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IBM Intellistation M-Pro (6889) System Integration and Reference Guide Rev 15
MediaComposer, Symphony and Xpress NT
Avid Technology Systems Engineering Peripheral Configuration
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A format operation may be interrupted, but if the volume was previously formatted, the data is
lost.
Quick Format
Quick format simply initializes the volume with the appropriate file system and performs no
bad sector scanning. Use this option only if the volume was previously formatted under
Windows NT.
10.6 Non Avid Storage
Some configurations may require non-Avid storage devices from IBM, Seagate, or others.
Avid provides video resolution performance guarantees only on Avid storage combinations
specifically tested in-house. Avid does not provide the same performance assurances when
non-Avid storage devices are employed. However, the use of such devices is not specifically
prohibited. Avid Systems Engineering recognizes this and suggests the following guidelines
when non-Avid storage devices are used for media drives.
• Disable
Drive Filtering if the Avid NT application implements it. On Avid Symphony and
Xpress NT this is accomplished by opening the General Settings list and clearing the
Drive Filtering check box.
• Enable write caching on all disk drives.
• Disable recovered error reporting by the disk drive if possible.
• Use only high quality cables and active termination.
• Follow the SCSI specification for cable length, keeping the overall length within published
guidelines.
• Avoid mixing drives with different bus speeds.
For configurations requiring backup devices such as DLT, DAT, or 8mm helical scan, Avid
Systems Engineering suggests these devices are configured to a SCSI bus separate from the
primary media drives SCSI chain. This will lessen the interconnection problems common with
narrow and wide SCSI bus devices, prevent termination mismatches, and make it easier to
troubleshoot.
Avid does not provide support for Iomega Jaz, Zip or other removable devices used as media
storage devices.
10.7 Network Drives
Avid does not support digitize or playback operations to or from a Windows NT server or
workgroup media sharing environment. However, media may be archived to networked
volumes.