Re: SAN Advice/Recommedations

Justin writes -
Apple's website says that "Final Cut Server can now create edit proxies automatically. After you ingest your footage in Final Cut Pro, save the project to Final Cut Server. Final Cut Server automatically generates proxy files and links them to the project, so you can either edit with original footage over a high-speed network or choose the smaller proxy files for editing on a notebook or over a slower network." Does this actually work without glitches?


REPLY - this is a question for the FCS forum, but I can assure you that if you try to create lo res proxy files on the shared storage server while you are using it as a file server, it will BOG DOWN THE SERVER. Processing requires processing power of a computer, and you can't have non stop proxy rendering going on while the same computer is flawlessly doing file sharing to your multiple computers. This is not a "miracle process". This applies to CAT DV as well. You can run CAT DV on a Mac Mini which works flawlessly. And if you try to create low res proxy files non stop for all your footage while you are working, you will BOG DOWN the MAC Mini. To do non stop proxy file rendering of all of your media, you need a seperate computer, and if it is EVERYTHING, you need a powerful computer, not the shared storage server, and not a Mac Mini.

Bob Zelin