xSAN Production Lab
24 terabytes of production storage, five fiber channel workstations, Signiant based automated delivery workflows, LikeWise Enterprise active directory integration, and a compete overhaul of NBC.com’s Video Production Lab.
Working with NBCU’s Broadcast Technology Initiatives group, I planned, executed and provide on-going support for a significant upgrade to the xSAN based production system used to edit & process ALL of NBC.com’s video offerings. Completed over the course of a nine days, this upgrade involved a total archive/backup/restore of ALL current system data, restripeing of the xSAN volume, workstation image build & deployment, server configuration and end-to-end speed testing.
This upgrade inculded the following software packages:
- Apple OS 10.5 Leopard (workstation & server)
- Apple xSAN 2
- LikeWise Enterprise (AD Integration)
- Signiant (Accelerated Delivery Workflows)
- Adobe Creative Suite 4
- 25 additional pieces of production & productivity software
Addationally planning is currently underway for a major hardware overhaul and expansion including new storage, workstations, Final Cut Server, and addational backup/redundancy systems.