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LoTR , Linux, and Database Management

Posted by timothy on from the glories-of-asset-management dept.

minus23 writes: "Very interesting article over at Digitalanimators.com, talking about some of the challenges faced by the crew working on the second installment in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Interesting bits include managing an off-site database of 45TBs, Linux workstations from IBM, 1400 processors, and the animation methods to be used on Gollum. It's a good thing. :)"

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  1. I see Gollum... by awx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...but where's Coke?

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    Feel that power? That's mah MOUSING FINGER
  2. annoying website by josh+crawley · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    There's more than enough incongruities with the "article", but that's not what bugged me the most. That whole site was just a big ad. Ads were upon ads. And you then have that "News" block at the bottom. I started to think it was a porno ad or "viatamin" ad. It had that "Buy Now" type of lettering.

    Point: Dont know if I quite trust these people for "news sources". Looks more like ad hell.