• Thanks for visiting the Kaleidescape Owners' Forum

    This forum is for the community of Kaleidescape owners, and others interested in learning about the system, equipment, services, and the company itself.

    It is run by a group of enthusiastic Kaleidescape owners and dealers purely as a service to this community.

    This board is not affiliated in any way with Kaleidescape, Inc.
    For official technical support, product information, or customer service, please visit www.kaleidescape.com

  • You are currently in "Guest" mode and not logged in with a registered account.

    The forum is free to use and most of the forum can be used by guests who are not registered....

    ... but we strongly encourage you to register for a full account. There is no cost to register for a full account.

    Benefits of registering for a full account:

    • Participate in the discussions! You must have a registered account to make posts on the forums. You will be able to start your own thread on a topic or question, or you can reply to other threads/discussions.
    • Use the "Conversation" feature (known as "private messaging" on other forums) to communicate directly with any of the other users here.
    • Access the Files area. The "resources" area of the forum contains many "Favorite Scene" and Script files that can dramatically increase the enjoyment of your Kaleidescape system. Go directly to great scenes in your favorite movies, created by other owners, and add automation to playback of your system with Scripts.
    • You won't see this annoying notice at the top of every screen!😊

    It's easy and free to register for the forum. Just click the "Register" button in the upper right corner of this page, and follow the instructions there.

Request- Educate me a bit on “old” Terra vs “new” Terra servers

D

Darth_LFE

Well-known member
Plz correct me if I am wrong. Older Terras (and compact Terras) download slower than newer drives correct? Is there an easy way to know (based on drive size) if it’s a slower speed or faster?

Is there any other performance differences besides download speeds with new vs old?
 
Within the Encore line (Alto/Strato/Terra), there is only one Terra server, but several models based on storage capability (currently 6TB, 22TB, 48TB, 88TB). They should all download at approx. the same speed. The discontinued Terra servers (12TB, 18TB, 24TB, 40TB and 72TB) all functioned the same, and downloaded at the higher speeds (compared to Strato).

The Strato Players have two models, a Strato with internal storage (Strato, Strato-S), and a Strato Player used for playback only, no internal storage (Strato-C). You either need a single Strato w/storage (Strato or Strato-S), or a Terra server and Strato-C Player, to download and playback content (including 4K) in the Store.

Obviously download speeds are dictated by many factors in an owner's system, but you should find the speed differences with the K components is actually between Strato and Terra, not between old and new Terra servers.

The point is, any speed differences between Terra's should be negligible, and not even something I would consider when shopping for Terra.

Jim
 
cinelife said:
Within the Encore line (Alto/Strato/Terra), there is only one Terra server, but several models based on storage capability (currently 6TB, 22TB, 48TB, 88TB). They should all download at approx. the same speed. The discontinued Terra servers (12TB, 18TB, 24TB, 40TB and 72TB) all functioned the same, and downloaded at the higher speeds (compared to Strato).

The Strato Players have two models, a Strato with internal storage (Strato, Strato-S), and a Strato Player used for playback only, no internal storage (Strato-C). You either need a single Strato w/storage (Strato or Strato-S), or a Terra server and Strato-C Player, to download and playback content (including 4K) in the Store.

Obviously download speeds are dictated by many factors in an owners system, but you should find the speed differences with the K components is actually between Strato and Terra, not between old and new Terra servers.

The point is, any speed differences between Terra's should be negligible, and not even something I would consider when shopping for Terra.

Jim
Click to expand...
Thanks so much!
 
cinelife said:
Within the Encore line (Alto/Strato/Terra), there is only one Terra server, but several models based on storage capability (currently 6TB, 22TB, 48TB, 88TB). They should all download at approx. the same speed. The discontinued Terra servers (12TB, 18TB, 24TB, 40TB and 72TB) all functioned the same, and downloaded at the higher speeds (compared to Strato).

The Strato Players have two models, a Strato with internal storage (Strato, Strato-S), and a Strato Player used for playback only, no internal storage (Strato-C). You either need a single Strato w/storage (Strato or Strato-S), or a Terra server and Strato-C Player, to download and playback content (including 4K) in the Store.

Obviously download speeds are dictated by many factors in an owner's system, but you should find the speed differences with the K components is actually between Strato and Terra, not between old and new Terra servers.

The point is, any speed differences between Terra's should be negligible, and not even something I would consider when shopping for Terra.

Jim
Click to expand...
What an excellent treatise.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top