[Michael Orlansky]

Anyone? Anyone?…

Thanks,
Mike

[Michael Orlansky]

Thanks for the advice and suggestions everyone. I was speaking about internal workflow but delivery is in question as well. I’ll have to wait and see what the delivery specifications are before I can make a final determination on that. Thanks everyone.

Thanks,
Mike

[Michael Orlansky]

Thanks Shane. I assumed I would end up using ProRes as well. I suppose when I install my AJA card it will give me all the additional PAL ProRes codecs I need.

Thanks,
Mike

[Michael Orlansky]

Clients shouldn’t grow to any more than 10 (realistically I’m thinking more like 5-7). We’ll be doing SD and HD promo’s in PAL (that’s another issue I’ll have to deal with). It’s going mainly be a final cut pro based facility with After Effects and some Photoshop work as well. I could see our storage needs growing a lot considering it will eventually become a digital file based workflow.

Thanks,
Mike

[Michael Orlansky]

Thanks Bob. I’ve been scouring this forum for the past week or so and have read just about every post you wrote about the different systems. I will look into them further to see what’s what. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks,
Mike

[Michael Orlansky]

Dave, great advice, I truly appreciate it. I have a lot to think about but perhaps sticking with a traditional SAN is still the best option.

Thanks,
Mike

[Michael Orlansky]

Thanks Dave, these are the comments I’m looking for. I know the initial installation is a 3 box minimum. You currently have 4, are you saying if you wanted to simply add another box to expand storage you need to get another 3 nodes, not just 1?

Have you seen any bandwith issues having 5 or 6 people hitting the Isilon editing HD?

It seems like you would still favor a traditional SAN which clearly has the advantage for throughput. If managing an Isilon is not as simple as they make it sound maybe it’s better to stick with the devil I know than the one I don’t…

Of course that has its own problems, no more xserve! I won’t be building this system out for at least 6 months.

Thanks,
Mike

[Michael Orlansky]

Yes, I should have been more clear. It’s my first build out alone. If any other Isilon users out there would care to opine I would love to hear it. Thanks!

Thanks,
Mike

[Michael Orlansky]

Thanks for the info Caspian. I’m quite familiar with Xsan as I’ve been working with it for the past 3+ years, I just wanted to get a sense from those using Isilon what they thought of it; as well as other solutions out there. I appreciate your response.

Thanks,
Mike

[Michael Orlansky]

Great, thanks Walter. I appreciate the quick response.

Thanks,
Mike