I was able to get 8k output to display from premiere pro but it dropped frames during prores playback even at 24p.
Aja control room dropped frames.
You xserve should be able to sustain over 120 mb second.
You should not be experiencing dropped frames.
Double check under the fcp systems settings to be sure that the xserve is set as your scratch disk.
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According to aja s data rate calculator 8 bit uncompressed is about 28 mb second.
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