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Cache-A LTO-4 for P2 Archiving
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That’s right. Only thing in that flow is a cisco Gb DHCP router because it has to be there. The Cache-A is mounted and is mapped as a network drive share as well. Not sure that helps but I know p2cms requires a drive letter to offload.
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I have not tried your method, Mike. I usally offload to my raid, edit metadata, and then move everything (when project is complete) to the NAS situation I explained earlier for temporary protected storage, then once that fills up, I make a tape. I will have to try your method to see what I get.
Jeremy
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Jeremy – I’m going to wait on the purchase of the Cache-A appliance for now. I’m just not 100% sold on it yet. In the meantime, I’ve been looking at various NAS RAIDs. Can you make a suggestion or two which direction/brand to go with? I’m looking at RAID 5 over a Gb network. I’ve read a bunch about Netgear and the LaCie 5Big. Your thoughts?
Thanks!
~Mike~
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Hi, Mike.
What Netgear? I don’t have any experince with those.
What are you planning to do when the drive gets full? Just swap in another 5 hard drives?
Jeremy
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If you do a search on B&H for Netgear it will return about 91 hits for the complete line. Some disco’d, some accepting orders and the rest in stock. I’m just looking for something short term in addition to my Blu-ray and HDD archives until I can decide if LTO-4 is the solution I want to go with.
~M~
Mike Healey Productions, Inc.
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[Mike Healey] ” I’m just looking for something short term”
If it’s short term, then I would just buy more HDDs and double them up.
What’s holding you back from the LTO4?
Jeremy
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The Cache-A solution seems ok for backing up projects and assets but my priority is managing daily P2 footage as well as backing up projects.
I\’ll shoot something in the morning, have to offload cards and shoot something in the afternoon. I\’d like to be able to offload directly to an appliance and manage those assets later. The Cache-A is not designed for that but Tom Goldberg told me they have gotten several requests from others and plan to add that to the workflow.
Mike Healey Productions, Inc.
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[Mike Healey] ” I\’d like to be able to offload directly to an appliance and manage those assets later.”
The Cache-A (in it’s current form) is definitely something that is meant as a longer term archving solution, not an intermediaite.
Have you seen this? I have not tried it and can’t vouche for it.
https://blog.abelcine.com/2009/08/25/nexto-video-storage-pro-2/
Jeremy
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Neat gadget with potential. Thanks for sharing!
~Mike~
Mike Healey Productions, Inc.
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Dear Helmut,
Are you aware of any PCI-X SAS cards for the G5?Thanks for the review of your LTO4 workflow!
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