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Brand Model Storage
Kingston DC500M 3.84TB
Kingston DC500R 960GB
SanDisk Ultra 3D SSD 1TB
Samsung 860 EVO 1TB
Samsung 860 PRO 256GB
Samsung 860 PRO 512GB
Samsung 860 PRO 1TB
Samsung 860 PRO 2TB
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB
Samsung 870 EVO 4TB
Western Digital WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB
Western Digital WD Blue 3D NAND 2TB
Important Notes About SSD Speed
Some models of SSD can’t save video data at the speed the manufacturer claims.
Thisis due to the disk using hidden data compression to attain higher write speeds.
This data compression can only save data at the manufacturer’s claimed speed when
storing data such as blank data or simple files. Video data includes video noise and
pixels which are more random so compression will not help, therefore revealing the true
speed of the disk.
Some SSDs can have up to 50% lower write speed than the manufacturer’s claimed
speed. Soeven though the disk specifications claim an SSD has speeds fast enough to
handle video, in reality the disk isn’t fast enough when used to store video data for real
time capture.
Use Blackmagic Disk Speed Test to accurately measure whether your SSD will be able
to handle high data rate video capture and playback. Blackmagic Disk Speed Test
uses data to simulate the storage of video so you get results similar to what you’ll see
when capturing video to a disk. During Blackmagic testing, we have found newer, larger
models of SSD and larger capacity SSDs are generally faster.
Preparing Media for Recording
You can format your CFast cards, SD cards or SSDs using the storage manager, or via a
Mac or Windows computer. We recommend formatting storage media using URSA Mini for
best performance.
HFS+ is also known as OS X Extended and is the recommended format as it supports
‘journaling’. Data on journaled media is more likely to be recovered in the rare event that your
30Storage Media
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