
Working with Remote Framestores on Backdraft Conform
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Working with Remote Framestores on Backdraft Conform
You can use a remote (network-accessed) framestore to store clips with Backdraft Conform.
This allows you to use Backdraft Conform without local storage.
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Real-time performance and clip input/output operations depend on network and storage
bandwidth. Connecting Backdraft Conform (especially multiple seats) increases the load on the
network, so connect any other fibre-channel connections to a single Stone volume.
To ensure Backdraft Conform initializes using the remote framestore, you must configure the
application by editing the FrameStore keyword in the software initialization configuration file.
To configure a remote framestore on Backdraft Conform:
1. Open the software initialization configuration file, init.cfg, in a text editor.
2. Navigate to the FRAMESTORE DEFINITION section.
3. The FrameStore keyword is usually configured to point to a local Stone filesystem volume,
for example, stonefs or stonefs1. Edit the FrameStore keyword to point to a remote
Stone filesystem volume:
FrameStore stonefs/<host name>
Where <host name> is the host to which the Stone volume you want to initialize is attached.
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Only Discreet Storage is supported and only one example (local or remote framestore
selection) can be un-commented at a time.
4. Save and close the software initialization configuration file.
5. Launch Backdraft Conform.
The list of hosts appears, containing an entry for the Backdraft Conform local host. If you
select this option, a message appears indicating that no Stone is available for the selected
host.
6. Choose the remote Stone you want to work with for the session.
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