[Chris Smith]

Hi There,
We have been using an editshare field 2 connected via gigE and have found best performance and sharing across projects by storing the Media Cache on the NAS. It is then a shared media cache and saves time caching each time a project is opened on a different machine. We typically have about 7 Mac edit suites attached at any one time

Thanks
Chris

[Chris Smith]

One more question:
An interim step is needed to connect the storage (via the current Mac Pro) via 10gigE (Currently 1gigE) to a combo switch (10gig/gigE) and serving out gigE to client machines as is the case.

Any recommendations on a 10gigE PCI card for a Mac pro and a combo switch that will work for speed of video editing over 1gig

Thanks
Chris

[Chris Smith]

HI Alex,
That is correct. In the future that storage is to be upgraded to a straight NAS such as a Small Tree Box and be connected directly via gigE

The current setup is a Mac pro connected to storage via SAS, next step would be to swap out Mac Pro for maxed out mac mini, then finally to upgrade to managed storage such as the Small Tree

How does this sound to you?

Does the cabling need to be Cat6a or will cat6 suffice?

Thanks
Chris

[Chris Smith]

Thanks Eric and Alex,
Not doing it at the moment, so hard to test.

But I am sure I will see it again!

Thanks for all your help!

Chris

[Chris Smith]

Hi Everyone,

For those working with premiere pro cc on a NAS setup over gigE. Where are you setting your media cache and the media cache database?

I have read mixed thoughts on having both of these on each system locally, and having the media cache on the NAS and the database locally on the client machines

I was also hoping to add metadata while edits are going on with Prelude (add tape names, add comments etc.) This works perfectly on a local system running both premiere pro cc and prelude at once. You can add metadata to clips and the changes are reflected instantaneously within premiere cc, the XMP seems to be updated on a local level. But when working over the network the XMP metadata does not update across the NAS. Is this because this data is stored in the media cache database? Or is it stored in the meda cache files? Anyone else trying to get some more metadata added at a clip level this way?

Know there is a couple of questions here, but we seem to have our NAS setup dialed apart from the media cache setings..

Cheers
Chris Smith

[Chris Smith]

HI Angelo,
I have been reading up on your use of Adobe Bridge to manage digital assets at your station and I was wondering if you could help me with a couple of questions I have with this workflow.

I work in a mobile outside broadcast environment as a post supervisor on surfing events around the globe and am looking at a customisable system to keyword, rate and name content and card images with tight integration to our editors on Premiere. I have looked at catDV and am still looking at this as a viable option, but thought it was worth fleshing out bridge even further. We work off a sonnet RAID with to mac mini’s as metadata controllers running metaSAN to manage. Clients are connected via metaLAN over gigE.

My biggest question is related to the keywords and additional XMP metadata added to clips by bridge. In your experience has this caused corruption to any clips when accessed by other software or within the adobe environment itself? Where does this XMP metadata live? Doe sit adjust header information or anything which would take it offline, or make it unstable for use?

Just trying to wrap my head around your workflow..

Thanks
Chris

[Chris Smith]

Hey Ben,
I have had experience with the setup you are talking about. I recently did an OB where we had a Xt-2 connected to a GigE network with and IP director to manage it (X-File running on the IP Director machine). We then used IP to manage the labelled clips (clipped up by IP director and LSM operator) to a Small Tree STRAID that had a mac pro as the file server. I then had up to six editors working simultaneously with this footage via the gigE network from a 6port card in the back of the mac pro. Worked really well! We were using prores 1080i50, and apart from a couple of hiccups there were no major fallovers..

I am now looking at incorporating Final Cut Server into this mix to manage the media coming from the XT-2 plus a whole other bunch of sources..

Anyway let me know if you would like any more information

Thanks
Chris

[Chris Smith]

Hi John,
I does find some of the files. But there was probably about 30 or so that are still missing. I have since done a deleted file scan, after customizing the engine settings some more and it has found some more of the files, but then it had a general error while recovering the lot. So I am trying that again.

I will post results if it do happen to get everything back…

Cheers
chris

[Chris Smith]

Hi David,
Thanks for the quick response. Good to know so I don’t spend too much time working on the impossible!
Cheers
Chris