• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Can 2 FCP systems share files without XSan?

  Posted by Michael Sacci on May 21, 2007 at 10:41 am

  This is another area that gets me confused really fast. I want to network 2 FCP systems so they can share media and project files BUT not the same files at the same time. Is this possible without the expense of XSan (or even an xRaid). Or would a cheaper solution be a Sata array to capture footage that is on a standard Gigbit network with a Sata Raid on each systems and they just copy the files over to work on each project?

  File formats will be HDV and the new ProRes 422.

  Aaron Neitz replied 19 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Andreas Karoliussen

  May 21, 2007 at 12:19 pm

  Hi,
  Im not a wiz on this, however I got across “editshare” : https://www.editshare.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=4&Itemid=79
  and Im wondering if thats something for me, belive its something worth checking out for you…

  Just a tip,
  Andreas
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  Aaron Neitz

  May 21, 2007 at 4:11 pm

  As long as your drives can pump out enough data, you’ll be fine.

  The Xsan really is for implementing a lot of machines where people are reading and writing data at the same time. You need a controller machine who decides which bits of data are more important, who gets more bandwidth, etc….

  Also make sure to keep your render files on the local computer, not the shared storage.

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