Just looking for some advice for a Networking 'noob'

Hey folks,
I manage the post-production workflow for a small agency. We're getting ready to move into a new office space, and we'll be looking to make some upgrades to our video workflow and data management.
At the current time, we have two G5s (PowerPCs) and a new Intel Mac Pro. We may be adding a fourth (or even fifth) workstation. We shoot everything on the DVX (24p DV), but we're also (strongly) considering upgrading to an HD workflow and investing in a few HVX packages so we can have the option of shooting 720p. We will NOT be shooting anything higher than that, (no uncompressed, digibeta, no 1080p, etc.)
Right now, when we need to access media from other computers, we simply use the AppleTalk feature of our internal ethernet and mount the drives remotely. This actually works fairly well, and we usually don't have any issues with latency. But it becomes frustrating at times when we want to search for a particular media file or FCP project file and we can't remember which drive it was stored on. We'd like to have all of our editing workstations be able to access the same media simultaneously in one shared 'Mother Ship.'
I guess my question is: What should we get? Final Cut Server? G-Raid? Xsan?
I'm not really an IT guy, so I can't say I really know the differences between these different options, but any advice you can offer would be most appreciated.
And as for budget, we're prob looking to spend something in the range of $8,000-$10,000 dollars on this new system. (that's NOT including the HVXs, of course.
qp

Ok... here we go, not sure what you are doing except editing DV right now,
but this will work for HDV, DVCPROHD, Uncompressed SD and some ProRes
as long as you have a good Gigabit Router to transfer files. Please consult
a professional if this sounds scary to you.
*Redundant FILE SERVER* for project files, important stuff
1. Install at least 4GB RAM in G5 #1 (max $200)
3. Make sure there are two identical SATA drives in the G5. Install OSX Leopard Server ($499) on 1 drive. Use Carbon Copy Cloner (Free... http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html) and clone
the main drive to SATA drive #2 when drive #1 is set up completely. Use drive #2 as backup.
4. Connect CalDigit 2.56TB HDOne External Hard Drive Array (RAID-5) with PCI-X adapter ($2830)
SubTotal: $3600...ish
*Current MacPro* Add unprotected scratch disk for main edit suite
1. Install Sonnet Tempo SATA e4p Serial ATA Host Adapter ($260)
2. Connect Sonnet 2.5TB Fusion D500P eSATA Array System (RAID-0) ($1700)
Subtotal: $2000...ish
*2nd G5* convert to p2 Logging/backup Station
1. Sony BWU-200S Internal 4x Blu-ray Disc Rewritable Drive (599.95)
2. Roxio Toast ($85)
SubTotal: $700
*NEW Intel MacPro* will increase productivity
1. 8 Core 3ghz Intel MacPro ($3600)
Total: Around 9900-10,000
(Buy from PowerMax.com or other out of state vendor to avoid sales tax)
If you want to organize things, then FCS will help. You can install
on G5#2 for 999.00 more. I would focus on hardware first though.

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Mac OS version:
13C64
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Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953
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Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005200000
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The likely culprit:
The problem is likely due to the discreet GPU failing. Download gfxCardStatus 2.3 and use it to disable the GPU. This is a temporary workaround until you get your motherboard replaced.
Possible other causes are the software that installed these:
com.splashtop.driver.SRXFrameBufferConnector          1.5
com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer          1.7
com.splashtop.driver.SRXDisplayCard          1.5
com.avatron.AVExVideo          1.7
Now they may be causing panics because the try to use acceleration in the GPU which leads to the panics. You are unlucky to have a particular model that has a real problem with this.

Connection pooling - looking for some advice

Hi all,
I wish to implement a JDBC connection pool. I have read through previous posts and have also read the tutorial on connection pooling.
Some things are just still not quite clear. I am only actually asking for advice as my deadline is approaching - it is still at respectable distance but I don't have time to make mistakes (I have made enough already :-)).
Setting a minimum number of connections makes sense but I don't know why you would want/need to set a maximum number - wouldn't this mean that (potentially) 1 or more clients would simply have to wait for a connection to be freed by the pool ? I am only working with a small database (I am expecting approx. 200 users).
Also when I run short of connections (I have to create a new connection for the client) I wish to execute a background process that will create say 5 new connections whenever I create just 1. From my poor knowledge of threads I take it using a thread would not make any difference as the client would have to wait for this thread to end. Is this possible ?
I would be glad for any advice (I am not looking for source code as I have quite a good idea as to how to proceed).
Thanks,
BadLands

answer for u r first Q
Setting a minimum number of connections makes sense but I don't know why you would want/need to set a maximum number - wouldn't this mean that (potentially) 1 or more clients would simply have to wait for a connection to be freed by the pool ? I am only working with a small database (I am expecting approx. 200 users).
one basic funda of connection pooling
do u know why we implement connection pooling to save resources
reduce overhead on database main is to reuse the connection object already created
there r 2 parameter minimum no and maximum no of connection
when the server is started it will create the minimum no of connection object say 5 and put it in pool so whenver client comes it wont create any other conn assign a one from pool
now according to u if there is no maximum no
then once this 5 conn objects r used and when client comes it will create a new one and it will go on createing as and when client comes
so ther's is no funda of pooling
what will happen when the initial clients have used the conn object and they no longer want to use it
so what our connection pol will do it will put this connection object back to the pool and when client comes it will give him this conn object which is already used thus resusablity is achived
hope tis clear

Looking for some advice overclocking my i7 4790K :)

Hello there!
I've changed my whole PC insides last week that I would be able to overclock and push to the limits. I'd like to ask more experienced users about some advices and opinions.
I managed to overclock my i7 4790K to 4800 MHz running at 1.32V as a maximum. Below that value it would BSOD. What I am not certain about are temperatures of my processor.
I made a picture comparing default clock with turbo boost enhancement (4.4 GHz for all cores) and maximum overclock at 4800 MHz with temperatures displayed.
Seems like temps running 4.8 GHz are too high, aren't they? My current cooler is not really high-end, it has a single fan, single radiator and 7 heatpipes. I am thinking to upgrade for a BeQuiet! Dark Rock PRO 3 cooler, it has a double fan, double radiator and 14 heatpipes (7 on both sides). I am not interested in liquid cooling, just to prevent unwanted advices about it
Do you think there would be much difference between my current cooler and this BeQuiet?
Here are clocks, voltages and temperatures, made after a while of tortures using Prime95 software:
What do you think?

Allright, so it is most probably my cooler that isn't very efficient as it seems. That BeQuiet! I mentioned costs triple the price of my Fortis 2, looks powerful, guess I will stick to the idea and go for it then. Zalman cooler doesn't really look like hell of a cooler, hehe
Quote from: Sea Dog on 05-July-14, 05:37:04
Typical with Intel are variations within the same CPU models. Some are good CPU OC'ers and some have a strong IMC. Tonight at our family 4th of July gathering, I will be taking home a Z97 Gaming 7 with 4790k that belongs to my uncle to play with for awhile. I do know the performance optimization with his particular system ended up being 46X and 2666 Ram speed. 47X performance had flattened out, and 48X saw a slight decrease in performance. It did run 48X @ 1.299v's (DMM), 62C under load with ambient 25C. CPU cooler used is a Zalman CNPS9900Max-R. As previously mentioned, keep the CPU temperature below 73C when under stress.
May I ask under what conditions you had such temperatures? What stress software was in use?
My first try was 4700 MHz, it was running stable at 1.29V. You say it's not worth it to push for 4800 MHz? I'm looking for a maximum possible FPS in games, unfortunately I couldn't yet test anything as my MSI
GTX780Ti is still under warranty fix (fan issue).
Edit:
Quote from: Sea Dog on 05-July-14, 04:50:11
Judging by the 44X, to keep under 72.72C with the current installed cooling solution, you 'might' make 45X or 46X within the Intel published temperature limit.
Indeed 45/46x keeps acceptable temperatures. With better cooler I should be able to reach 4700MHz below 75-73 degrees. What is actually the risk of running CPU too hot? Over these 73 degrees?
Quote from: Nichrome on 05-July-14, 05:16:16
Nice OC but these temps won't let your CPU last for long. Make sure they're below 72*C as maximum.

Looking for some advice regarding an image related program

Hi fellas, Im looking for some guidance here. I want to write a program that will read an image (image will be an xray image of a square), convert the image to black and white, and measure the length and width of the square. Im looking for the best progamming langauge to make this happen. Anyone have any recommendations? I know c++ has a good imaging library that would be helpful so im looking into that at the moment. And Im pretty sure I can do this with matlab, but Im writing this program for a doctor so I need it to be portable. Thanks in advance for all the help
Cliffnotes:
Whats the best programming language to:
-read an image (of a square)
-convert image to black and white
-measure length/width of square
-GUI would be good but not necessary
-easy to write

HashBox wrote:You might want to look in to DPI and what The GIMP does in terms of that, also I found this which might be of use as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixels_per_inch
Thanks HashBox, I think Im off to a good start on this. First, I wrote the program (majority of it) using matlab, and now Im trying to convert it to C++. So far I have:
#include <stdio.h>
#include "CImg.h"
using namespace cimg_library;
//main program
int main()
CImg<double> img("xray.jpg");
//converts the image to black and white
img.RGBtoYCbCr().channel(0).resize(-100,-100,1,3).RGBtoLUT(CImg<>(2,1,1,3).fill(0.0f,255.0f),false);
//displays image
CImgDisplay display(img,"Black and White");
while (!display.is_closed)
display.wait();
return 0;
So right now, I have the black and white xray image. How do I find out the size of the image using c++? Is there a function for that or do I have to write code to find it manually?
Heres the original matlab code I wrote that Im trying to write my c++ code after:
%read the image
[filename,pathname] = uigetfile('*.*', 'Select an image');
%assign image to film
film=imread(filename);
%threshold the image
level = graythresh(film);
%convert image to black&white using the thresholded value
BW = im2bw(film, level);
%display image
imshow(BW);
SIZE=size(BW);
counter=zeros(1, SIZE(1));
for x=1:SIZE(1)
for y=1:SIZE(2)
if (BW(x,y)==1)
counter(1,x)=counter(1,x)+1;
end
end
end
SUM=0;
lines=0;
for counterarray=1:SIZE(1)
if counter(1,counterarray)>0
lines=lines+1;
SUM=counter(1,counterarray)+SUM;
end
end
Last edited by wankel (2009-04-24 21:15:46)

Looking for some advice from experienced users regarding training courses

I know I need a good, basic Illustrator training course to do what I want with the software. I found this one and was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to advise if it looks adequate to teach me the basics of Illustrator.
Here is the couse:
http://matygo.com/class/195-adobe-illustrator
Here is the syllabus:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47570858/IllustratorClass2.pdf
Or should I subscribe to the Lynda.com tutorials? http://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-CS5-tutorials/one-on-one-fundamentals/61020-2.html
Is the 30 day course at Vector Diary similar? http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/illustrator-training-course/http://
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
Mary

The likely culprit:
The problem is likely due to the discreet GPU failing. Download gfxCardStatus 2.3 and use it to disable the GPU. This is a temporary workaround until you get your motherboard replaced.
Possible other causes are the software that installed these:
com.splashtop.driver.SRXFrameBufferConnector          1.5
com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer          1.7
com.splashtop.driver.SRXDisplayCard          1.5
com.avatron.AVExVideo          1.7
Now they may be causing panics because the try to use acceleration in the GPU which leads to the panics. You are unlucky to have a particular model that has a real problem with this.

Some advice for a prospective user please.

Hello, I have been looking through some of the documentation
on the Adobe web site and I have read several posts that have
answered some of my questions but I just want to be certain that
Contribute is the product that I need, or rather my client needs,
for a web site that I am making. Thank you very much for any advice
that you can give, I apologise if my questions are tedious and you
have answered them before, by all means refer me to another post
that is relevant to my questions.
Um... I am making a web site in Dreamweaver. Can I upload the
web site in the same way as I would if I was not using Contribute
and then allow someone else to come along and edit the page using
this software? Or put another way; can you use contribute to edit
any page on the web providing you have the appropriate access?
I read in another post that the designer does not have to own
Contribute, only the client who will be editing the site does. What
I want to make sure about is that as the designer I will not have
to do anything different to what I would normally do and all of the
Contribute use is at their end.
Thank you very much for your help. It is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Adam.

ADAM BURTON wrote:
> Hello, I have been looking through some of the
documentation on the Adobe web
> site and I have read several posts that have answered
some of my questions but
> I just want to be certain that Contribute is the product
that I need, or rather
> my client needs, for a web site that I am making. Thank
you very much for any
> advice that you can give, I apologise if my questions
are tedious and you have
> answered them before, by all means refer me to another
post that is relevant to
> my questions.
>
> Um... I am making a web site in Dreamweaver. Can I
upload the web site in the
> same way as I would if I was not using Contribute and
then allow someone else
> to come along and edit the page using this software? Or
put another way; can
> you use contribute to edit any page on the web providing
you have the
> appropriate access?
>
> I read in another post that the designer does not have
to own Contribute, only
> the client who will be editing the site does. What I
want to make sure about is
> that as the designer I will not have to do anything
different to what I would
> normally do and all of the Contribute use is at their
end.
>
> Thank you very much for your help. It is much
appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Adam.
>
Hi Adam,
To answer your first question:
Yes, Contribute can connect to the same remote site that you
use with
Dreamweaver, and you're exactly right that it can be used to
edit only
those pages the Contribute user has permissions to. In my
company I'm
the only person using Dreamweaver, as the site administrator,
and
everyone else uses Contribute. My use of Dreamweaver is
basically to
create templates and make some changes that aren't possible
in
Contribute (such as folder renaming and mass file deletion),
but any new
pages I create using Contribute as well, though I could use
Dreamweaver.
for your second question:
I'm not really sure. My setup uses Contribute Publishing
Server (CPS)
and this connect to Active Directory, allowing me to assign
users to
roles within Contribute. Now, while Dreamweaver does let me
administer
the website using Contribute screens, I don't know if I could
do this
without Contribute installed on the same PC (which it is).
Possibly,
Yes.. but I don't know.

Some advice for newbie backup-ers?

Hello, I've just come across a few dollars to spend on a drive to backup my macbook pro. I am fairly new at this so would appreciate some advice.
I considered the 1T Time Capsule but looked at some reviews and too many people would not reccommend due to it failing after a year. Plus I think I could probably get a better Seagate drive for less money.
First question, can I still use time machine with a Seagate external hard drive? Or could I somehow use migration assistant with it - to save my hard drive as is on my external?
I've also read a little about cloning and downloaded carbon copy cloner to do this but am not sure how it works. Would I just save a clone on my external and then copy it over to my mac in the event I lost my data? Does this take a lot of time? Would that be quicker than time capsule?
Ohh so many questions I know. Its just all so overwhelming and I want to make the right choice. Basically Im after non-complicated, easy, one-click approaches to backing up - similar to how easy migration assistant is. But it would also be good to have the option of manually transporting important documents like assignments to a backup drive. Thanks for reading!
Message was edited by: girrrl

girrrl wrote:
I considered the 1T Time Capsule but looked at some reviews and too many people would not reccommend due to it failing after a year.
those early problems haven been ironed out. the newer models are quite reliable.
Plus I think I could probably get a better Seagate drive for less money.
consider a [refurbished|http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC343LL/A?mco=MTY5MTQ5Njc] unit.
First question, can I still use time machine with a Seagate external hard drive?
yes, if the drive is properly formatted. check out [this_|http://web.me.com/pondini/TimeMachine/2.html] user tip.
Or could I somehow use migration assistant with it
MA is for migrating data from one Mac to another.
I've also read a little about cloning and downloaded carbon copy cloner to do this but am not sure how it works. Would I just save a clone on my external and then copy it over to my mac in the event I lost my data?
you would clone your cloned system from the external back to your internal HD, yes.
Does this take a lot of time?
depends on how much data you're cloning. via a firewire 800 connection, cloning 60 GB takes about an hour (YMMV).
Would that be quicker than time capsule?
again, depends on how much data to backup. if you're using an ethernet connection instead of wireless, it will be faster. the initial backup will take rather long, but subsequent backups are incremental and take much less time.
you might find the following enlightening: [_*Time Machine vs. Clones and Archives*|http://web.me.com/pondini/TimeMachine/Clones.html]
Basically Im after non-complicated, easy, one-click approaches to backing up
IMHO, that would be time machine.

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