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The "doughnut hole" between 48 ports and more is real PITA. In stacking just two S4810 with the 40Gb ports, is it possible to connect all 4 channels for 160Gb stacking fabric bandwidth instead of just two ports? All the diagrams and suck I can find only show 2 connections per switch being used for stacking... ______________ Jeremy M. Lang it4vfx |
Premiere 2014.1 and AJA? | ||||||
| posted by Rob LaRose on Oct. 20, 2014, 2:05 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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Good experiences or bad? Rob |
Dell-Force 10 stacking question | ||||||
| posted by Jeremy Lang on Oct. 20, 2014, 5:35 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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I may've been automoderated out for a couple mistypes in my original message, I never saw it appear anyway...? The "doughnut hole" between 48 10g ports and a big chassis continues to vex me. In stacking just two S4810 switches, using the 40Gb ports, is it possible to connect all 4 channels for 160Gb stacking fabric bandwidth instead of just two ports? All the diagrams and such I can find only show 2 connections per switch being used for stacking...But if the bandwidth could be doubled...? ______________ Jeremy M. Lang it4vfx |
Mellanox 10/40G Switches? | ||||||
| posted by Viet Nguyen on Oct. 20, 2014, 9:30 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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Any opinions onMellanox SFP+ Switches and/or opinions on usingMellanox QSFP Switches with breakout SFP+ cables? |
MOX on Indiegogo - An open source movie format for
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| posted by Fabrice Altman on Oct. 21, 2014, 5:35 a.m. | ||||||
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| FYI https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mox-file-format/ To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe |
Isilon used space issue (new-ish-user) | ||||||
| posted by Julian Firminger on Oct. 21, 2014, 7:45 a.m. | ||||||
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I have an SR open with EMC but thought Id open this up for a sanity check in case I'm missing something obvious. I have conflicting data on data usage on our cluster. Basically Im missing 150TB. du sSHk returns the files size of the primary share at ~200TB (this constitutes 99% of the data) InsightIQs FileSystem Performance Usage reporting reports the same number but isi status returns 350TB used. InsightIQs dashboard reports the same used space. So am I missing something mental here? Does du / InsightIQ FS perf not factor in the protection copies? Anyone else seen this behavior before? Another twist is, a block of about 100TB was deleted (from the cli using rm, not using tree delete) and we never saw that space returned. Prompting an operator to ask "does the Isilon have a trash can...". But i digress. Thanks in advance. Julian FirmingerSnr. Systems Administrator, United Broadcast Facilities Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Mechanical keyboard love. | ||||||
| posted by Saham Ali on Oct. 21, 2014, 12:15 p.m. | ||||||
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Just wanted to drop a note, I am one who loves the feel of a mechanical keyboard, and its been almost impossible to go to any studio and find one. My buddy just hooked me up with a nice little present. The Monoprice mechanical gaming keyboard! Been using it for the last 2 days, and I am in love! Clickety Clack FTW!!! Bit pricey, but worth it. Has good weight too. ,\|//, ( o - ) -oOO--(_)--Ooo----------------- Saham Ali Founder/Systems Engineer DvNT Technologies saham@dvnttechnologies.com 407.729.3584 - Direct .ooO ( ) Ooo. --\ ( ------( )------------------- \_) ) / (_/ |
MOX on Indiegogo - An open source movie format
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| posted by Jean-Francois Panisset on Oct. 21, 2014, 5:10 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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I am a bit puzzled as to what they want to do. They want to use MXF as a container format, and only support frame-by-framecodecs (Dirac, OpenEXR, DPX, PNG and JPEG), all of which already exists as open source code, and doesn't really address the real problem which is the IP jungle around anything but the most trivial codecs. So even if there is an open source implementation, you can't use it in a commercial setting without offering up a pound of flesh. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see QuickTime banished from our industry, but I'm not sure how this will help. JF On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Fabrice Altman <fabrice@studioaka.co.uk> wrote: FYI |
what bits make up a HVAC solution? | ||||||
| posted by Greg Whynott on Oct. 21, 2014, 5:30 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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We were looking at a space to lease, we said to the property manager during the initial viewing "if you build our data centre with 1000 amp service and 60 tons of HVAC, we'll take it" They said yes. fast forward a few months and now they are saying "we put the heat exchanger on the roof, and provide you chilled glycol, its up to you to install the condenser and blower units". Pulling what smells like car sales men tactics too, " we thought you understood this, its standard.".. My understanding of a HVAC solution is one that includes all the bits front to back to cool a space, not half of what is required to do so. What is your understanding of what an HVAC solution is? is it only the roof top component or is it an all encompassing solution that has everything required to cool down a space? |
Read performance firmware fix for Samsung 840 EVO SSDs | ||||||
| posted by Jean-Francois Panisset on Oct. 21, 2014, 11 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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http://www.computerworld.com/article/2836082/samsung-delivers-fix-for-ssd-slowdowns.html We've deployed 840 Pros, so far the fix (and problem?) seems to be specific to the EVO. On a related note, anyone played with the 850 Pros yet? JF |
Yosemite? | ||||||
| posted by James Bourne on Oct. 22, 2014, 1:05 a.m. | ||||||
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Anyone taken the plunge yet? Feedback / issues? Especially in regard to FCPX, Smoke and SMB ... Cheers, |
HDSDI->HDMI converter? | ||||||
| posted by on Oct. 22, 2014, 4:35 a.m. | ||||||
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| Hi, y'all
This is kind of a big ask i know, but is there anyone in Soho (London)
who has an HDSDI->HDMI converter, ie BM Mini or Aja etc, that they
wouldn't mind loaning us for a couple of days? Need to check out some
recent changes in Nuke's monitor out over SDI using our 4K Extreme
thanks!
- cal@bluebolt
On 22/10/14 07:29, Jimmy Christensen wrote:
> They are missing their highest goal :
>> $PRICE_OF_APPLE: Quicktime Player out-of-the-box support
>> - Jimmy
>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Fabrice Altman
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Free Racks | ||||||
| posted by on Oct. 22, 2014, 11:55 a.m. | ||||||
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| Hey there, I've got two racks that we're about to throw out and thought someone here may want to take them off of our hands. http://imgur.com/XTnyfFR http://imgur.com/8ALJaYt We're located in Burbank and you would need to arrange for a pick-up. I'll dump them at the end of the week unless someone wants them. -Daniel To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe |
anyone have spare isilon 3000i sitting around in LA? | ||||||
| posted by on Oct. 22, 2014, noon | ||||||
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anyone have three 3000is sitting around that they could loan us for a short time? We had a power outage, and we had a few old isilon nodes that didn't come back up. The data on these nodes is not critical, but it would be nice to recover it. I am looking to try a drive/controller card swap, get the data I need, then throw them off the pier. Thanks -Brent |
anyone have spare isilon 3000i sitting around in
LA? | ||||||
| posted by Saker Klippsten on Oct. 22, 2014, 12:25 p.m. | ||||||
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| What's the error. Anything? Most likely nvram card is bad vs the controller. Bad nvram will prevent the system from booting up all the way. If you have two nodes that are bad it's going to be tuff to recover as the journal on disk might be inconsistent
What version of OneFS?
I have some spare nvram cards if you need them.
> On Oct 22, 2014, at 8:58 AM, Brent Hensarling |
Free Short Racks in Burbank | ||||||
| posted by Daniel Hasenstaub on Oct. 22, 2014, 1:20 p.m. | ||||||
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| Hey there, I've got two racks that we're about to throw out and thought someone here may want to take them off of our hands. http://imgur.com/XTnyfFR http://imgur.com/8ALJaYt We're located in Burbank and you would need to arrange for a pick-up. I'll dump them at the end of the week unless someone wants them. Email me off list if you have any questions. -D To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe |
Why use MOX? | ||||||
| posted by on Oct. 22, 2014, 2:05 p.m. | ||||||
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The MOX creator Brendan Bolles is planning to join the group, but in
the mean time here's his reply to you:Actually, Dirac supports an inter-frame mode, and MOX will support that. It will also let you use the intra-frame-only version known as Dirac Pro. Not that I think intra-frame-only is a problem; ProRes is an I-frame codec and it seems to be pretty popular. Asking why we want to do this when all these still image formats already exist is just asking why anyone would want to use a movie format in general. Different people will have different answers, like the easy bundling of audio with video, having timing information as an explicit part of the file, better compatibility with editing programs which tend to be movie-based. Some people have no desire to use a movie format, so MOX will be of no interest to them. MOX does wade through the IP jungle, we hope. Dirac was the first non-trivial patent-free codec AFAIK. (Now there's also VP8/9, but that's not really suitable for production.) Since the the LZW patents have expired, I don't think any still image formats have patent issues anymore, not that any of ours use LZW anyway. We're not going anywhere near MPEG-2, ProRes, or H.264 precisely because of the patents. Will wait to see if SMPTE VC-5 (i.e. CineForm) has patent issues; I'm guessing it will. Brendan On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Jean-Francois Panisset wrote:
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ProRes 4444 -- RGB or YCbCr? The L-O-L-A of ProRes? | ||||||
| posted by Rob LaRose on Oct. 23, 2014, 10:30 a.m. | ||||||
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Im studying the ProRes 4444. Wont you all come on a journey with me? The spec for ProRes 4444 spec is disappointingly vague, saying it can encode from and decode to either YCbCr or RGB: 4:4:4 is the highest-quality format for preserving chroma detail. In 4:4:4 image sources, there is no subsampling, or averaging, of chroma information. There are three unique samples, either Y, CB, and CR or R, G, and B, for every pixel location. Apple ProRes 4444 XQ and Apple ProRes 4444 fully support 4:4:4 image sources, from either RGB or YCBCR color spaces. So does anyone know the hard truth on the subject? Does it always store info as RGB, but will encode from YCbCr if fed that, and decode to YCbCr if asked for it? Practically speaking, Im trying to figure out if ProRes 4444 exported from Flame is really RGB or not, but the more I read, the more I wonder if theres any way to know what youre getting when you encode or decode in any given application. Codecs that go both ways are confusing and scary. Rob |
ProRes 4444 -- RGB or YCbCr? The L-O-L-A of
ProRes? | ||||||
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exported from flame how? On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Rob LaRose <rlarose@rockpaperscissors.com> wrote:
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| Brent Hensarling wrote: > anyone have three 3000is sitting around that they could loan us for a short > time? >> We had a power outage, and we had a few old isilon nodes that didn't come > back up. The data on these nodes is not critical, but it would be nice to > recover it. I am looking to try a drive/controller card swap, get the data > I need, then throw them off the pier. We had problems with the memory in a number of nodes of that generation - all worked fine while powered on, but once powered off for a short while, the nodes failed to boot After the memory was swapped, they booted fine James Pearson To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe |
