#render tga to exebyte?
04-Sep-94 01:24:36
Sb: #121992-#render tga to exebyte?
Fm: John Tissavary 71054,15
To: Mark Yankee 73052,3142
TapeDisk with an Exabyte would be slower, for sure, but I can think of many
situations where you'd want it. I'm on the verge of ordering it myself. I've
had a couple of jobs recently where I've had to render multiple 30 second
spots, and do multiple composites, etc… where the frame count exceeds the
space on my network hardrives (4.5 gigs), and I don't really want to spend $$$
on more HD space (which is NEVER enough anyway) right now, so I'm thinking of
getting TapeDisk. At this point, I'm using backup software to temporarily
archive files to make room for other files, but managing this is incredibly
tedious and inefficient – TapeDisk would simplify and speed the process up
significantly. I could move the files I don't need at the moment from the HD
to the Exabyte, render the frame I need, VP the frames I need, and still have
room for more (10gigs per tape!). It's basically what I'm doing now, but with
a DOS drive letter and the ability to do a simple "dir" command I think things
would be a LOT easier.
John Tissavary (LUNA cie, inc)