Setup guide

Software configuration

Configure Creative Finishing Software

This is necessary for new installations. For an upgrade you do not need to repeat these procedures, unless

adding new media storage devices. The only task you might need to perform when upgrading from a previous

version is upgrading projects to the current version and transferring clip libraries.

Configure a direct attached storage or SAN as Media Storage

You can use your application with the following storage configurations (but not the system drive):

■ A standard UNIX-compatible filesystem on a DAS (such as an Autodesk-recommended Dot Hill or XR-series

disk array)

■ A SAN. When attached to a CXFS SAN declared as a standard filesystem partition to Stone and Wire,

Creative Finishing workstations running the current release have shown optimal (real-time) performance

with version 4.02 of the CXFS client, and the following mount options for the CXFS volume:

rw,noatime,filestream,inode64.

■ A standard UNIX-compatible filesystem on a Network Attached Storage (NAS) based on the Network File

System (NFS) protocol. The fact that all I/O operations occur over the network makes it impossible to

reliably predict steady performance for NAS filesystems. Also that the NFS protocol features built-in cache

and time-out mechanisms, which may cause several workstations working on the same media source to

appear de-synchronized.

Configure your application to use the media storage filesystem

1 Ensure the disk array or SAN storage is connected to your workstation and powered up, and that a

UNIX-compatible filesystem exists on the storage.

2 In a terminal, as root, stop Stone and Wire with the command: /etc/init.d/stone+wire stop

3 Create the Managed Media Cache directory or directories:

■ Create a point for your storage e.g. mkdir -p /mnt/StorageMedia. Do not use the reserved word

“stonefs” in the directory name. For a DAS, the DKU installer should have already created a mount

point for it at /mnt/StorageMedia (for HP Z800 workstations) or /mnt/stoneMedia (for older

workstations).

■ Mount the filesystem e.g. mount -av -t xfs -o rw,noatime,inode64 /dev/vg00/lvol1

/mnt/StorageMedia. To automatically mount at boot, create an entry for it in the /etc/fstab.