Tim Jones
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While I totally agree that the HP Z820 is a killer solution, the pricing for the machine he describes is over $10K so he must have picked it up from a reseller that discounts (conjecture here, but I know what I paid). You can build it for less if you’re a DIY kind of user, but Apple’s pricing for a fully loaded Mac Pro is right on line with the Z820.
I also use both and I use PP / AE on both. PP and AE are much more responsive thanks to the Nvidia Kepler infrastructure (the PP / AE products don’t support Apple’s ATI GPUs – yet), so I will definitely give the nod to the HP and Windows 8.1 for now.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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I’d put all of your media onto the Dynamic striped array. You’ll see around 380MB/sec which is plenty for everything that you’re doing in PP and AE.
Yes, striping is RAID 0, but when you manage the disks in the Windows Disk Manager, they are referred to as Striped Volumes. To create the dynamic volume, see this guide:
Creating a Striped Dynamic Volume
As for your normal Windows stuff, I’d just leave it on the normal C: drive.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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I would use 1 SSD for boot and OS, the second SSD for apps. I would then create a striped dynamic disk from the three 1TB drives for performance and capacity.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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And I just got an update to the Apple QT Codecs package that includes a new AVC Intra CODEC! So, maybe we’re not limited to .MOV wrapped MXF after all…
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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I Mentioned that because I needed it for some clips. I just realized that my other MXF files are being handled by MXF4Mac and MXFImport.
So, I guess the real answer to your question is yes, it still appears to need the wrapper.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Argh – I typed AVCCAM and Apple’s autocorrect grabbed AVCHD from my saved entries …
Sorry – that’s what I meant :/.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Do you have the AVCCAM plugin loaded?
That allows you to work with the AVCHD files directly.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters! -
This is one that we have in as a feature request for change. The days of 100bT networking is very well in the past. There really is no real reason to stick with this limitation from a technology standpoint.
Let the user determine if their infrastructure is too limited for real use.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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To summarize for everyone else being entertained by this thread – my only points are:
- LTFS is a simple format, like HFS+ or NTFS for tape
- LTFS doesn’t offer features that should be included at the low level such as verification, spanning, or robust protection from I/O failures.
- There are documented failures of LTFS mount compatibility issues
- You can add forms of these missing features and protections by purchasing other, wrapper solutions – which are as proprietary as any other tape solution.
- The cost for these wrappers is not included in the LTFS layer and can cost many thousands of dollars (with PRP being the notable exception at $499).
The other vendors have felt it necessary to argue their point that LTFS is great but have provided nothing to refute any of these points.
Doug, my SDNA pricing statement wasn’t inaccurate, so don’t try to paint me in a bad light here. It just wasn’t your cheapest solution. You then went on to try and belittle the $499 that we and Image Products charge for our software-only options by implying that you get less and that they are bad options.
Plus, if one person reads through this thread and questions the marketing claims that are being made – even if they decide to go with an LTFS-based solution – this discussion is not a dead horse.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Doug,
You’re correct, they got an SDNA quote (and a Cache-A quote, and a Quantum quote, and a SpectraLogic quote) and then bought our solution.
You (and others) have chosen to take the LTFS path as your primary tape format. This is a good thing because you have all brought many of the features that LTFS should have had built in to your users. We have chosen to support LTFS in a secondary roll with an understanding of its weaknesses and strengths. My point is that TANSTAAFL – LTFS is what it is, but you pay extra – very much extra in some cases – to make LTFS truly useable.
We sell a lot of BRU solutions to users that started with an LTFS option and became frustrated with the issues. The purpose of a backup / archival solution is to make sure that you can get the data back later. This is our focus – the reliability of the data written to the archival device regardless of it’s type / technology. This is also why we don’t write a MAM/DAM and instead partner with others to provide that part of the solution.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters!