Aja Kona System Test And Data Rate Calculation - AJA KONA LHI Installation And Operation Manual

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AJA KONA System
Test and Data Rate
Calculation
To guarantee maximum system performance, use KONA System Test and the AJA Data Rate
Calculator to evaluate your workstation capabilities. They are available on the AJA website
at this support page:
http://www.aja.com/en/products/software/
AJA System Test
KONA System Test is a utility for measuring system performance with AJA KONA Video
Capture cards. The application includes disk drive speed tests and video data copy (DMA)
speeds. The disk speed tests differ from standard disk I/O performance applications in that
they specifically test the system under conditions typically encountered with video capture,
playback, and editing.
Note: Note: Most of the disk performance tests are generic and don't require an AJA KONA
Video Capture card. The DMA performance tests do require a KONA card and AJA KONA
Driver software to operate.
We suggest the best test is to fill your storage disk to 80% and then test capture at the
highest data rate you will use.
AJA Data Rate Calculator
This software application calculates data rates and storage requirements for a given video
size, format, and frame rate. It's great for both KONA and Io users as a resource for
configuring systems and determining storage requirements.