[Tim Vaughan]

Just FYI, I had tried to do a fresh install of Leopard a month or two ago, and found out the hard way they do not have a stand alone installer for XSan. You have to install on 10.4.x and upgrade your OS, then update the XAdmin. Just in case….

Tim

[Tim Vaughan]

Money anyone?
(found this on the web)

LVM-230W

23″ Multi-Format LCD Monitor (Rack Mount Kit & Desktop Stand Included)

$5,795
LVM-230WD

Dual-Link version of LVM-230W

$7,795
LVM-240W

24″ Multi-Format LCD Monitor – Native HD/SD (Rack Mount Kit & Desktop Stand Included)

$7,995
LVM-240WD

Dual-Link version of LVM-240W

$9,995
LVM-400W

40″ Multi-Format LCD Monitor – Native HD/SD

$9,995
LVM-400WD

Dual-Link version of LVM-460W

$11,995
LVM-460W

46″ Multi-Format LCD Monitor – Native HD/SD

$11,995
LVM-460WD

Dual-Link version of LVM-460W

$13,995
LVM-570W

57″ Multi-Format LCD Monitor – Native HD/SD

$17,995
LVM-570WD

Dual-Link version of LVM-570W

$19,995

[Tim Vaughan]

We had a huge problem with XSan once we upgradaed the machines to Leopard. It was weird, actually, as it worked fine for a week, then suddenly we lost connections and weird problems all around. Soon after, the fibre cards to the fibre switch lost connection, and firewire drives were randomly dropping out and it would take a day or two before they would come back.
Our solution was to reinstall (fresh) 10.4.x and rebuild the array. Once downgraded, everything has been working like a charm. I am not at all thrilled with the new OS. –And, to my knowledge, there isn’t a stand alone installer for XSan on 10.5. (at least I couldn’t find anywhere) -Have to install on 10.4 and “upgrade” all. But that’s just my humble opinion…
–And we are running 6.0.2 which had been running like a charm

Tim
-G5 Quad PPC
-G4
-Macbook Pro’s (G4,G5)
-XRAID
-XSERVE
-iMac

[Tim Vaughan]

To my knowledge, yes, you are able to put CS3 on a desktop and a laptop. I am currently using that exact scenario.

Tim

[Tim Vaughan]

https://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/ae50_e.html

Card dance is a good way…–if in psd, convert the text layers in to editable text to maintain that vector base, non pixelated look with motion blur. But that’s my humble opinion….

Tim

[Tim Vaughan]

We’ve been using FCP and XSAN for a few years now and haven’t really had any problems to speak. We churn out HD, HDV, and LoDef on a regular basis and it has run like a charm

Tim

[Tim Vaughan]

BUT, if you must use firewire, go with F/W 800. And Western Digital makes a good drive. We’ve had quite a few problems with the Lacie big disks. The 1TB of the western digital can get a bit noisy with the fans, but the 500gb have been perfect for us.

Tim

[Tim Vaughan]

Nope. Actually, I quit, restarted, and now it works. Weird…..

[Tim Vaughan]

Weird, but suddenly my period key doesn’t do my audio render….maybe I turned something off?….

[Tim Vaughan]

Alot of times, it has to do with the internal programs viewer window size. For instance, if you are watching your rendered movie on a view window of 113%, it will look fuzzy. Also, if the file is not rendered within your program, you may also see an ugly picture. Also, make sure your settings match. (if you are dealing with a 720×480 file and add a 720×486 file, it may appear to be a little weird)

Hope this helps
Tim