Setting up Adobe Premiere in a lab environment

Hi All,
Like many, I'm moving my school's lab from Final Cut Pro to Adobe Production Suite. One looming question: Can I have multiple stations (six) working on a networked system? I'm worried the answer is "No" given my limited bit of research on the matter. Not good if this is the case!
Thanks for any details!
-Justin

If you are referring to using an XSan media server setup with Premiere, the best information I have
came from from Mitch Wood, Senior Solutions Engineer at Adobe Systems on 7/14/11.
"The bad news is that our XSan testing has been pretty limited. Most of the information that we know about it has come indirectly from customers. In short, it works with Premiere Pro. I'm certain that there are some caveats around configuration and usage (as there is with any network storage), but the details of that are largely unknown. The good news is that next week we'll be installing an XSan in our compatibility lab so we'll have much better information about its use soon. We have some very large customers that need to use their existing XSan storage with Premiere Pro, so we are definitely motivated to make sure it's compatible. So much so, that we intend to demonstrate a Premiere Pro / XSan workflow at IBC this year.
The bottom line is this - although we don't know much detail about XSan and Premiere Pro integration now, we will shortly and it's our intention to make certain that it works well."
Cheers,
Mitch Wood
Adobe Senior Solutions Engineer
7/14/11
Much more information about making the transition from Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer
to Premiere Pro can be found here:
Premiere Pro resources for Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer users

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My only current solution is to tell students to render and save frequently (like, after every single thing they do.) If their station misbehaves too terribly, we transfer the work to my laptop - and they do the work there. But I have only one laptop.

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function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}We are on a network - but we do have access to save to the C drive. Students have a folder on the C drive where they save all project assets and work.
Being on a network is fine (especially since you don't have a choice ), but using network drives is not. As John mentioned, *everything* PRE is doing should be using local, physical drives (at least 7200 RPM). Preferably one drive for projects and media storage, and another for temp files (and, no, partitions do not count because they are the same physical drive).
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}Are you saying that if they are multi-tasking, it could cause software burps?
I think a rule of thumb with editing is: the less running the better. But some processes seem to interfere much more with editing than others: virus scanning software and indexing are the biggest culprits I can think of. So if you have Word, for example, running at the same time that's fine, but if Norton is running or, God forbid doing a scan, that's more likely to cause issues.
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function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}Should they transfer all assets from a flash drive (pictures, music, etc. . .) into the project directory - and make sure they are not using any other programs while they are editing? Would this work if we are still tied to the network?
I think the above should answer... let me know if not.
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}We cannot boot the computers without accessing the network, because if we could be "independent" (of the security features of the network) then my students might turn into deviants and mess up the settings on the computer or release viruses or do a multitude of other evil things. So I've been told.
Well, I.T. has many reasons why they do things they do, but (as you might have suspected) your user experience is not Reason #1. But in any event, logging in and being on the network - in and of itself - shouldn't present any issues so no worries there.
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function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}And, we just received 1 set of DVDs - but our license number is good for 35 stations - so using the same serial number should not be the issue (we do the same thing for our Web Design suite, and that has had no problems.)
Well, good, that should be one thing to cross off the list, then.
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}I have complained to Tech Services and unfortunately, the problems never seem to replicate when they come in after school to do the work. They are the ones who told me they read the adobe service bulletin that states Web Design CS4 interferes with the operation of Adobe Premiere Elements 9.0. But, the students aren't working with the CS4 software when they are doing their video projects. So - that has been the extent of their research, as far as I can tell.
Yeah, isn't that always the way? Just like when I take my car to the mechanic and tell them it's making this weird noise, and of course they drive it and it's fine and they think I'm drunk or something. Unfortunately, software is even harder to diagnose, and if the problem can't be replicated it can be pretty hard to fix.
Is the tech bulletin saying that CS4 and PRE9 need to running together to cause problems, or can the mere fact that CS4 is *installed* cause PRE9 problems? Either way, it the "tech bulletin" theory held water, you would think it'd be fairly easy to replicate. Also, if that was the issue, why does it run fine after school?
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ETA: I don't know what that "function(){return A....." code stuff is, but it's not me typing that in

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robert: it is a UAC prompt from Windows (7, 64).
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