Van Ling - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Projects that have worked on are Star Wars episode 3 the DVD. The collector’s edition of Titanic, and all of the Terminator movies. While using the second UltraStor™ for Titanic, the amazing RAID storage was so fast in GB Ethernet that it allowed his team to use Final Cut Pro downstairs while in the other office Van was mounting QuickTime over the network. “Very impressive” While working in producing for many years Van Ling has found how important the storage process can be. Van currently feels that the UltraStor™ unit is reliable.
“I use the RAID hot swappable drives and the cold is kept on the shelf which is easier for me to maintain, overall it is time consuming to access information and very well organized in a final production.” - Van Ling
Star Wars:
DVD menu which is fairly intense with footage that stores full resolution being able to access specific points, sound effects, images are full. No bathing having whole movie and fast enough systems is needed to process this project where the RS2080SA comes into play.
Titanic:
Van has produced, counter cut and deleted scenes. All of the material collectible documentaries are all stored in the UltraStor™ HDS-8. Compiling all trailers with 20 tapes pulling in and out of the unit becomes very convenient to work with. While working with Titanic Van found that Final Cut Pro was not cutting it, he needed a more extensive devise to store properly and format everything smoothly. While transmitting Titanic streaming back and forth the UltraStor™ formatted very well with Avid, this is why the second one was purchased for future HD and capacity that will be used.
About Van Ling
Van Ling owner, producer of Visual effects production, a small video company based out of Southern California. Van works at home off of free lance work and specializes in DVD’s that feature production video with visual effects and graphic design. AMDB with a total of 18 years in digital media production.
While searching for storage systems and using Avid and Final Cut Pro Van had gone to Proavio. Aurora systems recommended the UltraStor™ RS2080 HDS and the first unit was then purchased. Many projects and video streaming needed to be stored accurately and safely. Loads of material to keep track of each project were stored into one UltraStor™ and never topped the mass capacity of storage. “We have gone through every single floppy, SyQuest, penical mo drive and tried it all also DIT, ZIP and so forth… Some of these storage devices are still used because of information that has been stored in the past.”
Customer Service:
The cost is fair and effective, worth the money because of time and reliability for the production process.
“Wonderful experience with customer satisfaction, the unit was installed in my studio personally at my location and when other issues came up that had nothing to do with the systems, Proavio made a point to help figure out a solution for me.” - Van Ling
Hardware and Software Used:
G5 several
Avid and Final Cut Pro
Running smoothly both systems side by side.
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UltraStor™ RS8 HDS U320
3.0TB Multi-resolution Production Ultra320 SCSI Storage, dual system configuration for optimized HD performance. Includes an Atto Technologies 64-bit PCI-X SCSI Host Adapter, external SCSI cables & accessories. 3 year warranty
Features & Benefits:
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- User configurable RAID processor
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- 3 year warranty
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3.0TB Multi-resolution Production Fibre Channel Storage, dual system configuration for optimized HD performance. Includes an Atto Technologies 64-bit PCI-X Fibre Host Adapter, external Fibre cables & accessories. 3 year warranty
Features & Benefits:
- Production-grade hybrid storage with RAID protection
- World-class storage solutions for High Definition Media
- SAN-Ready 2Gb SFP interface (Optional Optical Interface)
- Up to16 Hot-swappable Serial ATA disks
- 64-bit dual port 2Gb Fibre adapter for Mac & PC
- User configurable RAID processor
- Supports mulit-layered DV, SD and HD video formats
- 3 year warranty
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