[MacDV] XRAID network

[Richard Brown]

Just saw this older post...

The coolness you wish to have as described is the territory of 
dedicated hardware more than ordinary SAN/NAS implementations. Quantel 
has all the facilities you describe and more in its proprietary mass 
storage system, designed specifically around editing. However, the 
XRAID system provides excellent bang for the buck, and will certainly 
provide at least some of the capabilities you desire, as DVCAM, like 
MiniDV, is a minimal throughput scenario, only a few MB/sec. It's in 
the ability to read/write - access the same frames from multiple 
stations, and the like, where things may get a bit dicey. It takes a 
special breed of hardware and software to make such things flawless. As 
it happens, we are considering a similar implementation at our 
facility. Will advise when we hammer it for a while. Throwing a million 
or two at scenarios like this will definitely provide liquid, versatile 
solutions in the proprietary world, but this is the era of democratized 
video, courtesy of Final Cut, which as we all know continues to 
redefine the post production landscape.

Richard Brown

On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 01:54 PM, Rodrigo Gómez wrote:

> He all,
>
>     At our company we are thinking to buy a XRAID (2.52 TB) in order 
> to edit
> from 4 stations (G4 / FinalCut ) in DVCAM format.
>
>     Is possible to capture or edit using the same material at the same 
> time
> from the 4 stations?, are the disk array and the gigabit network fast 
> enough
> to do that?
>
>     looking at the numbers (Disk and Network speed) seems to be 
> possible,
> any experiences, suggestions?
>
> Thanks all in advance
>
>
> -- 
> Rodrigo A. Gómez
> RAMCHILE
> http://www.ramchile.com
> rgomez at ramchile.com
> rgomez at mac.com
>
>
>
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