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AVID hardware question
Hi,
I’m and AVID newbie so apologies if any of this does not make sense but I have been asked to provide some IT support for a production company using the system. Their old AVID system (an HP XW8000) recently fried (motherboard and power supply are both dead, I’ve not tested any other components) and they replaced it with a new system.
I investigated replacing the components in the old system to rebuild it for backup purposes (ie if the main system fails) but it wasn’t really cost effective (particularly if other compnents such as the processors and memory are also fried). My understanding from them is that most of the heavy duty processing is done by the adrenaline box so my question is:
Would it be feasable to rebuild the old system cheaply using a single Core 2 Duo motherboard / processor combo purely to keep as a backup for the main system in case it fails in the mjiddle of an edit? I’m not looking to rebuild it as an operational machine, merely something which would be usable until the main system could be repaired / replaced in an emergency.
Any help / advice on things to watch out for would be appreciated.
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3 Replies
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The awful truth is: the Adrenaline is a very pretty breakout box. Not much, if any, processing happening there.
It can support the HD card, which enables DNxHD codecs. But even then, at version 2.5 (I think) of the Media Composer software, the hardware was cut loose from the software, and you could run software-only.
I highly recommend visiting the Avid web site and looking at the machine list certified by Avid, then making your hardware decisions accordingly. The Avid software is VERY particular about system configurations, especially sharing certain data busses (it does not like to share; that’s why you can’t use certain card slots in Avid systems), video cards and drivers, ancillary software like matching the version of Avid and version of Quicktime, etc.
Hope this helps some, and good luck with it!
Jon
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Thanks for your reply.
I’ll probably have to go back to the editor and try and get a better understanding of how the system all hangs together as I think at the minute it looks like too much of a minefield with my limited knowledge of the system.
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When in doubt, go to an Avid certified reseller and work up a system with them.
You’ll spend more, but it should work right out of the box without hassles.
If you do get any hassles, you have someone to go to you can pass the hassle off to that way!
Jon
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Lack of preparation or organization on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
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