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thought this was a bit funny. came in this morning and it appeared as if my desktop crashed at 2 different times. -g |
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Understanding the Robustness of SSDs under Power Fault
Understanding the Robustness of SSDs under Power
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Great article, pity we dont know the vendors. Especially SSD#5 and #14! Julian FirmingerHead of Systems (SASA). VidiGo BV Sysadmin, Post Production Workflow Architect, Avid Video Editor, Colorist Amsterdam, The Netherlands On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Jathavan Sriram <sriram@harvest-postproduction.com> wrote:
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Rack Studs
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| These are really neat. http://rackstuds.com/ No more bleeding fingers, removed finger nails etc I had my first bag arrive and they work just like they say. Ben Roeder ben.roeder@sohonet.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sohonet Ltd web : http://www.sohonet.com/ The Surest Path support : support@sohonet.com 24x7 : +44 20 7292 6909 +1 310 449 8610 +61 1800 77 5280 +64 9 951 8126 For full details of Sohonet's registered offices/addresses please visit http://www.sohonet.com/contact-us/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe |
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FFmpeg and a thousand fixes
FFmpeg and a thousand fixes | ||||||
| posted by Ben Roeder on Jan. 13, 2014, 11:35 a.m. | ||||||
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| Not sure how many of you use ffmpeg in production, I know I have. see http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/ffmpeg-and-thousand-fixes.html I always thought that it was not very good at sanity checking its inputs. That said quicktime is not much better. Now they just need to fix the colour space issues :-) Ben Roeder ben.roeder@sohonet.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sohonet Ltd web : http://www.sohonet.com/ The Surest Path support : support@sohonet.com 24x7 : +44 20 7292 6909 +1 310 449 8610 +61 1800 77 5280 +64 9 951 8126 For full details of Sohonet's registered offices/addresses please visit http://www.sohonet.com/contact-us/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe |
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CentOS now part of Red Hat?
CentOS now part of Red Hat? | ||||||
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"we are joining the Red Hat family." <checks calendar. Nope. Not April 1st.> |
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2.5" Caddy for Supermicro JBOD
2.5" Caddy for Supermicro JBOD | ||||||
| posted by Mathew Power on Jan. 13, 2014, 2:05 p.m. | ||||||
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Hi, Does anyone in London have a 2.5" drive caddy for a Supermicro JBOD which I can buy/borrow/steal for tomorrow? Something like this? Everywhere seems to be out of stock at the moment and I need it urgently. If anyone does it would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Mat |
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Parser for Autodesk .pit licensing files?
Parser for Autodesk .pit licensing files? | ||||||
| posted by Jean-Francois Panisset on Jan. 13, 2014, 2:50 p.m. | ||||||
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Autodesk license is completely over the top over-complicated, they need to delete all the code and start from scratch. Of course that will never happen. Now that I have gotten this off my chest: has someone ever run across code to parse, or even better to generate Autodesk .pit files? These files record your serial numbers and product codes, and unfortunately it seems that the only way to generate a comprehensive .pit file is to uninstall and reinstall all your products on the same machine, which could eat up a whole day. Why can't Autodesk just send me a pre-generated .pit file with all my licenses and product codes already baked in? That would be a real value add... JF |
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Wacom control panel and Centos 6
Wacom control panel and Centos 6 | ||||||
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| Hi, Any one mind giving so e guidance on Wacom control panel with Centos 6? I had it working in 5 but unsure were to begin in 6. The Wacom does work with hot plug w/o needing Wacom proxy which is cool. But I would like to remap buttons etc.., Thanks in advance, - Brian Sent from my stupid POS iPhone on the craptaculous AT&T network. To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe |
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Systems builders and integrators in Stuttgart Germany
Systems builders and integrators in Stuttgart Germany | ||||||
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Does anyone have a good reference for systems builders / integrators nearStuttgart Germany? Looking for a company that can provide onsite support. Thanks in advance. Michael Oliver mcoliver@gmail.com 858.336.1438 |
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Free to a good home (in NY) -- 13RU racks
Free to a good home (in NY) -- 13RU racks | ||||||
| posted by Rob LaRose on Jan. 15, 2014, 3:30 p.m. | ||||||
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I've got a pair of the most wonderful little equipment racks, and sadly no use for them anymore. If anybody can use them and wants to pick them up (midtown NYC), I'd like to see them go somewhere that they'll be loved. Specs: - 13 standard middle atlantic-style Rack Units with threaded holes - 4 locking wheels make 'em convenient to roll around. - Easy-to-remove side panels -- this is really handy. - Removable grey laminate tops make them presentable for under a desk OR next to it - Appx. 28" tall including the wheels and the tops. A few inches less if you remove. - Appx. 30" deep including the tops.. save a couple inches if you remove it We used them in bays for UPS, mixers, rack-mounted drawers, etc. We even used to sit Mac Pro towers on a bottom shelf w/ the little feet-holder things (not included) I was gonna send them to my LA office, but the freight cost is annoying, so they're just remaindered. Anyone who will come wheel them away is welcome to them. Email me off-list if you're interested! For that matter, I'll ship them to you if you want to pay the shipping. --Rob **NOTE OUR NEW STREET ADDRESS: 245 Fifth Ave, 23rd Fl, New York, NY 10016. Our billing and remittance stays the same |
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Ridiculous licensing mechanisms never fail to astound me
Ridiculous licensing mechanisms never fail to astound
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| posted by Jean-Francois Panisset on Jan. 15, 2014, 4:30 p.m. | ||||||
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From the DCPFLICS help file (licensing mechanism used by FumeFX): === Incrementing Licenses Once you've authorized your ACAP plug-in tool, if you purchase additional licenses in the future that you would like to add to your DCPFLICS server so that they are all kept in one location, please do the following:
By default, you will get the DCPFLICS authorization dialog and a message saying that all licenses are in use. This is what you want.
==== So really, I'm expected to install and run 3DS Max on my license server just to install a new license? That would have to be my "fail of the week". JF |
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Ridiculous licensing mechanisms never fail to astound me
Ridiculous licensing mechanisms never fail to
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| I find it more and more common that the people who write the
administrative tools associated with software that requires management
in a large, complex setup don't actually have any experience managing
a large, complex setup.
Most of the time their dev environments consist of a single machine
(maybe a few VMs if they're really clever) and everything on the same
subnet.
When you see how this stuff is developed with no consideration for
real world deployment, you quickly understand why it's so bloody
terrible at real world deployment.
I still maintain that every developer should spend 3 months a year
being a sysadmin. I think software quality would dramatically improve
if that were the case, even with the time "lost".
-Dan
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Unbreaker of broken things
Cutting Edge
http://cuttingedge.com.au
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Hitachi Drives for Blue Arc / HDS
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Is this true? has anyone put drives into their BA/HDS system which were not sourced from HDS/Blue Arc? he: can we buy 'blessed' drives on the internets? me: maybe.. lets check.. so we search for "HUS723020ALS641" which is the model number of our slower storage drives in the system. Google returned no results on that string, it did find lots of instances of "HUS723020ALA641" where the only difference is the S and A in the ones we found for sale online. So ALA vrs ALS. the ALA ones are only 200 dollars new. Now I assume that 'S' is indicating a different firmware. the funny thing is quite often HDS will send us the wrong drive when we lose one. They'll send me one which appears to be the proper physical drive, but comes in a NetApp sled, for the E5400s or Dells' 3x60. Most of the numbers, even the model number and revision are the same. I called support one time and asked them if i could swap the drive into the proper sled and RMA the failed drive with the improper sled they sent. I was told yes. Based on that, i think its safe to assume NetApp and HDS do not share any custom firmwares they may be using, and these are not overly proprietary drives but rather perhaps drives which passed a higher level of QA and are reserved for enterprise storage vendors. (or maybe TLER types vrs non TLER, or whatever that is which prevents you from using them in a RAID setup). Further to that, whenever you upgrade your SMU/Titans sometimes it'll indicate its updating the firmware on the drives. I mention this as I wonder if he does put in the non ALS drives, if they'll be 'upgraded' to the current array firmware version anyway. Now the flip side of that and to add confusion, these drives are going into an LSI chassis (RS12), NetApp owned LSI for awhile, so perhaps there is something there, as both BA and NA were offering common shelves (re-branded of course) for a period of time. bah.. so the question remains ,.... have you ever used drives not sourced from HDS (or an 'official' channel) in your blue arc? |
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Playback Storage
Playback Storage | ||||||
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We're looking to increase the storage on our playback system (2K stereo dpx's off an HP Z820 w/CentOS 6). We're thinking we need something in the neighbourhood of 800MB/s sustained throughput and about 20TB usable capacity. Has anyone bought or built something
similar? If so, please post specs and your experience. Particularly interested in:
Thanks in advance for any info/suggestions! Jason |
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Ridiculous licensing mechanisms never fail to astound me
Ridiculous licensing mechanisms never fail to
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On Jan 16, 2014, at 3:23 AM, Ben De Luca wrote:
<blackholedeveloperlogic> </blackholedeveloperlogic> --Rob **NOTE OUR NEW STREET ADDRESS: 245 Fifth Ave, 23rd Fl, New York, NY 10016. Our billing and remittance stays the same On Jan 16, 2014, at 3:23 AM, Ben De Luca wrote:
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Colour Purity on workstation displays
Colour Purity on workstation displays | ||||||
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When it comes to colour purity of an image display device, what critieria would you use to accept or reject the performance of a display unit? For example; while displaying a 75% full field white signal, you reject a display when: 1- I can easily notice a colour shift with the naked eye. 2- I can barely detect a colour shift with the naked eye. 3- I can detect a colour shift with the naked eye which occurs just around the perimeter/edges of the display. 4- I can detect a colour shift with the naked eye which is spread out all over the viewing area. 5- I can not see a colour shift but my calibration probes indicate there is one. 6- I don't care about purity.
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Robocopy like functionality question.
Robocopy like functionality question. | ||||||
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| Does anyone know of an easy way to achieve the following. I have 2 directories that need to be in sync. DirA -> DirB I would like to be able to run something similar to robocop /PURGE but instead of deleting files on DirB that no longer exist on DirA, I would like to move those files to a specific directory that is defined. A sort of network trash can where items can be reviewed before confirming the deletion of the files. Anyone know of a tool that can achieve this? Bonus points if the original directory structure is maintained under the new specified folder. Thanks To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe |
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Solid Angle actually has a web site!
Solid Angle actually has a web site! | ||||||
| posted by Jean-Francois Panisset on Jan. 16, 2014, 3:15 p.m. | ||||||
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http://www.solidangle.com/ I guess they are a real company now (just kidding, I put them in the "good guys" column as far as vendors go). JF |
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To be printed and stuck by your switches
To be printed and stuck by your switches | ||||||
| posted by Derrick MacPherson on Jan. 16, 2014, 7:35 p.m. | ||||||
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Can someone explain Maya SP vs Ext please?
Can someone explain Maya SP vs Ext please? | ||||||
| posted by Rob LaRose on Jan. 17, 2014, 1:05 p.m. | ||||||
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Is Extension for Maya 2014 Service Pack 1 an Extension for "Maya 2014 SP1"? And is it therefore obsoleted by Maya 2014 SP2 and SP3? Or is it Service Pack 1 to "Extension for Maya 2014", and therefore... newer, same-as, or any relation at all to Maya 2014 SP1 / SP2 / SP3? Help a brother out. I got a flu shot this week and I think I'm experiencing "Flu-Like Symptoms" in my brain. --Rob **NOTE OUR NEW STREET ADDRESS: 245 Fifth Ave, 23rd Fl, New York, NY 10016. Our billing and remittance stays the same |
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