AJA KONA 3G, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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KONA 3G Installation and Operation Manual — System Requirements
System Requirements
AJA Video recommends that your system meet minimum hardware and software requirements
to achieve a satisfactory level of performance when operating it. Here, we provide minimum
and recommended requirements and then discuss disk storage issues that should be
understood for proper system configuration.
Minimum and
Recommended
System and
Software
Requirements
The following table outlines the system hardware and software needed.
Understanding Disk
Storage Methods
The KONA 3G card, an Apple MacPro, and Final Cut Pro, together offer an unprecedented level of
features and performance for audio/video post production applications. However, to ensure
performance and quality, the disk storage system used with the Apple computer must be able
to meet the demands of the media.
For uncompressed SD, AJA recommends that at a minimum, the disk storage system must be
able to provide and maintain a consistent 50 MB/sec transfer rate from the Apple computer to
disk (read/write). There are a variety of system configurations and peripherals that can provide
this level of performance.
For uncompressed single link HD, AJA recommends that at a minimum, the disk storage system
must be able to provide and maintain a consistent 200 MB/sec transfer rate from the Apple
computer to disk (read/write). There are a variety of system configurations and peripherals that
can provide this level of performance.
For uncompressed dual link HD and 2K, AJA recommends that at a minimum, the disk storage
system must be able to provide and maintain in excess of 300 MB/sec transfer rate from the
Item Recommended
Recommended KONA driver for
Mac OSX and Final Cut Pro:
Note:
always consult the release
notes for the AJA software
version you are running
(included with installer)
FCP 7.0.x - KONA driver version 9.0 (Snow Leopard compatible)
http://www.aja.com/support/konaNEW/kona-3g.php
Macintosh Tower:
Recommended KONA 3G System: Apple Mac Pro, 2GHz or better,
4GB of ram or greater for uncompressed HD. Use of a Fibre
Channel, SCSI, SAS or other high bandwidth disk array for
uncompressed SD/HD/2K storage.
Minimum KONA 3G System:
MacPro with PCI-Express, 2GHz with
2GB RAM minimum for uncompressed SD or 4GB RAM for
uncompressed HD. Ensure your Macintosh has a PCI-Express slot
available for KONA 3G card. Use a Fibre Channel or SCSI external
RAID for uncompressed SD/HD storage.
Slot Placement: Visit our website and view this regularly updated
slot placement document:
http://www.aja.com/support/kona/kona-system-
configuration.php
Internal Storage (SATA inside
Mac):
Best suited for compressed SD/HD formats only
External Storage:
Note:
see Storage Methods topic
that follows later in this Chapter
Ideally a RAID configuration with Fibre Channel or SCSI connection
to the Mac via qualified host bus adapter