Anybody using Facilis Terrablock?

[Mark Maness]

[Chuck Spaulding] “Wayne, how many NLE’s do you have attached to the 12D? Also, if you wouldn’t mind letting me know approximately how much you paid for the 6TB 12D.”

We have two full time online edit systems that edit DVCProHD for the past year. Now, I will say that the cost of the system is on the pricey side but piece of mind is well worth it. The system approximately ran about $32k, if I’m not mistaken, but ours additional addons that aren’t normally included, including about $3000 for installation. A piece of personal advice on the installation, have the fibre channel installed by a qualified installer before you receive your unit and save the install cost.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com
https://blogs.creativecow.net/waynecarey

[Chuck Spaulding]

Thanks for the replies.

Currently I have two FCP work stations with 3TB’s each of fiber channel storage and a third workstation [FCP/Graphics] with about 4TB’s of SCSI and three 1TB FW drives that are used for sneaker net.

This is plenty of storage but with all the artists working on the same projects its a real challenge trying to keep the filesystem organized. It takes an incredible amount of time either rendering new render files, because inevitably the sequence was created on the “other” system, or copying data from workstation to workstation.

I’m hoping to retire the SCSI and be able to attach the current fiber channel storage to the Terrablock so that I have about 10 to 12TB’s of shared storage.

How well does FCP work in a shared file system environment?

[Mark Maness]

[Chuck Spaulding] “How well does FCP work in a shared file system environment?”

Great! No problems or issues to speak of… Now, I will say that you have to adjust your workflow some to make the TerraBlock work for your company. Progress always includes some growing pains. But let me say that the growing pains are very minimal and just seem more like personal workflow issues. We have adjusted very very well and organization is the real key to how you make this work.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com
https://blogs.creativecow.net/waynecarey