From: "Brendan Bolles" Received: from nail.lmi.net ([66.117.140.18] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTP id 7190781 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:16:21 +0100 Received: from [10.25.0.108] (unknown [12.42.42.62]) by nail.lmi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6C0B3E436A for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:29:04 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_6060E5AC-8E26-40AC-AB08-9F0DDDE5DFC6" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.2 \(3445.5.20\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Constant hangs when switching between apps Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:28:44 -0800 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <1D7D869F-AFBF-4FB7-8DE3-C46209BC0B58@fnordware.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.5.20) --Apple-Mail=_6060E5AC-8E26-40AC-AB08-9F0DDDE5DFC6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On Nov 14, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote: >=20 > Yeah, on the biggest projects for the film (the ones that took 2 days = to open) we disable the prefs in AE to check any footage at all for = changes. Turn that off if you have files on network or much better yet, = get all that stuff local. Making everything local is not always logical/practical. We're working = off a 77 TB server with 30 machines. Should we get each machine its own = 70 TB array? While this AE hang thing is annoying and should be addressed, my guess = is trying to synch up local storage on a whole bunch of machines would = be even more annoying. That said, with our NFS network setup the Macs cruise along but the = Windows machines are much slower to access files on the network. We = pretty much only use AE on Mac for this reason. Switching to SMB might = fix Windows, but then maybe the Macs will be slow? We're contemplating = it. Brendan --Apple-Mail=_6060E5AC-8E26-40AC-AB08-9F0DDDE5DFC6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
On = Nov 14, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Stephen van Vuuren <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Yeah, on the biggest projects for the = film (the ones that took 2 days to open) we disable the prefs in AE to = check any footage at all for changes. Turn that off if you have files on = network or much better yet, get all that stuff = local.


Making everything local is not always = logical/practical. We're working off a 77 TB server with 30 machines. = Should we get each machine its own 70 TB array?

While this AE hang thing is annoying = and should be addressed, my guess is trying to synch up local storage on = a whole bunch of machines would be even more annoying.

That said, with our NFS = network setup the Macs cruise along but the Windows machines are much = slower to access files on the network. We pretty much only use AE on Mac = for this reason. Switching to SMB might fix Windows, but then maybe the = Macs will be slow? We're contemplating it.


Brendan

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