Invite - Vancouver StudioSysadmins meeting Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
By Scott Parker - Hi Everyone,I?d like to invite everyone in the Vancouver area or those visiting, to join us on February 20th (Wednesday) for the first Vancouver StudioSysadmins meeting of 2013.This...
View ArticleOT - R&H woes
By Brian Krusic - http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118065654/ Oh man... dude. I never worked there but I love the place. I really hope they make it through. Unsure what Prime Focus real motives are...
View ArticleOffsite storage recommendations in LA?
By Klaus Steden - Hi folks, Iron Mountain is an obvious one, but are there any other reputable secure vault facilities out there in TV land that people would recommend? Looking around for something at...
View ArticleKeeping Final Cut Server Alive
By Chip Bobbert - Is anyone out there still using Final Cut Server? A recent round of Java updates seems to have killed it client side and I haven't found a good work around yet. Basically, it appears...
View ArticleInstant Backups and Restores with the Potential for Eliminating Tape
By Anonymous - To whom it may concern:If these are problems that the majority of media and entertainment companies managing >20TB of production capascity are struggling with, we would like the...
View ArticleEnFuzion Render Farm Manager
By Saham Ali - Has anyone had any experiences working with the EnFuzion 3D render farm management software?Any pro or cons?Known issues?satisfied with the product?-- ? ? ? ?? ,\|//,? ? ? ? ( o -...
View ArticleShilo NYC - Sysadmin position going!
By Dan Young - http://www.studiosysadmins.com/jobs/view/313/If you want to know more about it, get in touch with me - trying to help them out!Super awesome place, very swank office.?Best,DY--...
View ArticleNYC SSA - Let's have some goddamn beers
By Dan Young - Hey guys,It's been way too long and we've not done a huge amount - but hey, we're all busy right?SO - I propose beers, at the Ear Inn (Spring St, lovely spot) and I've got some sponsors...
View ArticleAvere configs any one?
By Brian Krusic - Hi,Are any of you Avere pplz running a single node (non HA)?If you've run into under sizing it, how did it perform in purging/refilling parts of its cache?- Brianwww.krusic.com
View ArticleOSX 10.6.8 authentication to Openldap
By Pete Forde - Guy Ā need some help for mac or ldap gurusI am trying to authenticate a mac running 10.6.8 to openldap server running on SLES . Ā The mac is bound to ldap but the problem occurs on user...
View ArticleHelp Desk & iPad
By Robert Mance - Iām looking for a help desk type solution for the engineering team and would like to know if anyone is using the iPad and some type of app for this. The engineering group is getting...
View ArticleRoll your own flare on "unsupported" hardware - Gotchas
By Bryce Evans - So after trying to install centos 6.2 with flare and the autodesk KS file, I kept running into kernel panics during the install, tried a bunch of boot options like all-generic-ide,...
View ArticleNYC SSA
By Jonathan Solomon - Normally Thursdays are better for me, but not 3/7. And I have a class on Tuesday :( Maybe next time! On 2/7/13 8:02 AM, "studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com"...
View ArticleSnr Linux Systems and Network Administrator for Production Workflow and DAM...
By Steve Cronan - Was hoping to post this job. Thanks! 5th Kind is a cutting edge digital asset and workflow management software for the film industry. We are seeking a skilled System and Network...
View ArticleJava kills VMWare Fusion
By Jean-Francois Panisset - I do most of my work from a Mac laptop, with Windows 7 inside VMWare Fusion for Windows-centric stuff. And since Java stuff (typically switch and storage configuration...
View ArticleIsilon serving every master...
By Rob LaRose - Anyone out there using Isilon to share the same data to Windows (smb), OSX(smb or nfs) and Linux (nfs), with an AD as the common auth?--Robrob laroseĀ | engineer | rock paper scissors |...
View ArticleSandboxie : Anyone use this before? Thoughts?
By Andrew Spurbeck - Just wondering if anyone here has had any experience with this tool.. Looks like its a Sandbox for your hard drive. http://www.sandboxie.com/ -- -=Andrew RFX 323-962-7400 To...
View ArticleWhat is a Flop?
By Andrew Spurbeck - Flop this... http://youtu.be/ZaJp6ZYP6Xc -- -=Andrew RFX 323-962-7400 To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to...
View ArticleIntel NIC - Packet o' Death
By Shawn Wallbridge - http://blog.krisk.org/2013/02/packets-of-death.html Their is a bug in the Intel 82574L chipset that can be exploited remotely to 'shut down' the port. You have to be on the same...
View Articledense storage footprint
By Brian Krusic - Hi,I'm finding 256TB raw storage in an 8U footprint as dense as possible using 3.5" drives.Has any one found something more dense?- Brianwww.krusic.com
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