[Creator's Voice] Sandisk Professional is an active video production site -Yusuke Suzuki, a video writer

日頃は広告・プロモーション映像などを中心に手がける映像作家の鈴木佑介さん。REDやブラックマジックデザイン、デジタル一眼など様々なカメラを使い分け、6K・8K素材での撮影も多いという鈴木さんにRAIDとドッキングステーションを試してもらった。

Photo / sentence ● Yusuke Suzuki / Configuration ● Editorial Department / Cooperation ● Western Digital

The beginning of a storage solution dedicated to all "professionals" with video and video production

Last July 7, 2021 Western Digital announced the launch of a new brand.That is "Sandisk Professional".In this era when most of the life is full of digital content and high-speed and large capacity are required, the G-Technology brand, which is often handled in video production sites, has taken over, and has a strong reliable trust from professionals in still image production.Integrated as a media solution for brands and professionals.In other words, it is a brand for professionals that create "visual content" as a borderless video and videos.

Love the G-Technology brand, and in the last five years, the 8-bay RAID storage has not caused trouble, and cannot help but expect this Sandisk Professional.This time, I would like to introduce the RAID storage, which is the key to the editing system, and the 4BAY card leader docking station PRO-Dock4.

「G」の意思を引き継ぐ< 高速・大容量のRAIDソリューション

The first thing to introduce is the 8BAY / 4Bay large-capacity hardware RAID "G-RAID Shuttle" series (RAID is a large capacity of multiple HDDs and SSDs in parallel, and increases the speed.)In the interface with Thunderbolt 3 connection, it is said that RAID0 setting will achieve a speed of about 2000MB/second.My environment is about 1200MB/sec to read and write because it operates RAID5.

It is a perfect editing storage for shooting with 4K and production, and shooting with 6K / 8K RAW material has become a dailyization.It seems that many young generations who have recently started video production are manifying data by preserving the built -in flash storage and portable storage, but after continuing video production for several years, the "storage wall is" "storage wall."is.The more you get busy, the more you can do multiple projects at the same time, and the more you use your career, the lower the level of the camera, the lower the data compression rate of the recording codec, and the capacity of the shooting material increases.It is not only in movies and television -like work, but also in conventional "city videos" work.

I usually produce promotional images such as advertisements, but there are many videos shops in the city that do not appear in the world, and now it is a regular sewing classroom educational video. I am producing it. Although the HD is complete package, the shooting is recorded in a total of three units, 6K2 and 4K, assuming that the trimming zoom is performed during editing. Shooting is 7 to 10 days. The content is 12 pieces of 90 minutes of complete package images a year. In addition, it will update it every year. Although the shooting was 12: 1 of the light Blackmagic Raw, the shooting material and the editing material were over 12TB in the first year, and 9TB was added this year in the second year. Then, next year, we will save nearly 30TB materials and handle by editing. In that case, it is important that the editing storage is "high -speed and large capacity".

A single advertising video can be managed with a built -in storage or a 4TB portable storage, but if you use a series or the material in the next project, you can't catch up with RAID storage.And there is also a "attendance editing" that goes to the other office, so it is very important to be a large but portable (it can be taken out with a dedicated pelican case).

I think many people use RAID5 settings that can recover even if one of multiple HDDs is broken.With this G-RAID Shuttle, you can enjoy comfort and security at the same time, as it can be written in RAID5 settings, about 1284MB/s, and reads about 1022 MB/second.For that reason, I have absolute trust in G-Raid Shuttle.

In my experience, my own RAID boxes, etc. may not be able to speed up, or may not be recognized by the HDD the next day, but the same troubles have been used since the G-Technology era.rare.The name of the Sandisk Professional was engraved, maybe the sense of security for professionals has increased.

Sandisk Professionalg-Raid Shuttle 8

Open price (48TB model actual sale around 570,000 yen) Made -to -order product *

* G-RAID SHUTTLE also has a lineup of 4BAY type G-RAID SHUTTLE 4 (24TB/48TB/72TB).The 8Bay type has a 48TB, 96TB and 144TB model.Furthermore, the SSD type G-RAID Shuttle SSD (8TB/16TB/32TB) achieves a maximum high-speed transfer speed of up to 2800MB/sec.

RAID storage that realizes up to 2000MB/second with Thunderbolt 3 connection

▲ In the desktop environment, of course, sometimes you go to the client's office in a pelican case dedicated to G-RAID Shuttle, and attend and edit.Suzuki uses RAID5, which can be restored even if one of the multiple HDDs is broken.

4Bay docking station for card reader

Another thing I want to introduce is "Pro-Dock4".This is a Thunderbolt 3 -connected docking station where you can mount a card reader on four slots that were unlikely to be.This Pro-Dock4 is a multi-card reader with SD card, microSD, and CF card reader, RED Mini-Mag, CFAST2.0 card, CFEXPRESS Typeb, and 4 types of media leaders used in recent video production.Can be put together as necessary, as well as individual use.

This is a very helpful item for the writer who uses BMPCC 6K (CFA ST2.0) and single-lens camera (SD card), including Red Helium 8K (mini-mag), depending on the work.It's really helpful that you don't have to put each leader just by inserting it in the dock in front of you.If I dare to make a request, would I just hope for the appearance of CFEXPRESSS TYPEA?In addition, since it is easy to remove, you can take only the necessary leaders according to the application, or read multiple media at the office or at home directly without replacing the leaders.It will maximize the efficiency of off -road work.

In addition, PRO-DOCK 4 has two Thunderbolt 3 ports, two USB-C, two USB Typea, one display port 1.4, and a 3.5mm audio port with an input and output in Gigabit Ethernet.Therefore, it is a great specification for those who usually work on the laptop.

The go is a laptop, and when you come home, you can connect it to an external monitor.You can do the off -road work without worrying about the number of Thunderbolt ports without connecting various card readers with a cable.With Pro-Dock 4, simple operation is possible.It is good for desktop users like the writer because the desk is refreshing.Along with the G-RAID Shuttle, the design matches the Mac environment.The texture is really good, so I want you to get it and feel it.

Sandisk ProfessionalPro-Dock 4

Open price (actual sale 85,800 yen) Made-to-order product (PRO-Reader is sold separately)

Docking station that can handle various media reading

▲ At work, Red Hellium 8K, Black Magic Design BMPCC 6K/4K, Suzuki who uses a single -lens camera properly.Pro-Dock 4 is a docking station that allows you to read four types of card readers sold separately and load data by high-speed transfer of ThuNerBolt 3.It is useful at the site of a different multi -camera in the recording media.

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● Video Salon reprinted from December 2021 issue