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Fibre San or 10Gbe
What road to choose in on going changing workflows which is now affordable in SAN or 10Gbe. With tapeless workflows uncompressed is lost in the crowded area of DNX HD, Apple ProRes HQ, XD CAM HD or MXF.
We had a peek into facilis, avid isis 5000, active san, small tree.
whats works best for shared storage for Smoke on Mac a fibre san or 10Gbe.
How would the setup look like in BOM. This is a typical Post Production facility for GEC.
60 numbers editing systems ( 8 Smoke on Mac and rest FCP edit systems, some could be Avid’s numbers not decided as yet )
10 GFX Systems Windows.
2 numbers ProTools HD and 2 Logic Pro.
Video Codec – XDCam HD or DNX HD or Apple ProRes HQ PAL Full HD frame size with 5.1 Audio.What road do we choose fibre san or 10Gbe.
Regrads,
Prinaay Singh
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I would recommend getting something that is flexible enough to adapt to the changes this industry will continue to throw at you by making sure the solution you choose today will be flexible enough to be relevant tomorrow. EVO shared storage server from Studio Network Solutions can do 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet/iSCSI and/or 4Gb or 8Gb fibrechannel. Mix and match however you like, all at the same time. EVO also does file, folder & volume sharing. Works with Mac, Windows and Linux & has no per-seat licenses fees. EVO easily deals with multi-stream XDCam HD, DNX HD, ProRes, uncompressed HD & 2k. Studio Network Solutions has been deploying shared storage solutions for the Media and Entertainment industry since 1998 and have many large seat count installs worldwide that would happy to speak with you about their experiences. Contact me directly if you would like to learn more.
Ryan Stoutenborough
Studio Network Solutions
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2 years back we did meet your representative in india broadcast show on MassTech stall. I think it was Nate Copper. I agree your with point today’s workflow demands a mix & match components where you could control investments to customize it.
I’ll get in touch you in direct.
Thanks
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Hi Prinaay,
My name is Stephen McKenna and I am the territory manager for Studio Network Solutions in India. I know Ryan replied to your post, but I just wanted to introduce myself and give you my contact info so we could talk more about this opportunity. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.
My contact info is as follows:
Email: smckenna@studionetworksolutions.com
Skype: SNS.SMCK
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For a GEC where the number of systems are large, my experience and observation is that while all are desired to be on a common shared storage system, some amount of planning helps. For instance not all 50 or whatever number actually need to share everything. So then, one can break them into functional groups where within a group everything is shared, but between or across groups only some things are shared.
This matters because as the number of concurrent users or ‘sharers’ increases, the BOM, complexity and cost of shared storage goes through the roof. Smaller groups of 10-15 sharing a dedicated shared storage and one ‘central storage’ shared by all groups but on an occasional basis makes for a more elegant storage model. Saves costs too.
I once deployed a large Omneon Media Grid for editing systems in a TV channel in India, only to find that they eventually divided it into volumes and various groups only shared a volume associated with their work.
The Omneon Media Grid which I termed OMG turned out to evoke such reactions, (in a not so positive manner) but that is another story.
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Neil Sadwelkar
neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com
twitter: fcpguru
FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant
Mumbai India
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