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buliding a full HD editing system
hey guys
My partner and I were asked to put a plan for full HD editing system, with 4 edit stations sharing the same media and we were hoping to get some suggestion from you.so– 3 edit stations (MAC Pro Quad-Core)
– Final Cut Studio 2
– FC server (because our client is going to be in a different country)
– we were looking at 24 TB G raids
– output is going to be both HD and SD
– AJA Kona since we are going to have SD material as well
– lots of Motion workhow much RAM will we need?
what about the graphic card?
what about Fibre Channel cable?
what about xserver? will we need that?
what about MAC server?many thanks in advance
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First off, NAB is April 20th and if Apple does announce a new Studio package, it may change the system configuration you want to get. So if you can wait on the final order until that date, it would be a good thing. Certainly do all your homework now, but if you can wait on ordering until we see what apple does, that would be good.
What type of media are you planning to cut? ProRes? Uncompressed? What?
I’m asking because Final Share from Maxx Digital has us running 6 workstations with 16TB shared storage for under $20,000 U.S. We’re using Ethernet for all the connections running up to 1080i/60 ProRes HD. Here’s an article I just wrote about the system for the Creative Cow.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/biscardi_walter/media_san.phpFibre Channel will require a host card in each machine, some sort of a server management tool and a lot more to share that 24TB G Speed across the multiple workstations, you’re probably looking at the XL model. You definitely want to bring in a consultant if you go Fibre Channel. My particular solution would have been over $45,000 if we went that route and I could not afford that much. If you’ve never done Fibre Channel before, you will want someone who has to consult with. Bob Zelin here on the Cow is an outstanding engineer who has done a lot of work for our shop.
On the Mac Pros, at least 1GB RAM per core is recommended. ATI Graphics cards are recommended if you are going to do a lot of work in Color.
What about your broadcast monitor? We just invested in Flanders Scientific LCD monitors as they are the best quality monitors I’ve seen at that price. Pretty much a CRT replacement. They are the yellow banners here in the forum or you can go to shopFSI.com. I have multiple postings about their products in my Blog.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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Call Adam Hatch at ProMax (949-861-2716), he can spec out the system and put it all together for you. We used them to put together our current system. We have two edit stations and a 12 TB RAID.
Their service and workmanship are super. They will have a booth at NAB. Check them out.
800.977.6629Certified Final Cut Pro editor with my own editing system and HD camera.
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