Specifications Standalone DDP
The standalone DDP series consists of the DDP12D, DDP16D, DDP24D, DDP48D / DDP48DF base systems. The specifications and models are shown below.
| DDP12D base system | DDP16D base system | DDP24D base system | DDP48D/DF base system | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Content | MB with dual 10GbE/RJ45, dual Xeon, 32GB, LSI raidcard | MB with dual 10GbE/RJ45, dual Xeon, 32GB, LSI raidcard | MB with dual 10GbE/RJ45, dual Xeon, 32GB, LSI raidcard | MB with dual 10GbE/RJ45, dual Xeon, 32GB, 2x LSI raidcard |
| Maximum bandwidth | 2,5 GB/s | 2,5 GB/s (see remark) | 2,5 GB/s (see remark) | DDP48D: 2,5 GB/s; DDP48DF: 6 GB/s |
| Available PCIe slots | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| SSD4 or SSD8 packs | SSD4: up to 3. SSD8: up to 1; 1, 2 or 4TB size | SSD4: up to 4. SSD8 up to 2; 1, 2, or 4TB size | SSD4: up to 6. SSD8 up to 3; 1, 2, or 4TB size | SSD4: up to 12. SSD8 up to 6; 1, 2, or 4TB size |
| HD4 or HD8 packs | HD4: up to 3. HD8: up to 1; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14TB size | HD4: up to 4 HD8: up to 2; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14TB size | HD4: up to 6. HD8: up to 3; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14TB size | HD4: up to 12. HD8: up to 6; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14TB size |
| Ethernet cards | 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE | 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE | 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE | 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE |
| EX/RAID card | optional | optional | optional | optional |
| SAS/TAPE card | optional | optional | optional | optional |
| Other cards | on request | on request | on request | on request |
| DDP dimensions | 43 x 68 x 8,8 cm/17 x 26.8 x 3.5 inch | 43 x 68 x 13,3 cm/17 x 26.8 x 5.2 inch | 43 x 68 x 17,7 cm/17 x 26.8 x 7.0 inch | 43 x 68 x 36 cm/17 x 26.8 x 14.2 inch |
| DDP power usage | 550W/redundant power supplies (two) | 800W/redundant power supplies (two) | 1200W/redundant power supplies (two) | 2400W/redundant power supplies (two) |
| Package dimensions | 59 x 88,5 x 38,8 cm/23.2 x 34.8 x 15.3 inch | 59 x 88,5 x 43,5 cm/23.2 x 34.8 x 17.1 inch | 64,5 x 68 x 41 cm/25.4 x 26.8 x 16.1 inch | 68 x 87 x 74 cm/26.8 x 34.3 x 29.1 inch |
| Package weight | 33,5 Kg/ 73.9 lbs/base system with rails and carton on pallet | 44 Kg/97 lbs /base system with rails and carton on pallet | 47 Kg /103.6 lbs /base system with rails and carton on pallet | 90/ Kg/198.4 lbs /base system with rails and carton on pallet |
| Remark | When used with 2 x SSD8 packs F version is recommend for 4 GB/s | When used with 3 x SSD8 packs F version is needed for 6 GB/s | DDP48DF uses very fast Xeon CPUs |
*) The DDP base systems are modular Ethernet SAN Shared Storage Servers with the file system and metadata management build in.
**) The supported operating systems are OSX, Windows and Linux. In order to guarantee the highest performance, an iSCSI initiator and AVFS client driver must be installed on each desktop. For clients wishing to use DDP as an NAS, no drivers are required.
DDP Example Configurations
Some configured DDP examples are listed below. This is just to give an idea. DDPs can be configured almost any way imaginable.
| DDP12D | DDP16D | DDP24D | DDP48D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | |
| Bandwidth | 1,2 GB/s | 2,5 GB/s | 2,5 GB/s | 2,5 GB/s |
| SSD4 or SSD8 packs | 1 x SSD4 pack of 1TB, RAID 5 so 3TB usable | 1 x SSD8 pack of 1TB, RAID5 so 7TB usable | 1 x SSD8 pack of 1TB, RAID5 so 7TB usable | 1 x SSD8 pack of 2TB, RAID5 so 14TB usable |
| HD4 or HD8 packs | 1 x HD8 pack of 2TB, RAID5 so 14TB usable | 1 x HD8 pack of 8TB, RAID6 so 48TB usable | 2 x HD8 packs of 8TB, RAID6 so 96TB usable | 5 x HD8 packs of 14TB, RAID6 so 420TB usable |
| Ethernet cards | - | dual 10GbE/SFP+ | dual 25GbE/SFP+ | dual 40/100GbE/QSFP |
| DDP dimensions | 43 x 68 x 8,8 cm/17 x 26.8 x 3.5 inch | 43 x 68 x 13,3 cm/17 x 26.8 x 5.2 inch | 43 x 68 x 17,7 cm/17 x 26.8 x 7.0 inch | 43 x 68 x 36 cm/17 x 26.8 x 14.2 inch |
| DDP power usage | 550W/ two, redundant | 800W/ two, redundant | 1200W/ two, redundant | 2400W/ two, redundant |
| Package dimensions | 59 x 88,5 x 38,8 cm/23.2 x 34.8 x 15.3 inch | 59 x 88,5 x 43,5 cm/23.2 x 34.8 x 17.1 inch | 64,5 x 68 x 41 cm/25.4 x 26.8 x 16.1 inch | 68 x 87 x 74 cm/26.8 x 34.3 x 29.1 inch |
| Package weight | 33,5 Kg/ 73.9 lbs/carton on pallet | 44 Kg/97 lbs /carton on pallet | 47 Kg /103.6 lbs /carton on pallet | 90/ Kg/198.4 lbs /carton on pallet |
| Includes | sliding arms, bezel, spare HD, 2yrs HW/SW support | sliding arms, bezel, spare HD, 2yrs HW/SW support | sliding arms, bezel, spare HD, 2yrs HW/SW support | sliding arms, bezel, spare HD, 2yrs HW/SW support |
| Recommended | A configuration for audio studios. The bandwidth is good for 6700 tracks of audio. The 3TB cache can hold 115 hours of 100 tracks full audio | A configuration for a post production facility doing mostly video and audio but when a client comes with a high bandwidth request does not want to say no. | A configuration for a post production facility doing a mixture of video, audio and film. They want to keep much of the material on line on the spindle tiers. | A configuration for a broadcaster or a larger post production house dealing with larger projects and lots of materials from many camera shoots. Their own or from third parties. |
SSD8 pack of 1TB SSDs
Each of the examples is configured with an SSD pack as cache plus spindles as a larger storage pool. Having a DDP type cache is great for postproduction studios working for clients who may come up with different audio track count, video and film format requirements. No matter these requirement the total bandwidth given is always at your disposal. We tried to show this in the table.
This is because SSDs can be compared to memory. The preferred method here is that editors ingest, copy, play out and edit to and from the cache with file duplication automatically to the spindles. When a file is no longer in the cache it is taken from the spindles. Spindle performance is optimized as well. When two or more HD8 packs are installed files can be balanced between these packs partly averaging out the spindle seek time problem.
| Video, Film or Audio Format Streams on Reading | Number of Streams for 1GB/s | Hours perStream with 7 TB |
|---|---|---|
| 4K, UHD, 3840x2160, 10 bit, 25 fr/s, 840 MB/s | 1 | 2 |
| 2K, uncompressed, 10 bit, 2048x1556, 24 fr/s, 320 MB/s | 2 | 6 |
| 4K, R3D, 40 MB/s | 22 | 45 |
| 4K, Sony XAVC422, 10 bit, 30 MB/s | 30 | 55 |
| DNxHD220, 28 MB/s | 32 | 55 |
| ProRes HQ, 1080i60, 720p60, 1080p30, 28 MB/s | 32 | 60 |
| DNxHD185, 24 MB/s | 38 | 70 |
| ProRes HQ, 1080i50, 720p50, 1080p25, 24 MB/s | 38 | 70 |
| SD, uncompressed, 8 bit, 21 MB/s | 45 | 90 |
| DNxHD145, 18 MB/s | 50 | 100 |
| HDCAM, 20 MB/s | 45 | 100 |
| ProRes, 1080i60, 720p60, 1080p30, 18 MB/s | 50 | 100 |
| ProRes LT, 1080i60, 720p60, 1080p30, 13 MB/s | 70 | 140 |
| ProRes LT, 1080i50, 720p50, 1080p25, 11 MB/s | 80 | 165 |
| AVC-intra100, DVCProHD100, DV100, 12 MB/s | 75 | 165 |
| AVC-intra50, IMX50, AVCHD, DVCPro50, 6 MB/s | 150 | 305 |
| DV25, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, IMX30, MPEG30, 4 MB/s | 250 | 460 |
| MPEG2, OffLineRT, 1 MB/s | 900 | 1800 |
| Audio, 24 bit, 48 KHz, 100 tracks, 15 MB/s | 60 | 115 |
| Audio, 24 bit, 96 KHz, 100 tracks, 30 MB/s | 30 | 50 |
The table only shows the SSD8 pack performance. Since both SSD’s and HD’s are accessed in parallel HD performance can be added to these values.
For situations with a lower then 1GB/s bandwidth requirement an SSD4 pack is sufficient.
Between 1 and 2GB/s an SSD8 pack is needed.
Beyond 2GB/s multiple SSD packs are required.
The pack capacity must be large enough so that the materials of active projects can fit in.
A cache is not the solution for everything. When a company plans to ingest much more data than the SSD capacity has available ingesting directly to the spindles would be a better choice. In that case caching can be from spindles to SSD.
In another situation the cache could be used only for audio or DPX with video predominantly using spindles.
Of course any other combination of SSD and HD packs and cards can be selected.
Such configured DDP tailored to the studio requirements can be used immediately. DDPs can be ordered partly populated so that additional HD and or SSD packs can be added later.
To find out which DDP would fulfill certain requirements just email us.
Values in the table are minimum values.
With SSD the number of streams of any format can be obtained by dividing 2000 (SSD bandwidth) by the bandwidth of your format.
For HD these values depend on audio, video and film formats used.
Single File System
No matter what storage configuration is chosen
Quota Management
Capacity is managed by quota
Increased Security
The DDP uses HTTPS and two factor authentication via the web interface
DDP EX Storage Arrays Specifications
When a DDP is full and additional capacity is needed or a DDP with only HD packs was ordered and now an SSD pack as cache is required a DDP16EX, DDP24EX, miniDDP24EX and DDP78EXR can be connected after installing an EX card in the DDP first.
See the table below for the specifications and options.
To setup a scale out cluster to increase bandwidth beyond 6 GB/s and capacity beyond 1 PB another DDP can be integrated as well.
