Steven Decker
Member
I am an experienced Data Manager/Digital Imaging Technician that is fully capable of being mobile with a cart based system that was purpose built by myself to handle all cameras workflows with ultrafast Thunderbolt 2, 6 GB ESata and USB3 connections.
The backbone of the system is a nMacPro 12 core "Trashcan" with dual 700 cards and 64GB of Ram. The nMacPro is enclosed in a Sonnet xMac Pro Thunderbolt 2 rackmount enclosure. Within the TB2 enclosure is RED Rocket-X card, 4 slot Sonnet 6gb ESata card and an additional 2x2 card that gives me an additional 2 6gb ESata and USB3 connections. I can custom configure the server chassis to any unique or specific workflow.
Also included in the system rack on the cart is the following:
1 - BlackMagic Ultra Studio 4K Recorder that can record video directly to the systems RAID Drive.
1 - Blackmagic TB2 Multidock that can read 2.5" hard drives or be setup as an additional RAID array.
1 - 17" Blackmagic Smartview 1080HD monitor with pass through SDI for viewing any video feed being recorded.
My working Drive is a Maxx Digital Thunderbolt 2 24TB ThunderRaid 2, 8 bay RAID capable of read/write speeds of 1000mbs set at RAID 5.
Mounted to the Inovativ Echo 48" DIT Cart are 2 Dell 4K Moniters, 1- 24" & ; 1 - 32".
All offloading of and management of any cameras media is done through Pomforts SilverStack Software. It not only writes to multiple destinations at once it can checksum verify the contents of the offloads. SilverStack also creates customizable Daily reports of any offload activity, media contents, etc. I do not drag and drop media files to "Data Manage"
I have no problems what so ever of managing multiple cameras or large amounts of data with my system. I just wrapped a 31 day Feature Film for Pure Flix Entertainment on October 31st. We averaged over 1.5TB of data a day. The shoot was primarily 2 RED Dragons during the entire shoot. For a couple days I managed 2 RED Dragons, 1 RED Epic, 2 RED One and 3 GoPro 4k's with no issues of running short of media due to the speed of my system. The 21 Day Feature Film that I am on right now that I started on November 4th in Detroit is shooting 2 ARRI Alexa's. I have run up to 5 destination drives at once on my system
My system is capable of achieving over 135fps through Davinci Resolve and a little less with R3D footage.
I also have the following software installed on my system:
REDCINE-X
Adobe Premier CC
Adobe Media Encoder
LightIron Server for LightIrons ToDailies and LivePlay. ToDailies automatically downloads media files to IPads. LivePlay is used to view any Footage directly from the DIT Stations Working RAID Drive on an IPad. Both applications are connected through the DIT Stations password protected wifi network.
The DIT Workstation also has its own 4G internet router for uploading footage to ftp servers, Dropbox, etc.
I also own a Teradek 155 cube sdi transmitter.
As you can see this is a very elaborate versatile system.
I transport the system in a new Ram ProMaster 2500 Cargo van.
I would like to discuss with you the details/needs of your production.
I can email additional details and cart photos upon being contacted by you.
I can be reached by cell, PM or email.
Thank you.
Steven Decker
219-476-6477
steven@dit-man.com
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5238805
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The backbone of the system is a nMacPro 12 core "Trashcan" with dual 700 cards and 64GB of Ram. The nMacPro is enclosed in a Sonnet xMac Pro Thunderbolt 2 rackmount enclosure. Within the TB2 enclosure is RED Rocket-X card, 4 slot Sonnet 6gb ESata card and an additional 2x2 card that gives me an additional 2 6gb ESata and USB3 connections. I can custom configure the server chassis to any unique or specific workflow.
Also included in the system rack on the cart is the following:
1 - BlackMagic Ultra Studio 4K Recorder that can record video directly to the systems RAID Drive.
1 - Blackmagic TB2 Multidock that can read 2.5" hard drives or be setup as an additional RAID array.
1 - 17" Blackmagic Smartview 1080HD monitor with pass through SDI for viewing any video feed being recorded.
My working Drive is a Maxx Digital Thunderbolt 2 24TB ThunderRaid 2, 8 bay RAID capable of read/write speeds of 1000mbs set at RAID 5.
Mounted to the Inovativ Echo 48" DIT Cart are 2 Dell 4K Moniters, 1- 24" & ; 1 - 32".
All offloading of and management of any cameras media is done through Pomforts SilverStack Software. It not only writes to multiple destinations at once it can checksum verify the contents of the offloads. SilverStack also creates customizable Daily reports of any offload activity, media contents, etc. I do not drag and drop media files to "Data Manage"
I have no problems what so ever of managing multiple cameras or large amounts of data with my system. I just wrapped a 31 day Feature Film for Pure Flix Entertainment on October 31st. We averaged over 1.5TB of data a day. The shoot was primarily 2 RED Dragons during the entire shoot. For a couple days I managed 2 RED Dragons, 1 RED Epic, 2 RED One and 3 GoPro 4k's with no issues of running short of media due to the speed of my system. The 21 Day Feature Film that I am on right now that I started on November 4th in Detroit is shooting 2 ARRI Alexa's. I have run up to 5 destination drives at once on my system
My system is capable of achieving over 135fps through Davinci Resolve and a little less with R3D footage.
I also have the following software installed on my system:
REDCINE-X
Adobe Premier CC
Adobe Media Encoder
LightIron Server for LightIrons ToDailies and LivePlay. ToDailies automatically downloads media files to IPads. LivePlay is used to view any Footage directly from the DIT Stations Working RAID Drive on an IPad. Both applications are connected through the DIT Stations password protected wifi network.
The DIT Workstation also has its own 4G internet router for uploading footage to ftp servers, Dropbox, etc.
I also own a Teradek 155 cube sdi transmitter.
As you can see this is a very elaborate versatile system.
I transport the system in a new Ram ProMaster 2500 Cargo van.
I would like to discuss with you the details/needs of your production.
I can email additional details and cart photos upon being contacted by you.
I can be reached by cell, PM or email.
Thank you.
Steven Decker
219-476-6477
steven@dit-man.com
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5238805
STAFF ME UP: http://staffmeup.com/profile/dit-man#
MEDIA MATCH: http://www.media-match.com/usa/cv/StevenDecker
