AVID LanShare EX

[Jason]

sorry. we are also running OSX v. 10.2.6 on dual 1.25ghz G4’s

[Rj Hewitt]

Jason,

We’re using LANShare EX2 with 7 Windows XP clients running NewsCutter XP in combination with Avid Media Manager over a gigabit network. We had a number of issues due to incorrect client configuration but other than that it works like a dream and appears as a network/multiple network drives on the client end. Each configured workspace appears as a separate ‘virtual’ network drive. Just make sure the Avid Connection Manager application has started and connected before launching your editing apps.

In use now since Jan ’05 and nothing but praise for it.

[Jason]

thanks that really helps. hoping to get ours in the next few weeks so we’ll see how it goes.

[Chris Magid]

I strongly recomend you also look at the Terrablock from Facilis. We were considering a LanShare EX and opted for the Terrablock instead. Depends what your needs are.

Nothing gives you the project level integration an Avid Unity based product will.

But there are some other solutions which offer more raw bandwidth and 1:1 streams per seat, more availabile fiber channel seats and greater amount of storage for the same price as a LanshareEX or less.

File level SANS like Lanshare sure do offer a lot of flexibility without any true access restrictions. Volume level SANS like Terrablock restrict write access to one user per volume (partition) at a time. This is not as restrictive as it sounds, but may be a headache for some workflows. However, volume level SANS are typically much easier to maintain.

Editshare is another product deserving of a look if you desire ethernet only connectivity.

chris magid
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