Bob Zelin
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Hi –
it’s amazing that when you UPDATE THE FIRMWARE of the Thecus, all of a sudden, all the stuff that doesnt’ work, starts to work. I installed the 10G card (which I could not get to work for the life of me), and now that the firmware is updated, the 10G card is seen, and I can assign an IP address, and everything communicates via AFP for SMB without issue, and it’s fast.My only regret is that it took so long to figure this out, as there is no direct support from Thecus, and the manual was not verbose enough.
but it’s a great unit.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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create an 8 bay array, RAID 6. this is the safest way to go.
And do single drive backups of this.Bob Zelin
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Rescue 1, Inc.
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you have now realized what many people on this forum have gone thru. HP StorOpen is full of bugs, and is not reliable. This is why most of us use products from Tolis Group or Imagine Products (or others that are reliable).
Bob Zelin
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great article –
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6. Always Follow-UpIt is amazing that if you “stalk” your customers (which is illegal with women, but not illegal with customers), that people will eventually hire you. Those that think “well, I don’t want to bother them, and I don’t want to be too aggressive” – do you think that when you make that third call, your potential client actually says “well, I was going to hire that guy, but he is such a pain in the butt with all these phone calls, well now, I am never going to consider hiring him” – are you kidding me ! NO ONE CARES (at least not men) – you keep calling, and they will eventually give in, and give you a shot – even if it is years down the line.
Bob Zelin
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quick summary to my last post on this subject –
“who is Walter Biscardi ?”
Anyone that can’t answer that question should not be allowed to work in the post production industry.
Bob Zelin
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I LOVE Ned’s Post –
Ned writes –1) Who is Ned Miller?
2) Get me Ned Miller
3) Get me a YOUNG Ned Miller (meaning I’m considered too expensive)
4) Who is Ned Miller?Let me translate, for those too young to understand. In #1, you are no one, and you work your behind off to become someone. Then “everyone” says “get me Ned Miller” (or get me Bob Zelin). Then Bob Zelin gets too expensive, and “they say” get me someone like Bob Zelin or Ned Miller, but who charges half that amount”.
As the years go by, the “new kids” who are now 30 years old are starting to become established, and unlike the “old time professionals”, these new successful kids have NO IDEA of who Ned Miller or Bob Zelin are, and we may contact them, and they say “who are you”. Which for us “professionals” is the ultimate insult, and we want to say “don’t you know who I am” – but in reality, we are no one, because there is probably some 35 year old that can run rings around what we do. If you don’t want to face up to these facts, that the world keeps changing, and if you don’t keep up, and keep fighting, you will be unemployed, and forgotten, then you should NEVER consider going into this (or any) hi technology business. Because the #1 Panavision Cinematographer is NO ONE to a 30 year old producer that want to shoot with a RED Epic Dragon, and the 60 year old Academy Award DP can only say “6K, what is 6K”.If you don’t like this reality, just get a job, and have a family.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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aah – the innocent, starting in our “cool” industry, with your “cool” job. You will eventually realize several things.
1) working for anyone sucks
2) unless you become SO GOOD at ONE THING (so that it is boring to you), no one will ever believe that you are good. So the only way to become a “star” is to get SO GOOD at editing, color grading, producing, graphics, audio, wardrobe, lighting, etc. and do NOTHING ELSE FOR EVER, that people will say “wow, this guy is great at XYZ”. And you better love doing XYZ, because you will be doing XYZ for the rest of your life. So long, that it will become second nature to you, and BORING. For an analogy, if you ever need open heart surgery, you don’t want an ambitious young student doing his first heart operation on you – you want THE OLD GUY, that has done thousands of bypass operations, and valve replacements. This guy, THE OLD GUY has NO IDEA about dermatology, or colo-rectal surgery, or opthamology, or orthopeadics – he is a HEART SURGEON, and he knows it SO WELL, that it is no longer a challenge to him. It’s just his job, and he makes a lot of money at it, and his only pleasure is to go golfing, or boating, or go on vacation with his wife. THAT IS LIFE.When the stuff that you love to do is SO DAMN COOL YOU CANT BELIEVE YOU ARE DOING IT, no one wants you. When in fact you are so damn good at “job XYZ” that “everyone” knows that you are “THE GUY” and that they would be a fool not to hire you, then you have succeeded in your career. But you have done it SO MANY TIMES, that you are bored, and would rather do anything else. You don’t get to play basketball when you are a football player.
What you do is a job, and you work for a company. One day, if you continue at this, you will be independent, have your own company, and people will hire you, and pay you to do what you do best (producing, directing, editing, whatever). That is the only goal you should have. Because if you work for THE BIG COMPANY (like a TV Station or Cable Station), one day you will be fired, and they will hire some kid JUST LIKE YOU to replace you, because you make too much money, and they just don’t want people like you there anymore, because AVID, Blackmagic, AJA, Sony, Adobe, etc. are not COOL anymore, and all the cool kids (it’s 20 years from now) are using BRAND XYZ, and you don’t know brand XYZ, and you are getting paid 4 times what these kids will take, and they already know BRAND XYZ, so you are out on your ass.
Learn as much as you can, never stop learning, never stop meeting clients, including your bosses clients right now. Do this forever, and you will do fine.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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I guess they are not that much in a hurry, as no one mentioned has heard from “your friend”.
Bob Zelin
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10.9.4 and 10.9.5 work perfectly with OS X Server, and the Areca RAID array.
You now see what happens when you try to “build it yourself”. Things don’t always work out well.Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
bobzelin@icloud.com