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Erik Freid
October 22, 2012 at 7:58 pm in reply to: Sending large fils over the net. Film 50 min

Hi Angelo,

I tired it, it took about 5 hours for a 7.5 GB file, up and another 4.5 hours down. so it worked but very slow average 285KB/sec. Using my service it took 2 hours up and 1.5 hours down about 1500KB/sec and that is simple FTP/HTTP.

so it works if you have the time.

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com
Erik Freid
October 19, 2012 at 8:51 pm in reply to: Sending large fils over the net. Film 50 min

thanks aAngelo, I actually use DB for documents all the time, maybe I will see how long a 4 GB file takes to sync

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com
Erik Freid
October 19, 2012 at 2:31 pm in reply to: Sending large fils over the net. Film 50 min

You would need to define “large file” all the services like Dropbox, box.net, yousendit, all have a 2 GB file size limit. If you 50 min movie is larger you would need something like FTP which if set up correctly can do 4-5 GB reliably (larger can be done but not reliable) or if larger than that UDP and file acceleration which file size makes no difference.

Or of course a hard drive or thumb drive via mail is always easy and reliable.

Erik

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com
Erik Freid
December 15, 2011 at 2:13 pm in reply to: mac shared storage

Hi Bob,

Having worked with San Solutions at the last Broadcast facility I worked at, I can give them a big thumbs up. If you need mission critical (Ie ready to air), zero down time and bulletproof, they are the guys, seriously if they see problems a guy is at your door in 24 hours or less it it cannot be fixed via VPN/remote access. Not inexpensive (so probably not for this forum) but the best I have worked with.

Harry Aine the president developed what is now Stornext. And I have had great service from Drew and Bill on the design and support side.

Erik

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com
Erik Freid
December 9, 2011 at 2:39 pm in reply to: Sending HUGE files around

Hi George,

See this cross post form the digital delivery group. https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/312/11

Basically for files over 4-6GB to have regular transfer success you will have to go UDP (Apsera, Siginiant, File Catalyst) And for timely delivery probably at a minimum an T3 or OC line line. Here is a link to a bandwidth calculator https://bandwidth.com/tools/calc.html

Keep in mind that if your line out is also being used for regular internet traffic by employees other tasks etc. the calc above assumes dedicated line and a protocol that can take advantage of it (ie UDP, FTP cannot take advantage over 5-6Mbit MAX) so assume real world times double or more the calculator time.

Erik

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com
Erik Freid
November 14, 2011 at 2:29 pm in reply to: Avid Media Composer and sharing media on a SAN

David,

What we are trying to tell you is that there is no way in Avid to just point to media on a SAN and just “use it” unless you have only one Avid on your SAN. It is not about project sharing, it is about SAN file access management (and Avid system database management)so you do not corrupt your media, or delete it all together. If you are using FCP on a SAN you are using X-SAN which is doing this for you. You need SOMETHING to do this that works with Avid (X-SAN does not, nor does stornext which is the same thing) If you want a cheap solution, Fibre Jet or SANmp both are between 1000-1500 per seat, and you need it on all systems accessing the media.

If money is not a concern then just get an Avid ISIS, Terrablock, Editshare, GraniteSTOR, SAN solutions, or another per-configured system that is known to work with Avid (and most will also work with FCP systems).

Regardless, a SAN is not easy to build, hire an integrator like Bob, Matt, or Steve, they will all do you right and save you money in the log run by avoiding downtime or dead end solutions.

Erik

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com
Erik Freid
November 9, 2011 at 9:00 pm in reply to: Avid Media Composer and sharing media on a SAN

Hi David,

The world of Avid is not that easy unfortunately. It will not work on a SAN sharing media unless you use Unity or one of the products you note above, Avid’s naming conventions are basically the same and sequential so two systems connected to the SAN would overwrite the other, not knowing which system is correct. and while you can read one to many, only one had permission to write to avoid corrupt media. There are better people than I on the who can explain the minutiae and nuts and bolts to SAN management.

I would add two other systems to the above, Facilis terrablock a SAN hardware/software solution and commandsoft fibrejet, a SAN management software, works on almost any SAN

Erik

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com
Erik Freid
September 7, 2011 at 4:10 pm in reply to: Sharing Video Files With Clients

Focus Mediashare was powered by MediaSilo, Once VITEC bought Focus Enhancements they discontinued the service and all existing clients migrated to MediaSilo. Check us out we will be releasing a new version in a few months. FTP access and 4GB plus upload/download sizes plus web/mobile friendly proxies. Plus searchable metadata and tagging, per user security access following MPAA best practices.

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com
Erik Freid
August 9, 2011 at 2:21 pm in reply to: Avid

Hi Chris,

Look at Editshare & Facilis both work with Avid, and have for a long time. Also commandsoft Fibrejet as Avid friendly SAN admin.

As far a as having a Unity or ISIS management on a third party SAN. Maybe, but do not think soon. Remember Avid is a hardware & software manufacturer.

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com
Erik Freid
June 24, 2011 at 5:42 pm in reply to: Creative COW podcast on FCPX: Nonsense, disinformation and FUD

I do have to say as standard Ops practice no edit/graphics workstation (anything with client content) should even be hooked up to the internet, so how do you expect to access the app store to begin with? You cannot download the app on one computer, save it to a thumb drive and load it on another. It is not feasible in large professional shops that take security seriously and maintain dozens of edit stations.

Erik

Erik Freid | MediaSilo, Inc
207 South Street | Third Floor | Boston, MA 02111
t. 617.423.6200, m. 617.306.8632, f. 617.507.8577
http://www.mediaSilo.com erik@mediasilo.com

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