This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Volume size / lack of letters question

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] Volume size / lack of letters question

Reality TV does have a high shooting ratio, but I agree ultimately the solution will be somewhere between workflow, organization and tech limitation. And this cap may have been set up way back for some project management reason that made sense at the time. I just want to have all the information in front of me before I start suggesting that people change how they've "always done it".

Thanks.

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From: "Greg Huson" <Greg@SecretHQ.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 11:21am
To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Volume size / lack of letters question

Last I remember hearing something, the limit was 8tb per. The default setting for our v6 system is 2tb, we generally run between 100g and 500g because of the way we manage projects. Not questioning your organizational system, but I'm surprised that your editors need access to more than 15tb (750x20) at the same time. That's a lot of footage!

Rather than making bigger drives, maybe take a look at the way your media is organized?

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On Feb 27, 2014, at 7:59 AM, kimpratt@northsouth.tv wrote:

Hello All,

I'm new at supporting Avid/Terrablock and have a question that might be highlighting my newbie status, but here goes.

We have a number of editors using Avid 6.5/7 (windows 7) on a TerraBlock 24EX (version 6 software) that have so many media volumes that they run out of drive letters. So they wind up having to mount and unmount while editing more often then is comfortable. I suspect that we are capping our volume sizes too small. I've inherited the cap in use (750gb) from a predecessor, and it might have had an internal practical reason instead of a Avid/TerraBlock technical reason.

What I'm hoping is either someone can confirm for me what the actual technical volume size cap should be with this combination of software/hardware. Or some suggestions about how other people deal with not having enough letters in the alphabet.

Thanks

Kim