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Topic: Replacing Harddisks on Doremi 2000 to get more space.
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Simon Christensen
Film Handler
Posts: 6
From: Hornslet, Aarhus, Denmark
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 06-19-2012 01:56 PM
Hi.
I have 2 screens, both of them equipped with a Doremi DCP-2000 and Barco DP2K-12C. The Doremi DCP-2000 is born with 3x1TB drives, and I'm running low on disc space. Not critical yet, but I know it will be one day.
I would like 2TB drives, and I have been told that I could replace the hard drives with WD2003FYYS (they should be on the Doremi certified list, but I don't have the list so I can't check).
It is no problem getting the disks, and it is properly no problem replacing the drives in the Doremi. But I just need to get something clear first. And I hope you guys can help me.
I can take backup of playlists, and I can transfer all movies, trailers ect. to the other screen. So I don't care about the content on the discs. I would like to start clean with the new drives.
My question is: What about the OS? Where is Doremi Operating System located? Is it on the RAID set (the one I'm going to replace) or is there an extra HD/SSD/WhatEver located inside the Doremi server that holds the OS. If so, then the RAID set is ONLY for media content.
Can I just replace the drives and Reinitialize the RAID, and all is good? :-)
My guess is that I have to do the following: 1: Backup playlists ect. 2: Transfer all movies, trailers ect to the other screen. 3: Power off. 4: Replace hard drives. 5: Power on. 6: Reinitialize RAID 7: Transfer all movies, trailer ect back to this screen 8: Restore playslists. 9: PLAY MOVIE ! :-)
Any input is appreciated. Thanks
/Simon Christensen
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Edward Havens
Jedi Master Film Handler
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Posts: 614
From: Los Angeles, CA
Registered: Mar 2008
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posted 06-23-2012 11:33 AM
Not to be critical, but I'm wondering why one running a twin with 3TB of server space for each screen would feel the need to add more space in the first place. The biggest digital movie files I've seen, such as the Avatar 3D Special Edition from 2010, were all less than 400GBs, and the average digital file for a trailer is about 2-3GBs each. With 3TB of space, one should be able to hold several movies and dozens of trailers before worrying about running out of space.
I had the same setup at one of my theatres a couple years ago, and I was able to hold all eight of the After Dark HorrorFest films plus about forty trailers on that specific server, and I still was only at 60% capacity. Since I only had the one digital screen at the time and lacked the benefit of a centralized LMS, I only uploaded what I absolutely needed to the server, and deleted what I no longer needed as soon as I was done with it.
Your results may vary, but I can't see why logically.
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