[John Baumchen]

I once had a client ask me how much it would cost to make a video. I explained to him that as much as I’d like to give him a price, his question was like asking a builder how much it would cost to build a house. How many rooms,……..what materials…..

[John Baumchen]

We’ve decided to add a data tape backup to the SAN as well as Blu-ray burners on each edit station.

So the project files and video will be on the SAn, backed up on datatape AND blu-ray disks. That should provide enough redundancy and format variation should we have to edit a project in the future or need to restore some files.

[John Baumchen]

Emre,

Thanks for your suggestion about the tape. Would you let me know the details of what tape system you’re using?

Cheers.

[John Baumchen]

We’re about to embark on the P2 tapeless work flow ourselves and have decided to use blueray to burn the video onto a DVD as data files for archiving. At 50GB, we should be able to get most footage onto a single disk. Not sure if we should also put in some sort of tape back-up as well.

[John Baumchen]

If it isn’t driving business your way then it’s a waste of money.

[John Baumchen]

I used to quote much like Nick does but I’d add in a set number of hours at x amount/hr for on site taping and post production.

That way if they wanted more time, it was easy to do up a change request with the additional time and charge accordingly.

[John Baumchen]

You’ll always pull a better key using the progressive mode. Go with the 720P.

[John Baumchen]

Thanks for your insight Blair. As for being up-to-speed on SAN’s, I’m a noob. Having a technical background allows me to read and understand specs, but it seems that there are so many ways to list one’s specs, that I have to admit, I start believing the marketing guys, a fatal choice I know.

I’ve decided to contact some other video types at other government agencies to see what they are using, what they like, what they’d do different, and what they paid. If/when we are going to buy something, our IT guys are footing the bill so I’ll give them the specs, and they can go to GSA.

Appreciate your help.

Cheers.

[John Baumchen]

Bob Zelin Writes: Your research is DODO !!!!!

And just why do you think I’ve taken the time to post in this forum?

[John Baumchen]

Thanks Chris,

Fortuneately the guy who will be running the data center is a great person who I know will listen to our reccomendations. I’m leaning to a SAN because of the need for at least three workstations to access stored video at the same time, and as you pointed out, room for growth.

Cheers