Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 16)

16 Chapter 2 About Building a Final Cut Server System
SAN-connected devices are not the only ones that can be configured as edit-in-place
devices. However, they are the most common types of devices that can support the
high performance required.
Apple has available a set of products that can be easily configured to provide these
features. These products include Xserve, Xserve RAID, and Xsan. For more information,
see
http://www.apple.com/xserve and http://www.apple.com/xsan .
Configuring Final Cut Server
An administrator must configure a variety of settings in Final Cut Server before the
system can be used. Additionally, other settings need to be changed as additional users,
resources, and productions are added to your workflow. There are numerous settings to
configure, including System Preferences, devices, metadata, and automations.
For more information about any of these topics, see the Note: Final Cut Server
Administrator Guide.
Managing users and groups: Â Final Cut Server can use either local users and groups
or groups based on Mac OS X Open Directory or Windows Server Active Directory
to validate users. You use either the Accounts pane in System Preferences or the
Mac OS X Server Workgroup Manager to add users and groups to the computer. You
then import the groups into Final Cut Server, applying a suitable permission set to
each group to define its level of access to the Final Cut Server catalog.
Managing devices:
 Final Cut Server uses devices to store all the assets and
productions in its catalog. Devices can be as simple as folders on the computer’s
internal hard disk or they can be from a wide variety of networked computers.