Media Cache on Shared Network

[Anthony Bernard]

The issue with saving files to the SAN was that each time a project was opened it seemed to have to re-cache the files, even when it was the same user on the same computer the files were originally cached from.

The major issue with cache files and multiple users is that each time a user logs into a computer for the first time you have to set their premiere preferences to cache files to the common location. If you don’t do this for each new user before opening/starting a project then the files will cache to the default location in the users library.

The solution we will be implementing soon is two fold. First we will have a single shared log in for each edit system. ie) “Edit 1” instead of “first name.last name”. Second we are going to connect an external thunderbolt drive that will be the dedicated media cache for each system.