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EDITSHARE README STORAGE VERSION 6.0.2 ARK VERSION 2.0 YOUR VERSION 6.0.2 SYSTEM Your Version 6.0.2 System Consider the following about your EditShare v6.0.2 system: • This release is for new or v6.x.x EditShare systems only. You can only upgrade a previous version of v6.x.x to this version. EditShare will, however, be providing an upgrade path from EditShare 5.x to 6.x in the near future. • If you purchased the EditShare Ark option, the software update for Ark v2.0 is included with the EditShare v6.0.2 software. • The EditShare Role Assistant now includes the ESA Assistant and the Ark Assistant (if you purchased the Ark option). In most cases, you need to run the Role Assistant to make sure that your components are configured correctly. See "Configuring Your System with the EditShare Role Assistant" on page 7. • EditShare Flow is not supported with this version. Flow v2.0 will be supported in a subsequent release. • For a list of new features in this version, see "New in Storage Version 6.0.2" on page 2 and "New in Ark Version 2.0" on page 5. New in Storage Version 6.0.2 A new, more powerful operating system has been implemented. The enhanced Linux OS provides a significant improvement in performance, resulting in higher stream counts. EditShare Manager services also start and restart faster than previously. The overall look of the application has also been updated for a unified appearance with other EditShare products. In addition to the operating system and user interface changes, the following features are new in this version and are described in the EditShare Version 6.0 Administrator’s Guide: • User groups. You can save time by organizing users into groups, and then adding and removing groups from Spaces rather than adding and removing individuals. See “Adding Users to Groups,” “Removing Users from Groups,” and “Removing Users or Groups from Media Spaces.” • Avid-Style Sharing. EditShare now offers a second way to share Avid media and projects if you are accustomed to working with Avid Unity and you want to continue to work in that way. This feature is currently enabled 2
EDITSHARE README STORAGE VERSION 6.0.2 ARK VERSION 2.0 NEW IN STORAGE VERSION 6.0.2 only for Windows systems, although the Mac version is scheduled to be released soon. See"Avid-Style Sharing" on page 4 in this ReadMe and “Avid-Style Media Space.” • DPX optimization. This version provides multiple levels of optimizations for working with the DPX format, including the following: – Speeding up the creation and opening of long sequences of DPX files. – Laying down sequences of DPX files close to one another on EditShare storage volumes in real time, which prevents fragmentation and unnecessary disk seeks. – Allowing simultaneous writing and reading of 2K DPX files on the same 16-drive volume. See “Adjusting DPX Options.” • Renaming Media Spaces. If you make a mistake naming a Space or decide you want to change the name, it is now easy to change the name. See “Renaming Media Spaces.” • Changing a Managed Media Space to Unmanaged. This is useful when the permissions and ownership rules of Managed Spaces are too restrictive for a particular workflow. See “Converting Managed Media Spaces to Unmanaged.” • Changing the EditShare Administrator password in EditShare Manager. See “Changing Your Administrator Password.” • Status web page that gives you access to client installers, manuals, and server status. See “Viewing EditShare Status in a Web Browser.” • How you connect to the server remotely. You now use RealVNC on Windows and Mac to connect remotely. The installers are in your SMB File Exchange area. See “Preparing the Administrator’s Workstation.” NOTE: TightVNC and Chicken of the VNC are no longer supported. • Several optimizations for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and OS X that affect operation generally and can also particularly improve performance when you work with uncompressed HD. See “Setting up Editors Workstations.” • Enhanced support for OS X workstations that connect to EditShare storage via Apple Filesharing Protocol (AFP). EditShare now includes a new version of Netatalk, the Linux/Unix service that allows OS X workstations to connect via AFP. Netatalk now offers full support for the 3
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