User Manual

Storage Requirements
1485
If your needs are greater than your drive space, select a lower resolution and recalculate.
The information in the storage tables is approximate, so it’s a good idea to slightly
overestimate the amount of drive space you require.
Storage Requirements
The following topics provide estimated drive space requirements for the various resolutions.
They show figures for estimated minutes per gigabyte and also figures for the drive space
required for certain amounts of material.
“Estimating Drive Space Requirements” on page 1484 contains recommendations for achieving
efficient storage for your digital media. It explains how playback performance is affected by the
way you set up the storage drives and target them when you capture.
Estimated Storage Requirements: HD
This table does not include estimated storage requirements for audio.
Resolution Bits Project Format
Drive Space Needed for
1 Hour of Media (GB)
1:1 10-bit HD
1:1 HD
DNxHD 90 X
DNxHD 90
DNxHD 60
DVCPRO HD
XDCAM HD 50
AVC-Intra 100
Apple ProRes 422 MXF
Apple ProRes 422 HQ MXF
Apple ProRes 422 LT MXF
Apple ProRes 422 Proxy MXF
Apple ProRes 4444
AV C - In t r a 5 0
10
8
10
8
8
8
8
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
720p/23.976 185
148
37
37
24
48
22
24
26
40
18
8
59
12