IBC: ProMAX Tested 25Gb and 100Gb Connections With SSDs on Different Workstations

ProMAX Systems, Inc. has began testing 25Gb and 100Gb connections with SSDs on different workstations.

Standard HD is no longer the standard resolution as video creators begin to push into 4K, 6K and beyond. As video teams move into higher resolution footage, editors will be working with larger files to handle all of the data stored in them. Larger files can lead to longer R/W times using a standard 1Gb or 10Gb connection.

The company’s engineering team began testing different workstations with 25Gb and 100Gb connections paired with.

• The first test was a Mac Pro Trash Can with a 25Gb connection and 24 SSDs which was able to produce a read speed of 1,010MB/s and write speeds of 1,002MB/s.

• The second test was a MacBook Pro with a 25Gb Thunderbolt 3 connection and 24 SSDs which produced a read speed of 1,607MB/s and write speeds of 1,307MB/s.

• The final test was a Windows workstation with a 16 lane PCIe 25Gb connection with 24 SSDs which was able to produce read speed of 2,228MB/s and write speeds of 2,158MB/s.

“Being able to pull this type of performance out of a workstation is going to be game changing for video editors,” said Matt Mister, ProMAX. “These are sustained performance numbers that editors can expect to see throughout the editing process, not just burst speeds that only give brief performance jumps.“

The company will be at IBC 2019 giving demo’s of its network storage servers and media asset management software.