL stuff http://lfhd.net/2007/09/10/caldigit-hd-pro-additional-stuff/ Musings of an NLE ronin... Mon, 14 May 2012 16:07:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shane Ross http://lfhd.net/2007/09/10/caldigit-hd-pro-additional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Shane Ross Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:42:00 +0000 http://postfifthpictures.com/lfhd/2007/09/10/caldigit-hd-pro-additional-stuff/#comment-510 I haven't done a head to head, but a few people...leaders...at the creativecow.net use and swear by the Sonnet Fusion D800. They get similar numbers (about 400MB/s). <br/><br/>The difference, in my mind, is the SINGLE VENDOR SUPPORT issue. With the Sonnet box and other boxes that rely on the ATTO card, they have two companies to deal with if something fails...and a lot of finger pointing might occur. WIth CalDigit, everything is made by one company, so you have one company to call if anything goes wrong.<br/><br/>Not that much goes wrong...but things will on occasion.<br/><br/>And Caldigit has proved time and time again, that it has Platinum level tech support. I haven’t done a head to head, but a few people…leaders…at the creativecow.net use and swear by the Sonnet Fusion D800. They get similar numbers (about 400MB/s).

The difference, in my mind, is the SINGLE VENDOR SUPPORT issue. With the Sonnet box and other boxes that rely on the ATTO card, they have two companies to deal with if something fails…and a lot of finger pointing might occur. WIth CalDigit, everything is made by one company, so you have one company to call if anything goes wrong.

Not that much goes wrong…but things will on occasion.

And Caldigit has proved time and time again, that it has Platinum level tech support.

]]> By: nick http://lfhd.net/2007/09/10/caldigit-hd-pro-additional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-507 nick Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:55:00 +0000 http://postfifthpictures.com/lfhd/2007/09/10/caldigit-hd-pro-additional-stuff/#comment-507 Was curious how the CalDigit HD Pro ranked against the Sonnet Fusion D800 which uses an ATTO PCI-e card.<br/><br/>How do they compare in the real world in terms of speed and streams of video.<br/><br/>And of course reliability.<br/><br/>Any feedback would be appreciated. Was curious how the CalDigit HD Pro ranked against the Sonnet Fusion D800 which uses an ATTO PCI-e card.

How do they compare in the real world in terms of speed and streams of video.

And of course reliability.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

]]> By: Anonymous http://lfhd.net/2007/09/10/caldigit-hd-pro-additional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Anonymous Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:55:00 +0000 http://postfifthpictures.com/lfhd/2007/09/10/caldigit-hd-pro-additional-stuff/#comment-426 SAN networking support for the HD Pro is forthcoming. Jan 2008 is the target. So there will be a switcher (the same one that allows connection to multiple HDPros) and if you buy that you get the SAN software that allows networking.<br/><br/>Shane SAN networking support for the HD Pro is forthcoming. Jan 2008 is the target. So there will be a switcher (the same one that allows connection to multiple HDPros) and if you buy that you get the SAN software that allows networking.

Shane

]]> By: Mack http://lfhd.net/2007/09/10/caldigit-hd-pro-additional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Mack Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:12:00 +0000 http://postfifthpictures.com/lfhd/2007/09/10/caldigit-hd-pro-additional-stuff/#comment-425 Is it possible to use this as a storage solution among multiple computers or is that a whole separate deal? <br/><br/>So asks the uninformed. :) Is it possible to use this as a storage solution among multiple computers or is that a whole separate deal?

So asks the uninformed. :)

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