Hi Everyone,
Thanks again for all those that came out/connected in to our April CoP meeting! We had a productive meeting and went through a ton of content.
The slides for this CoP is located here.
Agenda Items:
- #NABShow 2018 Recap by Kirk
- Main Topic: Shared Storage on campus.
Meeting Notes:
- NAB related notes are on the CoP slides, link is located above.
Shared Storage on Campus
At a Glance
- Sauder – current system is able to edit, accessed from the W drive.
- UBC Studios – currently running Facilis, need to switch to new cameras, workflow for new gear and 4k.
- MedIT – similar to above, mentioned that there is a lot of interest on campus for a solution.
Bottom Line: need a storage solution 1 for media editing (high bitrate 600-700mbps), 1 for dead (archival) storage document storage.
Action Plan: Testing and going via the UBC Shared network system. Will involve multiple users from several departments and UBCIT.
Current User test group: LFS, MedIT, UBC Studios, UBC Communications, Sauder.
Current contacts in the Loop: UBCIT Systems
Project Timeline:
- Form a user group and scope for interest in this project. (Done)
- Work out and confirm process with UBCIT Systems, User group and schedule a systems Speedtest.
- Consisting of 1 contact from each user group running a Premiere File with multiple high Bitrate media files on the shared server. (Footage and Project File will be provided from UBC Studios)
- The schedule for the testing is 1st week of May as request by Jordi, so that if the servers cannot handle the stress that campus wide impact is kept to a minimum.
- If test fails, we go back to the drawing board.
- If test works, we establish a shared workflow to all video production teams so that during collaboration, we can locate and find files easily and effectively. Will also need to bring in Records Management for workflow structuring, naming conventions etc.
- UBC Studios can also provide their workflow structure to those that are interested. (Accessed via UBC Confluence)
- Moving onto the shared drive and after (upcoming).
A working group page will be added with the above information and updates. If you would like to be kept in the loop, please check out the working page for more information.
Cheers,
UBC Studios