7 HD's inside a mac pro

[GideonKiers]

Hello,

What would be a recommended os x disk speed testing utility, preferably downloadable for free ?

thanks,

[RedLightning]

i used the one included with my Blackmagic card...

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[samsc]

i used the one included with my Blackmagic card...

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why doesnt that give you any indication of performance?

because this only reads and writes a single large file.
disc performance changes drastically depending on how many files are being read at the same time. not just on how many MB/s it can read.


It gives you no indication of how well it works with catalyst.
Catalyst reads more than one file at the time - it reads one file for each movie playing.

the way to benchmark catalyst is with catalyst - nothing else.

Catalyst is also free when used like this.

Headline decklink blackmagic data transfer rates are no use to you - unless you are capturing a single movie file and writing it to disk.