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The Codex Compact Drive Express 1TB from ARRI offers fast, affordable ProRes recording exclusively for the ALEXA 35 and ALEXA 35 Live cameras. This drive has 960GB of usable capacity and offers the same 950 MB/s write speed and maximum fps as the standard Codex Compact 1TB drive.
24 fps Recording Capacity
Apple ProRes 4444XQ: this 1TB drive records approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Apple UHD ProRes 4444: this 1TB drive records approximately 2 hours.
White Ring
A white ring around this drive helps you easily differentiate it from standard Codex Compact drives.
ARRI Codex Compact Drive Specs
Storage Capacity
1 TB
Performance
Interface
PCIe (Unspecified Type)
Maximum Write Speed
950 MB/s
Reliability / Data Integrity
Load/Unload Cycles
10,000
Physical
Operating Conditions
32 to 102°F / 0 to 70°C
Operating Shock
1500 G / 0.5 ms
Operating Vibration
3.08 G / 7 to 800 Hz
Storage Conditions
-40 to 185°F / -40 to 85°C
Dimensions
3 x 1.8 x 0.4" / 77 x 45 x 10 mm
Weight
3 oz / 85 g
Packaging Info
Package Weight
0.35 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
4.5 x 3 x 0.8"
ARRI Codex Compact Drive Reviews
Expensive But Worth It
By Alec
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-08-02
Expensive card, as expected. 2TB is worth it though. Get the full recording abilities and never have issues.
Room for improvement
By Alexander
Rated 3 out of 5
Date: 2021-07-20
We are owner/operators based in Phoenix.
We have 4 of these 1TB Codex cards for our Mini LF. Had issues early on with the camera not recognizing the media when mounted. No reason or pattern, just once in awhile it would just disappear. Occasionally you would get recording errors as well and would need to change cards to continue with your day. Arri updated firmware which eliminated most of the problems (Sup 7.0), but occasionally we will still get a glitch and the card says there is a problem and wants to be re-formatted. Yikes! Thankfully, we've yet to loose 1 piece of data so that's a good thing. They get SUPER hot when recording - just FYI when you pull them out of the camera they almost burn your fingertips.
Ok, now 15 months into owning these cards (minus the downtime of Covid +/- 4 months (1 year warranty)) one of them is not recognized by the camera or computer at all. Completely dead. After 2 months of waiting for an update to service (sent back to Codex via Arri) we're pretty much faced with a $1000 dollar/6 week repair or a $200 off a replacement card. Amazing eh? This level of camera should not have this bad of service. At least an offer for a loaner card would have been nice, but no.
Price on the cards is what it is. It's not like you have any other option right? If you want to use the LF, your gonna have to take the plunge.
We also own RED products and have had amazing success with the RED SSD Mags since the DSMC1 days all the way to today- DSMC2. Wish Codex could get this small but massively important piece of equipment dialed in. Having this many issues in this short of time makes me nervous, hence the 3 star review.
Alex
See any errors on this page?
Is the maximum read speed the same as the maximum ...
Is the maximum read speed the same as the maximum write speed?
Asked by: Ashton
yes the maximum read and write speeds are the same, the interface is a PCIE style interface
Answered by: Sean
Date published: 2020-06-10
Does it come with a case?
Does it come with a case?
Asked by: Guido
Yes, the ARRI Codex Compact Drive 1TB, would include a case.
Answered by: Moe
Date published: 2022-11-10
Are these compatible with the older Alexa SXT? Or ...
Are these compatible with the older Alexa SXT? Or the Alexa LF? Do they make an adapter?
Asked by: Brenton
The adapter cannot be used in the camera (neither SXT or LF) but only in the SXR readers, in which they have give you the fastest download possible. And it's a way to leverage use of Codex Vault2 and/or Capture + Transfer Dock which has built in SXR reader
