Testing the MultiDock on our consumer testing platform, with a 2MB sequential test a single drive showed us speeds of 330.97MB/s write and 362.16MB/s read. We also tested a single drive which gave us a read speed of 383MB/s and a write speed of 357.7MB/s We saw a read speed of 525MB/s and a write speed of 212.1MB/s. Testing the device on RAID mirror, we see a dip in performance but that is to be expected with increase in data protection. In the event of a failure the work for the given session could be lost, however the core data would be retained located on a secondary storage system. Obviously RAID0 gives the best performance but not the best data protection. This is much higher than the claim of 500MB/s (though Blackmagic didn’t assign a configuration with the claim). When testing the MultiDock in RAID0, we saw read and write speeds of 812.3MB/s and 775.3MB/s respectively. We tested a single drive, RAID mirror, and RAID0 configuration. We also tested the MultiDock on our consumer testing platform. This is a stand-alone review without competitive data, however the device itself doesn’t have much in the way of direct competition. Overall the unit feels very well built with rack mounting ears that are structurally sound.įor this review we tested the Blackmagic MultiDock on a current generation MacBook Pro using 4 256GB Samsung 850 PRO SSDs and using the Blackmagic Speed Test. Going around to the rear of the device the power connection is on the left hand side while the 2 Thunderbolt connections are on the right. The sides of the device have passive ventilation, in fact it is the only ventilation that can be found. Around each dock there is a disk access indicator that lights up red letting users know which drive is in use. The front of the device has a dark gray metal face plate with branding on the left hand side and the 4 dock bays running across the center. It has no software so it is entirely a plug and play device. ![]() The Blackmagic MultiDock is a 1U rack mount device. Relative humidity: 0% to 90% non-condensing. ![]()
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