Tim Jones
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To get the CatDV / BRU connection to be transparent requires one more piece of the puzzle – DAX Broadcast Archive. DAX provides an archival management menu for CatDV and allows you to manage everything from right within the CatDV console.
Give our team a call for details on getting things implemented as we can provide the entire solution in one package. You can see an example package outlined here:
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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While I don’t envy your position, I can recommend NeoFinder as a potential short-term fix. Take a look here:
NeoFinder Disk Cataloging and Management
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Here’s another thought – take a look at David van Brink’s “qt_tools” collection and see if it will help. It allows you to create simple script files to batch process and convert clips from one format to another. Once you’ve installed the XD CODEC and can play the clips in Quicktime, you can use the qt_tools “qt_export” tool to convert the clips in one fell swoop. The XDCAM CODEC is part of the ProApps QT CODECs download here:
ProApps QuickTime Codecs v1.0.3
[qt_tools] can be downloaded here:
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Great news. It may be tedious, but at least you have access.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Have you reinstalled the Panasonic CODEC?
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters! -
If you’re talking standalone drives, the USB 3 interface will be faster than the 115MB/sec you’ll see from a single drive. Of course, that means that you’ll see the full 115MB/sec on a USB 3 interface while USB 2 will only provide 43MB/sec from the same drive.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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I’ve seen products from these guys work really well in some tough environments:
Enhance Technology Desktop 5 bay FW800 RAID/JBOD Storage
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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I just moved the disks from the La Cie over to a SAS chassis – no change in formatting and the difference is astonishing, so there’s definitely something in the USB 3 layer that’s causing a reduction in I/O:
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters! -
I need to dig further into the performance issue. Logic and aggregate disk performance imply that speeds over 400MB/sec should be achievable, but I don’t see it.
It turns out that we had the LaCie in the lab and I was able to run BM Disk Speed Test on it with my Mac Book Pro (4, 7200RPM Seagate Constellation .3 drives RAID 0) and it looks like the 245MB/sec claim is right on for bursting. Here’s the result I got after 25 runs (pic’s worth 1,000, and all that):
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters! -
With USB 3, you can theoretically achieve 500MB/sec of I/O, so I’m not sure where they came up with the 245MB/sec unless it’s limited because they default it to RAID 5.
However, using RAID 0 (striping) with the 4 disks would be better since you would be able to get to around 300MB/sec to 400MB/sec easily (which doesn’t saturate the USB 3 bandwidth).
Remember, RAID 5 only protects if you have a disk failure, not if you overwrite or delete something, so be sure that you’re using a good backup workflow. And, if you’re backing up, I would recommend RAID 0 over RAID 5 for the added speed and capacity (1 disk worth).
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters!
