TIL that listening to alan is a good idea

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yea i can just archive the project server now.

we still do them as final archives because why not , always nice to have and our archives are like 10MB anyhow

we just dont have to do daily archives as a safety as thats now happening every 20 minutes :slight_smile:

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Youā€™re saying you also do a full Flame media archive, and itā€™s 10MB? Are you working in NTSC, on 1 frame spots?

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I think Iā€™m the last person who does full media archives.

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If Iā€™m understanding @finnjaeger correctly then his archives are just like mine- heā€™s referring to a no-cache workflow, with no Flame generated media (no Hard commits, no batch Render node renders, no Motion Vector renders) which results in a Flame archive thatā€™s about 10mb.

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This is the way.

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what jeff said .

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metadata only ftw.
coupled with snapshots.
we work smart so you donā€™t have to - or something like that

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No, youā€™re not. Each to their own devices. My workflow needs that too.

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Itā€™s really not a big deal if youā€™re a one-seat shop. I generally start an archive the first day of loading footage before I leave for the night, to my facilis. Sometimes earlier if Iā€™ve done a lot of work for the offline as well. After that, subsequent archives usually only take a few minutes. Of course, I do 99% tv spots. At the end of a job, my average archive is about 3tb. When Iā€™ve collected enough to fit on a 12tb LTO, I make 2 copies. I never delete from the facilis until I need the space. Call me old fashioned, but I feel most comfortable giving my personal attention to the backup process, rather than just rely on technology to do it for me. Obviously this may not work out well in a big shop, particularly if you leave archiving to the individual artist, or if your primary work is longform, which to me is anything over 90 seconds.

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@ytf - I am calling you old fashioned, making one, and drinking it in celebration of youā€¦
you of all people know that flame is not a single track approach.
and i of all people will disagree with that.

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I think I mentioned that this works for me because of my narrow field of needs.

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Besides, I prefer a Manhattan. Itā€™s a hometown favorite.

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You mention installing the adsk VMā€¦ is that the Ami youā€™re referring to?

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nope just the rocky linux iso as a VM.

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You are able to use the AMI - try VirtualBox as your hypervisor.
Itā€™s not a great way - but gives you the flexibility to try a bunch of stuff, then throw it all away once youā€™ve worked out your blueprints.

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Iā€™ve just started playing with Proxmoxā€¦ So many people kept mentioning it, I got FOMOā€¦ hahaā€¦ Iā€™ll go with the VMā€¦ not sure if my ā€˜beelink eq13ā€™ is enough thoughā€¦ but for a learning experience itā€™s fine.

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Yea get in the game!!

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Could you expand on this step?
Is there a separate installer for running the Project Server as a VM?

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Flame_Cloud_Reference_project_server_configuration

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The link phil
oinked is for a cloud install, there actually is a guide for the regular project server.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/FLAME/2024/ENU/?guid=FLAME_install_software_config_project_server_config_html

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