| | | | Re: XSAN, SANTech, and Shane Sokolosky
by Jeff Handy on Nov 23, 2009 at 2:22:45 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
"I would never ever consider going with "apple certified" Promise VTrak's after this install."
Could you please explain this commentary further? I'd love to see that system at Disney.
HandyGeek | | | | |
| | | | Re: Storage Solutions?
by Bob Zelin on Nov 21, 2009 at 9:42:36 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Ryan,
I will make this simple. You can't have shared storage in a professional video enviornment for $1500. And if someone knows how to do this for $1500, I will personally shoot them, so that you can't do it (and the knowlege will die with them). | | | | |
| | | | File Organization and structure
by Robbie Socks on Nov 21, 2009 at 12:52:51 am
in the Apple Xsan Forum
I was wondering if anyone out there was experienced with large amounts of files and how to organize them on an xsan. We have many clients and spots on a 14tb xsan. Just wondering if there where any books or information or general protocols out there | | | | |
| | | | Easy Find
by Shane Sokolosky on Nov 20, 2009 at 11:54:23 pm
in the SAN - Storage Area Networks Forum
There is also Easy find that will search SAN volumes as a substitute if spotlight isn't working.
http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/index.html
Shane Sokolosky
Consultant / Systems Engineer
XSAN for Video Apple Certified Technician
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| | | | Re: XSAN, SANTech, and Shane Sokolosky
by Shane Sokolosky on Nov 20, 2009 at 11:42:02 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
Thanks Bob! It was a pleasure working with you and all of Disney World!
You were awesome to work with and know your stuff, and I gotta say sweet job on the the video equipment and the overall configuration of everything they were involved in, it rea | | | | |
| | | | Big project crash?
by David Mosquera Keith on Nov 20, 2009 at 2:16:43 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hello everyone, im having problems with a project that crashes just when its about to open...
The system im using is a 2,5mhz 4 processor powerpc mac pro with 4,5 gigs of ram.( i think its the most powerfull powerpc that came out )
when i try t | | | | |
| | | | XSAN, SANTech, and Shane Sokolosky
by Bob Zelin on Nov 20, 2009 at 3:06:35 am
in the Apple Xsan Forum
Hi -
I just got done with the Disney Broadcast Operations installation in Orlando, with the new XSAN, and I could NEVER EVER have done this without the incredible leadership of Shane Sokolosky, and the fantastic Active Storage drive arrays. For so | | | | |
| | | | Re: Is Fibre Affordable yet?
by Bob Zelin on Nov 20, 2009 at 2:34:48 am
in the SAN - Storage Area Networks Forum
Todd,
the answer is NO. I just did an install ( I assisted in an install) with an Apple XSAN, all fibre channel, and the incredible help of SANtech, and Jordan Wood's Active Storage. A 16 terabyte install was 90 grand. It BLOWS THE DOORS off of | | | | |
| | | | Active XRaid vs NexSAN SataBeast Xi
by Juan Madrigal on Nov 19, 2009 at 12:33:50 pm
in the Active Storage Forum
Ok forget the Promise Vtrack ANY SAN is better than that. I want to know how the Active XRaid compares to NexSANs SataBeast Xi? Performance wise, ease of use (setup/management), connectivity (Fibre/iSCSI), storage capacity, XSAN compatibility, cost, | | | | |
| | | | Re: Is Fibre Affordable yet?
by Matt Geier on Nov 18, 2009 at 8:27:00 pm
in the SAN - Storage Area Networks Forum
Todd,
Nice post, but I think you'll find that spending 20K+ on a set up that will support you in the way you want, will be what's expected.
Fibre Channel is still pricy after you start adding in client licenses, hardware, then redundancy for t | | | | |
| | | | Re: Slow archive response?
by Bill Claghorn on Nov 15, 2009 at 8:09:44 am
in the Apple Final Cut Server Forum
When you create the device always use the System Preferences and not the Device panel in the Final Cut Server GUI. Be sure to specify XSAN.
Also, this issue was improved in FCSvr 1.5. Are you using FCSvr 1.1.1 or 1.5? | | | | |
| | | | Re: Smoke in a mac
by moody glasgow on Nov 14, 2009 at 3:48:10 pm
in the Autodesk Smoke Forum
So, if $15k is the price for software for the Mac Smoke, then I'm guessing you are going to see a turnkey price of around $60k- $70k, including storage. But I think that is a high estimate. Autodesk storage is expensive (3TB usable for 15k), but i | | | | |
| | | | Re: Compressor Export Failures
by Matthew Cotter on Nov 14, 2009 at 2:57:59 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Thanks so much Jerry!
Really appreciate your help!
I look forward to your review!!
One last question if I may... I assume that Sorenson's Squeeze will take advantage of a multipul cores and an Xsan? ie a render farm?
Thanks again.
Matt | | | | |
| | | | Slow archive response?
by Andy Gallagher on Nov 13, 2009 at 10:37:05 am
in the Apple Final Cut Server Forum
Hi all,
My company is nearing the end of a mammoth FCS setup project. It integrates onto a large XSAN, handling multiple automated incoming feeds, direct studio feeds, user rushes and archiving of masters.
We're using manual archiving to keep | | | | |
| | | | Re: shutdown SAN
by Jordan Woods on Nov 12, 2009 at 5:50:18 pm
in the SAN - Storage Area Networks Forum
I think it is mainly coming from the fear of the "filesystem." If you see the volume on the desktop you are good, and any given restart could mean that it won't come back up. (these are unfounded) but so many people are gun shy from earlier experienc | | | | |
| | | | Re: Xsan authentication
by Dave Klee on Nov 11, 2009 at 10:53:40 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
Hey Andy, in general I've found that Macs without passwords are problematic for remote administration. Can't say for sure that's your problem with those three machines, but I'd put in a password and see if it will properly authenticate. I've seen t | | | | |
| | | | Xsan authentication
by Andy Chan on Nov 11, 2009 at 6:45:42 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
I am having this strange problem with Xsan authentication.
I had the Xsan all configured, 2MDC and 5 clients, one of the client is an FCSvr and all the others are Intel MacPro running either 10.5.8 or 10.6, I have them all authenticated, serial numb | | | | |
| | | | Re: Can a Primary Metadata controller also be a client?
by Jordan Woods on Nov 11, 2009 at 5:20:27 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
There is no reason to use a bunch of xserves for your ingest, except to have them all racked for a "nice" look. You can use old mac pros to do this for much less cost. If you are deploying XSAN, you should absolutely not run anything on those metadat | | | | |
| | | | PrOmiSe Rackmount FAIL
by Shane Sokolosky on Nov 10, 2009 at 8:02:46 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
I'm on site at an XSAN installation for a fairly big client (a casino that'll go unamed) and just wondering if anyone else recently have opened a PrOmiSe RAID and tried to rackmount one. For starters the screws are too short to secure the top hole of | | | | |
| | | | Re: 750gb Drives for XRAID
by Dave Klee on Nov 4, 2009 at 12:32:40 am
in the Apple Xsan Forum
Hey Max, the short answer is no. I haven't had much luck locating drives, and those Seagate drives you're talking about that are compatible (ST3750640A and ST3750640AV) aren't being made much and becoming hard to find, too. Last time I found a big | | | | |
| | | | Automatic Duck Luminance Shift on HD footage
by Jason Tessmer on Nov 2, 2009 at 7:09:12 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Equipment
FCP 7, Macpro 3Ghz Quad Core, 10.5.8
Kona 3
Xsan 2
AE CS4, MacPro 2.8Ghz Quad Core, 10.5.8
The workflow is as follows:
DVCHDpro footage import into FCP
Edit in FCP
Export XML via Automatic Duck
Import XML into AE
Render Quicktim | | | | |
| | | | Re: XSAN over 100 TB
by Jordan Woods on Nov 2, 2009 at 5:04:20 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
I would never use the Cache-A LTO box for a true backup to a live massive XSAN, however I would use it for an "on-the-fly" backup to my tapeless workflow, or at least that is how I see it being used. If I was shooting a bunch of P2 cards, I could use | | | | |
| | | | Re: XSAN over 100 TB
by Bob Zelin on Nov 2, 2009 at 2:08:36 am
in the Apple Xsan Forum
and not to get off the subject (and maybe I am missing something) but isn't the Cache-A Prime (and 800 Gig LTO4A backup system for 8 grand) a little silly, when the reality of 100TB+ systems becomming more commonplace. Once we see the reliablity of | | | | |
| | | | Linking SanBoxes?
by Max Kaiser on Nov 1, 2009 at 11:59:55 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
Hi all,
I'm considering adding an extra xraid to my xsan system but I need more FC ports. Right now I have a 10 port 2gb sanbox. If I want to add like 6 more ports (2 for xraid, 2 for new mdc, and 2 for new computer) do I need to buy a 20 port sanbo | | | | |
| | | | Re: XSAN over 100 TB
by Mark Raudonis on Nov 1, 2009 at 7:30:47 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
We're in the 100+ Tb category, but it's split into three separate SANs... primarily for reasons of convenience, security, and operation. Our offices are spread over two buildings across the street from each other. The cost of running a fibre link a | | | | |
| | | | Re: Windows alternatives to Final Cut Server
by Jeff Handy on Oct 30, 2009 at 3:08:42 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Server Forum
Final Cut Server is not the tool you want if all you are doing is sharing large files. It is more for project collaboration than file charing. For file sharing, you need a SAN. XSAN (Apple's shared storage management system) is not very Windows-ready | | | | |
| | | | Re: FCP dropping frames
by Dan Monro on Oct 30, 2009 at 1:31:35 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Is this dropping of frames when going out to tape, or just playing back your sequence? And if it's while going out to tape, what kind of I/O box are you using?
Curious, because we're still having problems with the AJA cards and outputs stopping du | | | | |
| | | | Re: XSAN over 100 TB
by Dave Klee on Oct 29, 2009 at 11:07:28 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
Hey Robert, I've worked a little with a university who has a 120TB Xsan 2, divided into two separate volumes for two different purposes (live playback of video footage on-air for television, along with a general video production SAN for editing). It | | | | |
| | | | Re: XSAN over 100 TB
by Jordan Woods on Oct 29, 2009 at 5:12:23 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
It won't matter what storage you have tied into your XSAN, unless you have some weird LUN sizes, but if you are under normal conditions with "regular" LUN sizes you should be fine no matter what fibre solution you work with. The size of the XSAN volu | | | | |
| | | | XSAN over 100 TB
by Robert Timpone on Oct 29, 2009 at 2:14:28 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
Hi all
Anyone deploy XSAN2 on Vtrack over 100 TB.
What was you experience ? | | | | |
| | | | Recommendations for Backup and Archive
by Drew Pearce on Oct 29, 2009 at 2:09:22 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Server Forum
Due to poor planning on the front end, my company is running into some storage problems, and I was wondering if I might be able to solicit some advice.
The first problem is that we have no good backup solution for our video assets. We have a 17TB | | | | |
| | | | Re: Sharing Motion Templates
by Philip Ohler on Oct 29, 2009 at 2:49:45 am
in the Apple Motion Forum
So far the only solution I've found is to create a sync folders automator workflow that looks at your local templates folder and syncs it to a shared folder on the XSAN. I've made this an automator application that I have iCal run every couple of ho | | | | |
| | | | Re: Volume XSAN don't mount on Finder
by Patrick Coffin on Oct 28, 2009 at 10:15:48 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
I had the same errors as well as having an ACL issue. Here were my steps to resolve.
The ACL issue came from populating a new ACL and it restarting the server. Which is where my problems seem to have started.
cvfsck -jw {XSAN VOL} - flush the | | | | |
| | | | Re: Final Cut Server - $$$ ?
by John McVey on Oct 27, 2009 at 12:55:29 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Server Forum
Get yourself a copy of the software and an iMac with 4Gb of RAM. Run the installer, read the documentation and start getting your head wrapped around the concepts of Metadata and Workflows.
What have you got to lose? When you have a working model | | | | |
| | | | Submitting Shake Script into QMaster
by Mark Hatch on Oct 27, 2009 at 3:06:17 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
The QMaster tool appears very simple on the surface, however, when I add a Shake script, it opens up Batch Monitor and sits there forever saying "Processing: Preprocessing". I've left it that way for hours and nothing seems to be happening. Activit | | | | |
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