Re: Shipping Configs for Nitris

[Tony Quinsee-Jover <tony(at)hdheaven.co.uk>]

Hi Sean,

What you say is right, and the tech was indeed mostly wrong.

1. The one thing the tech got right is that it doesn't matter a jot what 
drive letters are used for project storage or video storage; DS's indexers 
take care of all that.  However, if you'd prefer to have it the way it 
always used to be (projects/archives/audio on F, video on D) then feel free 
to set it up that way.

2. I agree with Kane that it sounds as if the original setup was done by 
someone who had no idea how to install a DS.  That might explain all the 
extra folders.  However, as long as the Indexers are correctly configured, 
you can simply delete the "extra" folders because DS won't be going 
anywhere near them.

3. The tech is wrong to say that it's okay to have audio and video storage 
on the same drive.  Whilst you can do so, it's unsupported and is asking 
for trouble.

4. The lack of a DS Archives folder reinforces the view stated in #2 above.

5. Interactive cache should be directed to the video drive, whatever letter 
that has mapped to it.

Personally, I couldn't care less what letters are mapped to what drives 
just so long as DS is correctly setup - it's the folder/share names that 
are important. However, as I said above, it's simple enough to change if it 
bothers you, but should ideally be done prior to DS installation.

Regards,
Tone :)



At 03:09 03/08/2005, you wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I have a client who just bought a Nitris system and the configuration was 
> unlike any I have seen in any other system.  I know there was a short 
> discussion about this recently, and would like to revisit the 
> subject.  The Nitris in question was configured with the D: Drive being 
> the Audio/Projects drive and the F: Drive being the Video Storage 
> drive.  Now I know the response was that it shouldn't matter, that DS will 
> figure out proper storage locations if a project is restored on the 
> machine that originated on another system.  (My personal thoughts on this 
> in a moment)
>
> But...when you open the the F: drive, you find a video folder, a 
> videostorage folder, an audio folder, an audiostorage folder and a DS 
> Temporary Files folder.  On the D: drive you will find an audio folder, a 
> video folder and a DS Projects folder.  No DS Archives folder to be found 
> anywhere.  Now, not only were there projects inside the DSver7.5 folder, 
> but outside the folder all willy nilly.  I recommended that my client 
> reconfigure their system, reinstalling the software so that the D: drive 
> was the video storage drive and the F: drive was the Projects/Audio 
> drive.  ONLY the videostorage folder and interactive caching should be 
> present on the D: drive, and ONLY the audiostorage folder, DS Projects 
> folder and the DS Archives folder should reside on the F: drive upon 
> install.  What you put on the F: Drive after install is your business.
>
> So the resident engineer, not DS savvy, gets on the phone with Avid, and 
> the tech says their configuration shouldn't matter, DS will figure it all 
> out and it won't cause any problems if the audio and video storages are on 
> the same drive and that interactive caching can go anywhere and the 
> archive folder wasn't an important issue.   WHAT!?!?!
>
> Please someone tell me I'm not losing my mind and that my recommendations 
> are sound and that the Avid tech should be throttled out by the 
> woodshed.  Otherwise, feel free to call me a moron and set me straight on 
> the new and improved "DS is not a finicky beast" models that are now being 
> released.  Oh yeah, Nitris v7.5, QFE3.  Why not QFE4?  Because the 
> engineer argued that QFE4 was version 7.6!
>
> (Now, a few personal thoughts if you will)
>
> Why, after all these years with the same configuration, is Avid now 
> shipping their systems with the audio and video drives reversed?  I have 
> seen this on a few systems recently and don't agree with it at all.  I 
> have worked on hundreds of systems throughout the years and EVERY SINGLE 
> ONE was mapped the same!  Is it not bad enough that the feature sets 
> change constantly now, the buttons move around on a whim, features are 
> broken with new implementations and now we have to reorient ourselves on 
> any given system because the storage configs are changing?  Please 
> someone, in a world on the brink of insanity, reason this out for me so 
> that I don't completely go mad and start talking to my imaginary friend Fred.
>
> Thank you for listening.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> Sean E. Stall
> President / Avid DS Artist
> IRONIK DESIGN & POST
> EYE IMAGINE, INC.
>
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>
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