Awesome! Thanks Aaron. I am an archiving nut. I archive to an external server as part of the conform on each project. I then archive incrementally 2/3 times each day and always when I move between projects. Project archives on final delivery go to near line storage where they are kept for one year and then to LTO where they are kept forever. Backup plan hasn’t failed me yet. (Famous last words)
Thanks for this advice. Looks like I can start with the 8TB internal and move to your external solution as needed! Really appreciate your advice here!!
Dude, you’re not a freelancer if you’re doing this. You’re a mini studio! And you’ve got a project server? I mean….
We are contemplating a similar switch and the one hang up I have about it is that ML TW on our z840s is about 1s/frame. On a loaded M2 Ultra studio, it is 1 min/frame, and that was with the metal accelerated version. So maybe keep a Linux box around for ML stuff?
Not a bad idea. Beats mine which was to turn it into an awesome fish tank! lol.
I used to own a decent sized post studio so old habits die hard when it comes to serving clients and I think infrastructure is an important consideration to any artist. I wish more of us would take it seriously tbh.
Studio Ultra just ordered, now to decide on whether or not to replace my lovely Eizo and Barco with a widescreen Dell or Asus ProArt!! - thank you all for your help and advice. I’m not the most technical when it comes to machine specs etc and have always relied on my IT gurus to build me the biggest baddest system they can every time so this is a big move for me and I am grateful to you all for you all for all your advice!
I’m not a technical guy but I remember the day we attached a usb disk to our linux machine and all projects gone after that. It was a nightmare. I got lots of stories like that. If you have strong technical support then it’s ok. But don’t call them at night.
@alperoktay
Newer version of linux like Rocky are way more easy to use than very old Red Hat / CentOS. With Rocky Linux, you get a modern OS and user experience and various options to build a powerful workstation.
This is the question I came to explore, was just on the Autodesk System Requirements page and was wondering if they are behind on updating… Today is April 13, 2025 and we have an M3 Ultra now, and yet, still, Autodesk states:
" Apple M series processors Recommended : M1 Ultra"
