FCS SETUPS

laleysan · partially protected Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 6

Is this a good setup?

http://yfrog.com/5frpgserversetupp

Hooloovoo · RAID 5 Joined: 15 Mar 2009 Posts: 17

Hi, the setup looks good in terms of hardware. The only thing to realize is that the Final Cut Server Admin (I assume that this is where Final Cut Server is installed and the database lives) can be very CPU hungry when it is making proxies. To be Main Xsan MDC, OD master, Web Server and building proxies at the same time are a lot of tasks. I can imagine that your Ingest and Playout cannot drop one frame but Playout is not as CPU intensive so maybe that could be your Main MDC? Best is a fourth Xserve for this task.
It is also a good idea to have an OD replica on one of the Xserves.

But more importantly: a setup like this is only good if the workflow is designed properly!

laleysan · partially protected Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 6

Thanks a lot. Just to give a little feedback i started this project a month back when my boss told me we needed to consolidate all of our assets. I only bought one Xsan License so the second and third server are just for ingest and playback, eventually in the near future make one as a MD back-up.The first xserve is the latest intel xserve runnig Xsan 2.2 but server two and three are g5 that i got from an old web server our company used to have, just for ingest and playback. Servers 2 and three are only connected via ethernet for FCS use. I recently noticed from time to time FCS wasn't making clip proxies, it will only make jpeg previews,now it makes sense I will do that, and distribute the tasks around.

Workflow (i like to see this as steps)
1. Ingesting and importing assets to FCS (DVCPRO 720x480 @ 30 FPS) mostly.
2. Assets are ready to distribute through FCS into Final Cut Pro editing stations
3. Assets are imported once completed as packages or shows in to FCS.
4. Assets are ready for playback. (During Live Shows)

Excuse my english as is not my first language.

abstractrude · Xsan Master Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 860

run all your services on your backup controller except for the fsm of course which is runnign on your metadata controller Smile

laleysan · partially protected Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 6

Did that, but FCS still not making Clip proxies

abstractrude · Xsan Master Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 860

what are you using for your proxy storage

laleysan · partially protected Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 6

im using a xserve raid (5.6TB) as an Xsan storage.

This is how the xsan storage root folder looks like.

editproxies.bundle
LIBRARY
MEDIA
Proxies.bundle
Version.bundle
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abstractrude · Xsan Master Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 860

your proxies should be on direct attached storage. as for why your they are not being made, permissions? the user logged in on the server needs to have permissions to write to that storage.