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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. Pick up t he phone dude... by reaper20 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The problem with Linux is that it's an open source system, so if you are having issues or difficulties with its stability, it's like pushing on a rope; there's no single vendor to deal with. You have to be self-deterministic in terms of how things work. You have to make your own choices and do your own tests on motherboards, graphics cards, applications, operating system releases, all those kinds of things."

    What the hell? With the amount of money they're spending on this system they can't call Redhat, IBM, or HP? IBM and HP are already shipping them the workstations.

    Give me a break, pick one and run with it - testing motherboards? That's why you have vendors ...

  2. Oh no... by huhmz · · Score: 0, Redundant
    off-site database of 45TBs
    They obviously found my pr0n collection.