Setup guide

Autodesk Stone Direct
Storage Configurations
Topics in this chapter:
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About Stone Direct on page 5
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Storage Configuration Workflow on page 6
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XR-Series Disk Array on page 7
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RAID Strategy on page 7
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Physical Enclosures on page 7
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XR-Series Storage Power and Air Conditioning Requirements on page 8
About Stone Direct
Stone Direct is Autodesk's high-performance direct-attached storage, designed to address the different real-time
playback requirements of SD, HD, 2K film, and mixed resolution workflows.
The following three components are required in a system that uses Stone Direct storage.
DescriptionComponent
The physical storage unitsOne or more disk arrays
The filesystem that determines how disk arrays are partitioned and media is
stored on disk arrays
Stone filesystem or standard filesystem
The way you access the media on the disk arraysVisual Effects, Finishing, and Colour
Grading application
In the simplest configuration, a Stone Direct consists of a single disk array attached using fibre channel
cables to a workstation running a Visual Effects, Finishing, and Colour Grading application. More complex
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