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Author Topic: NC900c NAS server Gunnar Asgeirsson Film Handler Posts: 64 From: Iceland Registered: Jul 2006 posted 10-20-2016 08:50 AM                        We have had the NC900c for 3 years and what have always bothering me is the limited space on this IMS. (2TB) I was google-ing this and found a solution that looks like to be amazing. This IMS can actully play content directly from a NAS server. Have anyone here try this and is it stable? I have two NC900c projectors, would it be to much bandwitch if both of them as playing content from the same NAS server at the same time? And one thing, this build in servers are not actully IMS2000, it is NP-90MS01. Now when Dolby owns DoReMi this servers are almost the same right? Here is vimeo video i found about this: https://vimeo.com/124993004  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-20-2016 06:17 PM                     It is the equivalent of the IMS1000 (not the 2000). Note, NEC is responsible for support of it, not Dolby/Doremi since it is an OEM product. I'd direct my question to either NEC or Dolby (but ask as if it was an IMS1000).  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 10-20-2016 06:54 PM                     What Steve says. The NP-90MS01 is a IMS1000 OEM and can not play directly from a NAS (or other local storage other than it's RAID). In theory, the IMS1000 should be able to use 2GB notebook drives, which should give you around 4GB storage. Don't know if anyone tried this yet. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Gunnar Asgeirsson Film Handler Posts: 64 From: Iceland Registered: Jul 2006 posted 10-20-2016 07:25 PM                        Carsten Kurz is right. The NP-90MS01 is IMS1000 oem. Doremi server with nec branding. I did contact dolby today and they say in email that IMS1000 can play from nas server i just need to make a software update on the server. (they are now sending me the current version)  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 10-20-2016 08:02 PM                     Doremis have a feature called 'PlayWhileIngest'. It's not the same as direct play. It may help in an emergency situation, but I doubt it is helpful in general for the problem you describe. A NAS, however, will help you with your storage problem even if the IMS can not play directly from it. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 08-25-2019 09:32 AM                 It has been 1038 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Ioannis Syrogiannis Expert Film Handler Posts: 147 From: Reykjavík, Iceland Registered: Jun 2005 posted 08-25-2019 09:32 AM                     I can already imagine the system generating that well known "It's been 1040 (or something) days since last post", yet I can't find any better post to ask for feedback and starting a new thread wouldn't help. I've recently seen on the NEC site that there is a number (that Natural Number that is bigger than two, but smaller than 4) of NASes that works as intended with NP-90MS01 and one of them should be still available for ordering. I don't see any upgrades on the Dolby side, regarding IMS1000 recommended HDDs, as far as capacity is concerned, so I am bound to repeat Steve Guttag's question under the thread “High Capacity and Compatibility server in 2016”: quote: Has anyone done NAS storage with it? Can one confidently play content from the NAS to it? Thus far, my only experience (limited) with NAS storage has been with Christie and that hasn't been a pleasant experience. I do have more questions on the subject, but unless I have some feedback on the critical question, no need to bother.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-25-2019 11:02 AM                     Buy a very high end NAS storage. Those things can get ugly as hell as they do in the Christie IMS. Mark  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-25-2019 11:27 AM                     Is anyone out there playing from a NAS on the IMS1000? The only Doremi/Dolby server that I know can play from a NAS is the IMS3000 and it is an either/or sort of thing. You either use a NAS or you use internal storage. Now a NAS can provide a storage tank for content but it still need to get to the local drives for playback on the older servers. As others have noted, P-INGEST merely is a means to allow content to play while it is ingesting by giving it a head start...it is still playing from the local drives.  |  IP: Logged

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