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 
You’re saying you also do a full Flame media archive, and it’s 10MB? Are you working in NTSC, on 1 frame spots?
I think I’m the last person who does full media archives.
If I’m understanding @finnjaeger correctly then his archives are just like mine- he’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 that’s about 10mb.
This is the way.
what jeff said .
metadata only ftw.
coupled with snapshots.
we work smart so you don’t have to - or something like that
No, you’re not. Each to their own devices. My workflow needs that too.
It’s really not a big deal if you’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 I’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 I’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.
@ytf - I am calling you old fashioned, making one, and drinking it in celebration of you…
you of all people know that flame is not a single track approach.
and i of all people will disagree with that.
I think I mentioned that this works for me because of my narrow field of needs.
Besides, I prefer a Manhattan. It’s a hometown favorite.
You mention installing the adsk VM… is that the Ami you’re referring to?
nope just the rocky linux iso as a VM.
You are able to use the AMI - try VirtualBox as your hypervisor.
It’s not a great way - but gives you the flexibility to try a bunch of stuff, then throw it all away once you’ve worked out your blueprints.
I’ve just started playing with Proxmox… So many people kept mentioning it, I got FOMO… haha… I’ll go with the VM… not sure if my ‘beelink eq13’ is enough though… but for a learning experience it’s fine.
Yea get in the game!!
Could you expand on this step?
Is there a separate installer for running the Project Server as a VM?
The link phil
oinked is for a cloud install, there actually is a guide for the regular project server.