SSA Meeting in Montreal

April 19, 2013, 8:35 am

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By Francis Provencher -

Hi everyone,

We will be organizing a SSA Meeting in Montreal soon and as to make it as successful as possible, we decided to post a little poll to see what people in Montreal are interested in.

Quick notes:
- It is very quick with only 1 page and 5 questions, so you won't loose too much time there.
- You can always choose more than one answer.

Please only fill this if you are in the Montreal area or planning to attend a meeting in the Montreal area:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T22JCV6

Let's make it a very popular one!

Francis

PS: Pour les francophones, j'ai utilis? l'anglais par d?faut pour plus de simplicit?, veuillez noter cependant que le meeting sera surement bilingue pour couvrir une plus grande audience. // For the French speaking people, I used English for simplicity, please note that the meeting will most likely be held in both French and English to reach a broader audience.
--

Francis Provencher
Montreal Meeting Coordinator for StudioSysAdmins
<Francis.Provencher@StudioSysAdmins.com>

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Live Streaming Edit

April 19, 2013, 9:20 am

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By Andrew Painter - One of our editors has a need to run an edit session in Final Cut Pro with a client in the US. He's looking to have the edit stream in HD live to this client. What services would you guys recommend? He'll need it to be secure so that only himself and the client can access it. Preferably we'd be looking for something that is low cost, maybe pay per use rather than a subscription. Stream would be recorded from OS X 10.7.x. -- Andrew Painter systems administrator relish + 567vfx + tendril To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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Final Cut Pro live stream Edit

April 19, 2013, 9:25 am

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Nimble?

April 19, 2013, 9:50 am

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By Derrick MacPherson -

Anyone out there using or looked at Nimble storage?

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paving the pioneering road!

April 19, 2013, 12:30 pm

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By Greg Whynott -

http://youtu.be/K2P_QqfBsMw

that's 1/2 of the new storage solution we are installing. Bench marks so far are very impressive but we are only doing local file system benching. Our 10 gig interfaces are delayed. 8(

may publish the info after testing if anyone is interested and it is ok by all involved on my end.

-g

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VES Career Fair (Vancouver 4/20)

April 19, 2013, 2:00 pm

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By John Burton -

So, I don’t think it’s been mentioned on the SSA list yet, but this is happening tomorrow (Saturday) in Vancouver:

http://vesvancouver.com/events/ves-career-fair-2013/

Anyone heading down? I’m currently looking for work in the Vancouver area, (gaming, visual effects, or related fields) and was wondering if many of the Vancouver SSAs have been before. Wondering about people’s take on the event if they’ve been in previous years, and maybe some things they’re hoping to see more of (or less of) this year.

Thanks,

John

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Rendering & Transcoding: Untethering Compute from Storage

April 19, 2013, 2:10 pm

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By Anonymous - You're invited! Please join us for this Webinar on Wednesday. How to Use Remote Storage for Rendering & Transcoding Workflows Breaking All The Rules: Untethering Compute from Storage Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Time: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Register Here: https://avereevents.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=avereevents This session will discuss: - The challenges of global NAS sprawl - Solutions currently available for mitigating the pain associated with growth - How Edge-Core architectures for global rendering and transcoding workflows work - How to solve many of the problems while delivering record performance and simplified management Register here: https://avereevents.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=avereevents Hope you can make it. To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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Cabling contractors Los Angeles

April 19, 2013, 5:20 pm

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By Bill Heiden -
Hi all,

Any recommendations for a cabling contractor in the LA area? Need someone who is experienced with MRJ21.

Billh

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Whiptail

April 22, 2013, 8:45 am

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By Craig Van Horn -

I had some conversations with these guys at NAB, apparently they don’t have much penetration into media and entertainment but are keen to get into the market. Has anyone had any experience with their stuff? My thought, should the price be right, is possibly for uncompressed playback for grading suites. Less spindles (none), smaller rack space requirement etc. they said we should be able to run whatever file system we want and could connect through whatever our existing infrastructure is (8GB Fiber).

http://whiptail.com/

Craig Van Horne

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SFP vendor trix

April 22, 2013, 2:40 pm

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By Greg Whynott -

I swear there was a time when you could grab any SFP and use it without much thought or problems.

Then all of a sudden it seemed like Cisco decided you couldn't use other peoples SFP's in their kit. and 3 minutes later it seemed as if the rest of the industry followed suite.

forgive my ignorance but in my mind there is power applied to a few legs of the SFP and magically a diode lights up emitting light of a certain wave length.

One night after driving into work at 11PM and being there for 4 hours it was obvious the problem was a failed SFP. I finally convinced the TAC guy (after he mistakenly hinted about it) to give me the _magical_ command to force the 6509e switch to not care about the brand name of the SFP. I had other long range ones on hand but they were for the Nortel switches and made by finisar.

he did and to my knowledge 6 years later that same SFP is in service.

whats with all this vendor hate... it causes us admins so much grief. Its even sadder when you consider there are not may shops that make SFPs and most every vendor SFP is a re-branded finisar or similar.

today I went to put a Dell SFP into a Dell switch and was met with this message:

storageswitch#show int tengigabitethernet 0/46
TenGigabitEthernet 0/46 is up, line protocol is down
Hardware is DellForce10Eth, address is 00:01:e8:8b:a0:a0
    Current address is 00:01:e8:8b:a0:a0
Non-qualified pluggable media present, SFP+ type is 10GBASE-SR
    Medium rate is unknown, Wavelength is 850nm
    SFP+ receive power reading is -35.2288dBm

super *sigh*... yes I realize the merger is recent... didn't take them to long to get their name/logo on everything else tho:

storageswitch>show ver
Dell Force10 Real Time Operating System Software
Dell Force10 Operating System Version: 1.0
Dell Force10 Application Software Version: 8.3.12.0
Copyright (c) 1999-2013 by Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.

while pee'n in all corners to ensure everyone knew who was who, perhaps also modify that check code?

anyway this isn't a Dell hate thing, Dell has been a great experience for us thus far, everyone is doing it, its just the latest of many hurdles and brought back bad memories.

ok.. anyone know what the magical 'don't care what SFP you are using" command is for Force10 products? 8)

-g

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Render Farm LA

April 22, 2013, 5:00 pm

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By Anthony Hoit - To many frames, TO LITTLE TIME! I need to farm some rendering. What can you guys recommend? Anyone have any favorites? Thanks. -Anthony To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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GPFS UG #8 Update - Dolby, Soho, 24th April

April 23, 2013, 4:10 am

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By Jez Tucker - Hello all, A quick update. All of the 68 places are full. If you still want to attend and are local we can let you know via email on the morning should any of the attendees not be able to make it. Please register your interest at: chair@gpfsug.orgor secretary@gpfsug.org Representing Media/VFX are SSAs from : BlueBoltBSkyB Cinesite DNeg Envy Finish Glassworks MPC Prime Focus Realise Studio Rushes Smoke & Mirrors Vine FX Cheers all, Jez The agenda, 24th April @ Dolby, Soho Square, London: 10:30 Arrivals and refreshments 11:00 Introductions Jez Tucker, Group Chair & Claire Robson, Group Secretary 11:05 GPFS File Placement Optimizer Dinesh Subhraveti, IBM Almaden Research Labs 12:00 SAMBA 4.0 & CTDB 2.0 Michael Adams, SAMBA Development Team 13:00 Lunch (Buffet provided) 13:45 GPFS OpenStack Integration Dinesh Subhraveti, IBM Almaden Research Labs 14:15 SAMBA & GPFS Integration Volker Lendecke, SAMBA Development Team 15:15 Refreshments break 15:30 GPFS Native RAID & LTFS Jim Roche, IBM 16:00 Group discussion: Questions & Committee matters Led by Jez Tucker, Group Chairperson 16:05 Close ... PUB.

[FYI. I now work CandIT, a GPFS solutions provider, who is happy to support the continuation of my GPFS UG commitments which I had when I was at Rushes] --- Jez Tucker Senior Solutions Architect CandIT Mediawww.canditmedia.co.uk

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Los Angeles Render Wranglers

April 23, 2013, 5:35 pm

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By Anh Quach - Hi all,

Digital Kitchen is looking to fill an immediate temp opening for a render wrangler in our Culver City office. Initial job is April 29-May 23 with possible extension to June 28. Pipeline consists of Rush, Nuke, Maya, After Effects, C4D, RV, currently 100% OS X. Some scripting/CLI knowledge would be a plus.

If you or anyone you know are interested, please direct resumes and cover letters to anh@thisisdk.com.

Thanks!

Anh Quach

Technical Director

DIGITALKITCHEN | 1114 E Pike Street 3rd Floor, Seattle WA 98122 | V 206.455.9297 C 213.880.1877 | THISISDK.COM

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Burn GPU speed up

April 23, 2013, 6:50 pm

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By Brian Krusic - Hi,

We've got Q3700 in our Burn farm.

Contemplating swapping with Q4000 as a cheap way to beef up the Burn farm.

Has any one benched 3700 vs 4000?

- Brian

"All have their worth

and each contributes to the worth of others."

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Toronto - 2x UPS for sale

April 24, 2013, 8:25 am

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By Robert Moggach - I have two of these for sale... APC SMX2000RMLV2UNC http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SMX2000RMLV2UNC&displaylist=ALL&page_type=products&printer_friendly=yes&language=en They're less than a year old... purchased from CaTech. $1500 new Great units $1000 each. Email me off list. Rob To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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3D apps on 4K monitors

April 24, 2013, 3:00 pm

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By Andrew Spurbeck - Has anyone run Maya, Nuke, etc on a 4K monitor yet? If so, what kind of video card are you using? To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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Cloud RenderFarms

April 25, 2013, 6:05 am

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By Laurence Shuler - Hi, I don't recall seeing this being discussed here, although I may have missed it, but is anyone using a private cloud system for their render farm? Care to share your experiences? Thanks -- Laurence Schuler (Larry) Laurence.Schuler@nasa.gov Systems Support ADNET Systems, Inc Scientific Visualization Studio http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center phone: 1-301-286-1799 To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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Maya 2013.5 RPM based install

April 25, 2013, 1:05 pm

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By Todd Smith -

Hey guys,

Just spent a week with ADSK support trying to sort out why their RPM based install is borked.

Here's my notes should you guys come across this

1. Licensechooser is broken in 2013.5 DO NOT USE IT for an RPM based setup. Using it will generate an incorrect License.env file that apparently only works if you use "setup".

2. If you are a floating license customer with your license already in /var/flexlm/maya.lic simply open the file /usr/autodesk2013.5-x64/bin/License.env and change the contents from:

AUTODESK_ADLM_THINCLIENT_ENV=$MAYA_LOCATION/Licensing/AdlmThinClientCustomEnv.xml

SYNHUB_CONFIG_PATH=<SYNCFG_DIR>

MAYA_LICENSE=unlimited

MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=network

To:

MAYA_LICENSE=unlimited

MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=network

3. If you've already installed 2013, don't bother running adlmreg.

Oh yeah, and if you haven't started looking at Maya 2014 yet, they changed how they did licensing yet again.

Todd Smith

Head of Information Technology

soho vfx |

99 Atlantic Ave. Suite 303, Toronto, Ontario M6K 3J8

office: (416) 516-7863 fax: (416) 516-9682 web: sohovfx.com

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Isilon OneFS alert

April 25, 2013, 4:45 pm

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By Michael Oliver -

I'm sure those of you that have Isilon get the regular technical advisories but this one just popped up and it seemed pretty important so I'm forwarding along. ?Basically if you are using NFS, running OneFS 6.5.17 or lower, and using AD/LDAP you should read it. ?If your client has a user lookup through AD/LDAP and it times out on the node, and that node has been up for 9 months, the entire cluster could potentially lockup. ?Wonder why 248 days? ?Fix has been implemented in 6.5.18 which is what we are running....phew.

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EMC Knowledgebase

"ETA emc317523: [UPDATE] OneFS 6.5: Isilon nodes with over nine months of uptime in clusters with NFS enabled might cause a cluster-wide deadlock"

ID:emc317523

Usage:4

Date Created:02/20/2013

Last Modified:04/24/2013

STATUS:Approved

Audience:Customer

Knowledgebase Solution?

Question:ETA emc317523: [UPDATE] OneFS 6.5: Isilon nodes with over nine months of uptime in clusters with NFS enabled might cause a cluster-wide deadlock.

Environment:EMC Technical Advisory

Environment:

Date

February 21, 2013

[UPDATE]

April 24, 2013

Products affected

Isilon clusters running OneFS 6.5.x that support NFS clients

Problem:

Update

This ETA has been updated and corrected as follows:

A fix is now available.

This issue can affect clusters with NFS enabled, not only those with NFSv4 enabled.

This issue can affect nodes that exceed 248 consecutive days of uptime, not 288 days.

Issue

EMC has become aware of an issue where, in certain situations, clusters might become non-responsive. Specifically, OneFS 6.5 clusters that support NFS may experience a cluster-wide lockup when a node performs a user lookup through Active Directory or LDAP on a client's behalf and the lookup times out.

If the node performing the lookup has exceeded nine months of uptime (that is, over 248 days with no downtime), it could cause the entire cluster to eventually lock up and become unresponsive to user requests.

Although there is no risk of data loss due to this issue, data availability will be impaired.

Fix:

Solution

This issue is fixed in OneFS 6.5.5.18. However, EMC recommends that you upgrade to OneFS 6.5.5.20 to take advantage of additional improvements.

NOTE

There is no fix planned for OneFS 6.5.4. EMC recommends that clusters running OneFS 6.5.4 be upgraded to OneFS 6.5.5.20.

Fix:

Workaround

If upgrading is not an option, and if any node in your cluster has been running for more than 248 days with no downtime, you can avoid this issue by performing a rolling reboot of all nodes in the cluster.

Fix:

Isilon internal only

Fixing a locked-up cluster

If a customer calls with a locked-up cluster, first validate that they have encountered this issue. Ensure that:

the cluster has NFS enabled, and

at least one node on the cluster has an uptime over 248 days.

If both conditions are true, a full cluster reboot is required. See How to reboot nodes and clusters in OneFS 5.5 and later, emc14002278.

Fix:

Isilon Technical Support

For assistance, or if you have any questions, please contact Isilon Technical Support.

For contact information, see Contacting Isilon Technical Support, emc14002478.

Notes:EMC Confidential