Chris Tomberlin
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Mathew,
Also consider the CommandSoft’s Fibrejet. I have almost EXACLTY the setup you are looking to build – three G5s, a gigabit network with a file server, an Xserve Raid, a SanBox fibre switch, and FibreJet instead of Xsan. It would suit your needs perfectly, be much more simple to set up and is faster at most things than Xsan is (though I have not tested Xsan directly, I have tested other SAN software that works the same way. Especially on large projects, Fibbrejet is WAY faster). Cost is about the same. CommandSofts support is great and you can always get someone on the phone or a fast reply to an email. I put all this together myself. CommandSoft will also do some turnkey stuff I think, and they will certainly help you with configuration. Its really not all that difficult.
Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions.
Chris(at)outpostpictures.comChris Tomberlin
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I also think this would be a great feature (but on the Mac side). I suggested it to the guys at BMD a LONG time ago, but there may just be technical hurdles to making this happen. See what NAB brings, then perhaps we can start a petition for mpeg2 encoding from the SDI input of BMD cards. Sure could be a timesaver.
Chris Tomberlin
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