Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: 4TB drives in Barco ICMP / ICMP-X?

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Posted by Antti Nayha (Member # 4980) on 11-30-2019, 09:50 AM:

Just noticed that the product page for the ICMP-X mentions support for 3 x 4 TB drives now, for an effective storage of 8 TB:
https://www.barco.com/en/product/barco%20alchemy%20icmp-x#specs

On the old ICMP's page, only 1 and 2 TB drives are listed:
https://www.barco.com/en/product/barco-alchemy-icmp#specs

Any idea what's going on there? Barco's spare part catalogue doesn't seem to list 4 TB drives yet...

Posted by Antti Nayha (Member # 4980) on 11-30-2019, 12:11 PM:

OK, never mind... I was just pointed (off-forum) to a current version of the ICMP/ICMP-X HDD installation manual, and it's all there.

In short: there's a specific 4 TB SSD (not a HDD) that is approved by Barco, but you'll need the new storage controller to be able to use them. And while the ICMP-X ships with the new controller, the old ICMP doesn't – it can be upgraded with one, though.

Nice [thumbsup]

Posted by Tom Bert (Member # 5719) on 12-01-2019, 02:30 AM:

Perfect!

Do note that we don't have a specific preference HDD-vs-SSD. Tthe 4TB is SSD (and not HDD) because that is the only way to fit that amount of storage in a 2.5" format.

Posted by Antti Nayha (Member # 4980) on 12-01-2019, 04:36 AM:

Yeah, that's what I figured! Also: I just read the Barco Series 4 thread where this was covered already in June... Looks like I haven't been paying attention here during the summer [Wink]