4.2

Manually configure file sharing
Compressor automatically manages the file sharing required for
distributed processing. However, if you want to use your own file
sharing system (such as a dedicated file server, Xsan, or NAS),
you can turn off automatic file sharing, then manually configure file
sharing and manually mount the shared volumes.
For example, if you have a file server or SAN (a storage area
network such as Xsan), you can use it to hold your source files
and any files transcoded from those source files. This allows you
to provide a file sharing strategy that best suits your environment.
Important: When you turn off automatic file sharing with the
intention of submitting to a shared group of computers, you must
use the common shared volume (or volumes) on all of the
computers for the location of the source files and for the location
of the transcoded files. If you don’t do this, computers in your
shared computer group will not be able to read or write the files
needed for your batch.
Turn off automatic file sharing
1. Choose Compressor > Preferences (or press Command-
Comma), then click Shared Computers at the top of the
window.
2. In the Shared Computers pane, click the “Enable automatic
file sharing” checkbox to deselect it.
Important: When submitting to a shared group of computers,