How do I set up an ethernet network to share my projects and my media?  I mapped drives to the local computer.  I've done the alldrives and my Avid sees the drives.  

I can not start a new project (in the project window I go to external, select new project give it a name) I get a can't open project error.  When I go to the drive (throught windows explorer) I see a folder but nothing in it. 

While working on a local project I can import footage and my Avid creates the OMF on the SAN drive.  However, when I capture, Avid locks up and stops responding. I can't capture from tape to the SAN drive.

To test the ethernet I mapped a drive to another Avid computer (hooked to the same switch) and I could capture to that computer's mapped drive.  What gives?

I'm using a GVS Raid system.

Mark

I suggest you do a search on "network" where you'll find many posts on the subject including this one:

http://www.avid.com/exchange/forums/36929/ShowPost.aspx

I have read every post about networks on the forum.  It sounds pretty simple and I think it should work.  But it doesn't maybe I'm missing something.  Could it be a permissions thing?  I have full control to the drives.

Thoughts anyone?

You need the software. call
http://tiger-technology.com/

I'll check it out thanks.  If anyone else has something shoot it my way.  It's much appreciated.

I was told I don't need the software but I still can't get it to work.  Avid stops responding when I try to capture from tape to the SAN.

You cannot share a project in the true sense without Unity or LANShare. With home made SAN, only one user can have access to both project and media at any given time.

You can share media with other systems at the same time but that would require at least a third party SAN software like EditShare.

Check out Terrablock for affordable video SAN.

That's okay.  I work in a school and we want a student to be able to start on computer A and finish on computer B.  We don't need multiple access at one time.  My problem is I can't get Avid to record to the SAN or get my projects to save to it either.  I get a can not copy error when I try existing projects.

Any help is appreciated.

gates,
does You have experience with tigers solution? I am interesting in it but has not find any references except from their webpage.

I've made progress.  I can now create a new project to the SAN.  However, I still have a capture issue.  I can capture audio but when I try to capture video Avid locks up and stops responding.  Does anyone have any ideas?  Bandwidth seems to be fine.  Does Avid handle video differently than audio?  Could it be the way it creates the OMF as opposed to the Aiff audio?

How does the creating folder work?

Need help.

When trying to capture video i get the following error

Exception:OMFI HPDomain_error_closing_Domain

Exception:  File_other, Filename:S:\OMFI mediafiles\creating\creating12

Sys_Error, Status:64, msg:the specified network name is no longer available

Sys_Error, Status:121, msg: The semaphore timeout period has expired

 

  Will Avid work on a Windows XP Pro workstion hooked to a Unix Server?

From what i know, avid deliberatly block the usage of network drives, at least on some avid software. so even if you have the bandwidth, you won't be able to create media on network drives, (and that includes fiber channel drives) unless they are unity drives.
sad but true.

It is possilby. You have to map a letter to the share and let the user get access to the root of the share.

Maybe I will qualify my answer.

First, it is possibly to save projects on a share. But it is not recomendable to let more than one editor use that project without a unity or lanshare. This because these systems has build in systems for locking and unlocking bins so only one can change a timeling at time.

Second, It is not possibly to share a mediafolder by to computers at the same time without unit or lanshare (or some competiing proucts such as editshare and a product from tiger technology). This because the file which build the database of the media can only be used by one at ones. This is by old design and a heritage, not an evil way to force us to buy their overprices SANs.