XNet Transfers
The maximum transfer speeds between EVS servers through the SDTI ports of the XT3
server are summarized in the following table. The calculations take into account an SDTI
bandwidth of 110 MB/s:
Codec
Field
Rate
Video
Bitrate
RT
Transfers
Transfer Speed
(faster than RT)
Apple ProRes LT 50.00
Hz
85
Mbps
8.8 8x
Avid DNxHD®
HD MJPEG EVS/Standard
HD MPEG2 Intra
AVC Intra 100
DVCPro HD
50.00
Hz
100
Mbps
7.6 7x
Avid DNxHD®
Apple ProRes 422
50.00
Hz
120
Mbps
6.5 5.9x
Avid DNxHD®
Apple ProRes 422 HQ
59.95
Hz
185
Mbps
4.4 4x
Backup Transfers
The following tables gives the transfer speed of A/V content of a given codec to the XF2
hardware, knowing that the XF2 bandwidth for backup is 50MB/s.
Codec Field Rate Video Bitrate RT Transfers
Apple ProRes LT 50.00 Hz 85 Mbps 4.0
Avid DNxHD®
HD MJPEG EVS/Standard
HD MPEG2 Intra
AVC Intra 100
DVCPro HD
50.00 Hz 100 Mbps 3.5
Avid DNxHD®
Apple ProRes 422
50.00 Hz 120 Mbps 3.0
Avid DNxHD®
Apple ProRes 422 HQ
59.95 Hz 185 Mbps 2.5
HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 11.02
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