Title pretty much sums it up. Are you backing up .seg files or exporting the elements and then backing up the elements? Do you backup from NFS mounts? Also would be interested in what software works best for you. Would appreciate any feedback. Enjoy your weekend.
How do you backup Flame projects?
Isilon - Smart Connect randomly refusing to ... connect to Windows clients
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Hi,
Just recently, sometimes some Windows clients are refused connection to the Isilon.
For some reason in that case, one of the nodes or the Connect virtual IP address does not allow any user in.
It pings fine but asks for credentials to access the shares.
Nothing has changed on the DC or cluster recently...
Most of the time, restarting the client machine, sometimes 2 or 3 times fixes it.
Anyone ?
Cheers,
F.
Alacritech read accelerator
Any one using this bad boy?
If you could design a system all over again with this unit in mind, how would it look?
Wondering what the real implications on file server design are with this thing.
- Brian
VidCom: Quantum *Big* Data for Media & Entertainment Lunch & Learn!
Hi StudioSysAdmin Members,
I wanted to personally invite you to the Quantum Big Data for Media & Entertainment Lunch & Learn at the Granville Island Hotel in Vancouver, BC on March 14th @ 9:45am.
You can RSVP here: http://bit.ly/wMYbwS
Coffee, Refreshments & Lunch will be provided and there will be an excellent opportunity to network with your peers as well as time for Q&A.
We are fortunate, Steve Johnson, Senior Technical Advisor for Quantum StorNext, will be presenting. Steve will discuss the trends and challenges customers face with Big Data—not only in their production workflows, but also in their ability to archive Big Data reliably for future use and repurposing. Working in an environment where data growth is exponential, Steve will present how to solve those problems with high performance storage, back-up & archival.
Note: Specific Big Data use cases for Media & Entertainment will be shown.
Join Steve Johnson, Senior Technical Advisor for Quantum StorNext.
Steve has over 15 years of technical experience with Quantum StorNext. He has served in pre-sales engineering, professional services, strategic account management, and currently serves in a technical advisory role for StorNext.
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Thank you. Best regards, Kris Kostiuk, B.Com. Sales & Rentals Since 1980 Pro Video, Data Archival & Streaming Systems Integrators Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Seattle VidCom Communications Ltd. |
Lustre for Flame/Smoke users
first post here, I would like to share with you and more particularly those who manage Autodesk system products a document I've produced for the interoperability with Lustre, you can find it here: http://www.workflowers.net/wp/2012/02/21/new-lustre-for-flame-and-smoke-users-document
I will also have workshops in Australia in March and in the US in April, for colour management in post and Lustre for Flame and Smoke users.
All best,
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RealD CE5 Eyeglasses not holding a charge
We purchased a 3d kit from RealD a few years ago (DLP TV, CE3 and CE5 eyewear, couple other things..) and it has helped us with everything from Avatar to Underworld 4. ?It just came to my attention that a few of the CE5 glasses were not holding a charge anymore. ?I dug up a few pairs that were still in original packaging and it turns out they do not hold a charge either. ?All 10 paris of CE5 glasses do not hold a charge. ?I contacted RealD and was told that they were out of the 1 year warranty and I was on my own.
Rack mounting a Mac Pro workstation?
Hiyo,
We're looking to fit a Mac Pro workstation in a standard 19" telco rack, horizontally. Most of the solutions I've seen are modifications to permit vertical attitude, which won't work due to our pre-existing installation. There is a company in Germany that will fit your machine into a comparable rack mount kit, but obviously, it's in Germany and we're in LA, there's FCC paperwork, shipping, all of that nonsense and headache that is undesirable.
Anything that would help avoid having to void the warranty would be greatly appreciated!
thanks, Klaus
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StudioEngine - RenderFarm rental
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Passing this along J
From: Stefan Gillard [mailto:stefan.gillard@studioengine.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:23 PM
To: John Hickson
Cc: Russ Burnett; Stefan. Gillard
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proxy settings - windows.
Good day,
Was trying to help a shop when we ran into what i guess is a bug with FireFox related to proxy configuration. Wondering if anyone also ran into this and had a solution.. The odd thing is the dev team has known about this for years.. I'm not a developer but it seems like a fairly simple thing to fix or implement a work around, or at least a better use of time than incrementing the version number of the product every few days by leaps and bounds. guess it makes them look busy. 8)
The default setting on FF since 3.something has been "Use system settings" for proxy configuration. With this default setting, FF is unable to determine the proxy settings if the internet control panel is set to 'auto discover proxy'. Every other popular browser works without issue that we have tested.
The proxy.pac/wpad file location is provided by both DNS and DHCP, and
in an attempt to resolve the issue, its part of the AD GP now too.
still no dice. Apparently you have to load the IE dll first to
populate an environment/registry value before starting FF, I've not
tested this yet as it is not, nor could be considered a solution for them.
and that's it... do you know of a way to have FF pick up proxy settings while set to the default "use system settings"? Or a tool that allows you to configure FF settings via a GP or similar?
danke and happy friday!
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Charing Clients for Bandwidth
Hi Gang-
Long time lurker, infrequent poster? Happy Friday.
Is anyone charging clients for bandwidth usage when moving files? Our file based delivery is growing and I'm interested in knowing how people bill clients for the usage.
Thanks!
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great alternative to fibre...motorola canopy wireless...100mbps to 300mbps bandwidth
for anyone having a hard time getting fibre installed, or fibre access, I found a great alternative
after moving our studio to Hamilton, we were initially looking to get a fibre connection....however install times were horrendous ( 6 months lead time, expensive to dig/run cable, longterm & expensive contracts )
we found a point-to-point wireless supplier using motorola canopy technology that offers 100-300 mbps, ( we're using 100mbps & it's enough for our needs; its also scaleable & dynamic meaning it will allocate whatever it needs to up/down, to a max of 100mbps with our current plan. you can also set hard limits on either )
get this: it was installed and running in about 2 days....beats the heck out of a fibre timeframe
it was also approx 1/2 the price of fibre per month, for the same bandwidth
our supplier is Netaccess out of Hamilton: great guys & the connection has been solid for over 3 months now...inclement weather has a negligible effect; there is a dish on the roof that points to a transmitter/receiver on a building downtown, which feeds into their backbone
I recall reading some laments about fibre access & install times on here, a while ago.....so hopefully this can help someone else out of a bind too
netaccess shameless plug:
http://www.netaccess.ca/contact.php
wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Canopy
disk to disk archive
I know the topic has been some what broached, but does any one have experience/opinion on this?
- Brian
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Wireless to the POP is great.
We use Towerstream on both coasts, over all very good even in adverse weather. Support is also very good.
They hand off to Cogents backbone.
-
Brian
From: Saker Klippsten <sakerk@gmail.com>
Sent: Fri Feb 24 18:15:55 PST 2012
To: "discuss@studiosysadmins.com" <discuss@studiosysadmins.com>
Cc: "discuss@studiosysadmins.com" <discuss@studiosysadmins.com>
Subject: Re: [SSA-Discuss] great alternative to fibre...motorola canopy wireless...100mbps to 300mbps bandwidthMetrobridge now they are Terago networks.
Cogent is coming later this year to BC and we are going to upgrade to a 10gig..
We have dedicated fiber from cogent from la to Seattle. The. We hookup to Metrobridge into Vancouver .
Sent from my Sprint iPhone
On Feb 24, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Derrick MacPherson <derrickmacpherson@gmail.com> wrote:
> What company were you talking to?
>
> On 24 February 2012 16:40, Saker Klippsten <sakerk@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2 months . And we are across the st from harbor center!
>>
>>
>> On Feb 24, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Derrick MacPherson <derrickmacpherson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> how long were they saying for fibre in Vancouver? I've seen much
>>> shorter than the 6 months they said for hamilton..
>>>
>>> On 24 February 2012 15:40, Saker Klippsten <sakerk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Yep I agree for sub 10gig it's the way to go. You can't beat the cost/setup
>>>> time.!!
>>>>
>>>> Http://bridgewave.com/products/60Ghz.cfm
>>>>
>>>> We run full gig pipes using these in both Los Angeles and Vancouver
>>>>
>>>> Fiber was going to take way to long.
>>>> We have maxed out these connections no prob. Also awesome when moving
>>>> locations :) took 1 day for setup. We had both locations lit up then just
>>>> swapped over our ip's
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In Los. Angles contact fireline networks ( Dave Hendrie) in BC we use
>>>> Metrobridge ( now terago)
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my Sprint iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 24, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Chris Giggie <cgiggie@pipelinestudios.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> for anyone having a hard time getting fibre installed, or fibre access, I
>>>> found a great alternative
>>>>
>>>> after moving our studio to Hamilton, we were initially looking to get a
>>>> fibre connection....however install times were horrendous ( 6 months lead
>>>> time, expensive to dig/run cable, longterm & expensive contracts )
>>>>
>>>> we found a point-to-point wireless supplier using motorola canopy
>>>> technology that offers 100-300 mbps, ( we're using 100mbps & it's enough for
>>>> our needs; its also scaleable & dynamic meaning it will allocate whatever it
>>>> needs to up/down, to a max of 100mbps with our current plan. you can also
>>>> set hard limits on either )
>>>>
>>>> get this: it was installed and running in about 2 days....beats the heck
>>>> out of a fibre timeframe
>>>>
>>>> it was also approx 1/2 the price of fibre per month, for the same bandwidth
>>>>
>>>> our supplier is Netaccess out of Hamilton: great guys & the connection has
>>>> been solid for over 3 months now...inclement weather has a negligible
>>>> effect; there is a dish on the roof that points to a transmitter/receiver on
>>>> a building downtown, which feeds into their backbone
>>>>
>>>> I recall reading some laments about fibre access & install times on here, a
>>>> while ago.....so hopefully this can help someone else out of a bind too
>>>>
>>>> netaccess shameless plug:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.netaccess.ca/contact.php
>>>>
>>>> wiki link:
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Canopy
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HIERO Launch Party in Toronto tomorrow!
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Passing this invite to the Toronto members….
From: Reid Baker [mailto:rbaker@bluenation.com]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 11:33 AM
To: events@studiosysadmins.com
Subject: You're invited - HIERO Launch Party in Toronto tomorrow!
Dear StudioSysAdmins,
The Foundry wishes to invite you to their event in Toronto tomorrow. Here are the details:
The Foundry HIERO Launch Event Toronto: 28th February 2012 at The ScotiaBank Thetare 7pm - 10pm (check in from 6.15pm). Presentations from The Foundry and local talent, plus beer, nibbles and chats after. To register - http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/events/34/hiero-toronto/signup/
HIERO Launch in Vancouver tomorrow [Tues, Feb 28]
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Vancouver StudioSysAdmins and colleagues –
A reminder that Bruno Nicoletti [Head of Technology, founder of The Foundry and creator of HIERO] will be our special guest tomorrow, at the Vancouver launch of HIERO.
Come down to Vancouver Film School on Homer Street at 5.30pm for industry networking and a cold beer and snacks, before the presentation at 6.30pm
Space is limited, but there are still a few seats left – full details and registration at
http://hierovancouver.eventbrite.com/
PS – feel free to forward this invitation
Regards
Kerry Corlett
Annex Pro
The Foundry launch HEIRO - Thursday March 1st - NYC
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T 212.915.3120 |
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Isilon OS X Finder Weirdness
Hi, just wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior before I call Isilon.
We just rolled out our Isilon running 6.5.4.x and now our Mac's (10.6.8) have some weirdness.
When the editors are browsing the Isilon (via SMB), they will get part way into the directory structure and it will 'bounce' back up a few levels. It's very weird, and my google-fu is failing me.
shawn
EC2 Free
Hey All,
Anyone using Amazon AWS EC2 Free? http://aws.amazon.com/free/
You have to enter a credit card to sign up so they can bill you if you go over the ‘free’ limitations. If you just wanted a basic web/mail server for personal usage do you think you would go over?
Zorion Terrell
IT Manager | DHX Media Vancouver
e: zorion.terrell@dhxmedia.com
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