DDP CONFIGURATOR / 2026
Storage that keeps
your team creating.
Choose your system. Shape your storage. Find the bandwidth for every stream, every project and everyone on your team.
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Choose your system
Four system families. One shared environment.
Hardware specifications and source comparison
PSU ratings describe capacity. The operating-power figure below uses an adjustable planning assumption; it is not a measured value.
✓ 2 × DDP HA heads included Mandatory active-active DDP layer, separate from array controllers.
Two matching interface sets included, one for each head.
SSD project cache accelerates active media; it does not increase unique HDD storage capacity.
SSD project cache
Grow with EX expansion Optional
Optional JBOD capacity alongside your DDP.
EX card, SAS links and shelf count require matching to the selected base system. Up to five shelves shown for planning; final chain qualification is required. EX capacity is separate from SSD project cache. Expansion read bandwidth follows the drive-count estimate and shares the base-system and network limits. Empty weight and PSU load are not added.
JB expansion shelves Optional expansion
Passive dual-SAS shelves. Up to five per DS array. GS compatibility requires confirmation.
Fully populated HDD shelves use independent RAID 6 sets. The selected layout applies to each shelf; expansion adds capacity, not controller bandwidth.
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Plan your bandwidth
Combine formats, frame rates and concurrent streams.
DDP network ports and upgrades
Added cards are combined with the standard ports. PCIe slot availability, switch capacity and simultaneous traffic paths must be qualified. Aggregate port capacity is shared across PCs; it does not combine into one client link.
SSD read-performance reference
The published table is headed “for 1 GB/s” and describes SSD8 reads. SSD4 is estimated at half; larger populations scale for planning, subject to controllers and network limits. Stream counts and recording hours are calculated from the selected codec and usable capacity. Manufacturer reference ↗
Estimated storage bandwidth
Available planning read bandwidth
Transcoding & rendering: use SSDs. Running these workloads on HDDs can greatly reduce bandwidth because of seek time. Figures here estimate read/playback performance; they do not predict ingest/write or mixed read/write performance.
Aggregate storage demand
Available bandwidth is limited by the active storage tier, system uplink and HA head interfaces. Client links use 85% efficiency; 2 × 1GbE MCS uses 200 MB/s. Set streams per PC in each codec row. Concurrent rows sharing a PC need a combined client check. Figures are estimates; HDD workloads, cache misses and mixed reads/writes need validation.