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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
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Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-20-2016 07:04 AM
On the DCDC stuff...there is their main "Kencast" server that downloads everything and they put on some satellite storage units (just WD USB drives) to hold trailers. Note, it is the FEATURES that they restrict you from "seeing" not the trailers, that I'm aware (perhaps for IMAX they also restrict things) so you can get most any trailer from there.
I don't know first hand just how much total storage is in the system but I'm sure that determines how frequently Deluxe deletes content off. I hear that they hold features on the order of 6-weeks.
We are integrating a DCDC system into a sub-run theatre where they may play a movie 12-15 weeks off of the break...SO...they will have to "harvest" features the way they already do for trailers. That is, at the moment, when Trailmixes come in, they take off everything they could potentially get so they have the trailer when bookings become more final.
With features, this is going to require more storage to harvest. Since they have a Dolby DSS system (3-screens), I'm upping their storage capacity from a mere 3TB/server to closer to 12 (it was going to be less but drive prices have been coming down to the point where loading 4TB drives in will not be very pricey)...so amongst the three servers, they will have approximately 36TB of storage capacity and, in reality, given that much storage, they can store everything on every server too for at least 15 weeks. In truth, one could go with just 6TB/server because that is 18TB for the 3-plex, that is enough to hold everything but it would be distributed amongst the three servers...in the event of a RAID crash (or need to rebuild for other reasons), you may lose some content not on the other two servers...with 12TB/server, you are pretty much triple backed up and when the feature is booked, it is already on all screens (this exhibitor always has all content on all screens in his plexes to ensure he can switch auditoriums on a moments notice).
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