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p2-workflow…sorry for redundancy!!
hi all,
i know this has been covered over and over…but there seems to be slight variations on suggestions. and i just want to be 100% certain i’ve got it right.
i’ll be shooting a documentary and expect about 200 hours of footage (shot at 720p on hpx170).
so, in terms of editing workflow, here is my plan:
offload p2 media onto OWC drives (i will initially get a 2tb/7200rpm and when that fills up get another 2tb drive). these will be used as backup drives.
then, in FCP, i import the media from the OWC backup drive into FCP (media drive will be caldigit raid array)…
at this point, do you suggest i do a raid 1? so media will be backed up on Caldigit drive, as well as on the OWC backup drive? or is that overkill and should i just import media onto caldigit so there is only 1 copy of the media and rely on OWC for only backup?
thanks very much for any and all suggestions…i appreciate it.
goro
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4 Replies
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We run our systems on a raid 10 set up and keep the main media there. Then we back them up to a additional raid 1 drive (GSAFE from g-tech) incase of accidental erasure.
Our long term deep archive is the gsafe drives+vxa tape. That way we sleep better at night.
Hope this helps.
Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com -
“gsafe drives+vxa tape” Please tell me more about this archiving solution.
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It s quite simple.
When we return from filming, the P2 content is ingested into our main drives, those drives (only the p2 content) are immediately backed up to Gsafe drives (raid 1 mirrored from g-technology) with a structure that allows us to keep track of its content. Once a week this content and project files are backed up to a VXA (a tape based systems). The VXA is our deep archive (you can use LTO tape from quantum as well) and can hold 600GB in a very small package ($100 for one cartridge).
-The gsafe allows us to immediately retrieve date incase of a failure or accidental erasure of the original material.
-VXA allows us to store in the long term.
-We do not delete the materials on the gsafe just daisy chain them to new drives when they get full.
-We store the VXA tapes in a separate location incase of fire, flood, raining frogs.hope this helps.
Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com -
Thank you.
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