hardware for digital asset management, napc, xinet

A graphic production system can be extremely demanding of your hardware. It requires maximum throughput for all those hi-res files. Plus, it must offer unsurpassed reliability. After all, your business depends on it.

At NAPC, we're experts at analyzing and designing hardware configurations for environments like yours. We look at your system holistically and recommend improvements based on your stated goals, then handle every aspect of implementation - from purchasing to installation to fine-tuning.

A dedicated partner.

With NAPC, you get a partner that makes a point of "hot staging" all your equipment first to avoid any problems at installation. A partner dedicated to eking out every last percentage point of performance. And a partner committed to using only 1 or 2 top manufacturers of a given component, to ensure the highest standards for performance, reliability and support. Count on us to help you with all of the following:

Platform

Many factors impact your choice of platform. The size of your workgroup. The work you do. How your software makes use of the CPU or disk I/O. The expertise at your company. NAPC will provide the guidance you need.

Operating Systems

If Xinet runs on it, we support it, including Linux, Sun Solaris, Mac OS X and Windows. Our apporach is platform agnostic. Based on your needs, experience, existing resources, we recommend the best fir for you.

Storage Systems

We work with them all: SATA, SCSI, Fibre-channel, SAS raids. Because there are very real differences between them, we make sure you get a system that offers just what you want - whether it's affordability, performance, extreme fault-tolerance or immense scalability.

Nearline Systems

As with all our hardware components, NAPC insists on the highest quality in the automated storage and retrieval systems we use for archiving, including fast read/write abilities.

Data Recovery Systems

With ever-increasing data sizes, the ability to rapidly restore large amounts of data is critical. NAPC can help you navigate through the many issues involved with backup systems, providing you with expert advice on the merits and appropriateness of using spinning disk versus tape media.


	Current Course Offerings: *NAPC Refresher Training Class* Date: Waltham, MA: May 20th and 21st 2008 NAPC's Refresher training two day course will review the general theory of each program. How it works and why. We review every option available within the GUI and some special command line configuration options, you may not know about. FullPress Admin � Volumes and Configuration ~ FPO Options and Settings ~ Access Controls. � Print Queues ~ Configuration and Options ~ Input Spoolers and Hot Folders ~ Logs and Troubleshooting � Security Settings ~ Access Control Lists ~ Queue Master Clients ~ Admin Controls ============================ WebNative Admin � Users and Groups ~ Volume Assignments ~ Rights and Privileges ~ Logs and Troubleshooting � Styles ~ Assignment to Users ~ Group Defaults ~ Customization � Plugins ~ Assignment to Users and/or Groups ~ Customization ============================ Venture Database Admin � Configuration ~ Enabling Volumes ~ Administration and Location ~ Backup Schedules � Data Fields ~ Creation and Style ~ Editing � Templates ~ Creation and Editing ~ User Assignment and Permissions ~ Viewing Styles � Triggers and Actions ~ Configuration and Settings ~ Rule Sets ~ Multiple Action Sets ~ Logs and Troubleshooting ============================ Also included: ~ Debugging tips and common repairs � Unix ~ Common Unix commands ~ GUI tools



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