• Platforms — Mac Pro (early 2008) “Harpertown” Dual Quad-Core 3.0 or 3.2 GHz.
• Operating system — Mac OS 10.5.4 and later.
• Avid Unity Media Network — Fibre Channel connection using the ATTO Celerity FC-41ES adapter board
(Avid has not tested Final Cut Pro as an Ethernet client on Avid Unity MediaNetwork).
• Final Cut Pro editing software was characterized with the AJA KONA 3 hardware. The complete Apple Studio 2 bundle was installed.
• Verification tests on Apple Color and Sound Track Pro were run to verify Push – Pull capabilities.
• Final Cut Pro media should be in its own Allocation Group. Including: Scratch disks; Project files
( Do not mix Final Cut Pro clients and Avid editor clients within the same Allocation Group.)
• Final Cut Pro editing systems require 30% to 50% more bandwidth than Avid Media Composer at similar resolutions.
• The number of Final Cut Pro clients supported in an Allocation Group are about 1/2 the number of Avid Media Composer clients at similar resolutions.
Scaling the Avid Unity MediaNetwork environment is based on the amount of bandwidth a Media Engine (or several MEDIArrays) are able to provide. A single Media Engine or MEDIArray comprised of 16 drives can produce upwards of 220 MB/s (Compressed) or 180 MB/s (Uncompressed SD and HD)."