Technical White Paper Dell EMC Isilon: Adobe Premiere Pro Configuration and Optimization Understanding the optimizations to improve performance and enhance workflows on OneFS™ 8.x and Adobe Premiere Pro Abstract This document explores the options available to configure and optimize Dell EMC™ Isilon™ and Adobe® Premiere Pro®. It provides guidance for achieving the best performance and optimal workflow. March 2021 H17334.3 Revisions Revisions Date Description August 2018 Initial release September 2019 Update for Premiere 2019 April 2020 Update for Premiere Pro Production Panels and Media Cache Recommendations March 2021 Update for inclusive language Acknowledgements This paper was produced by the following: Author: Gregory Shiff, [email protected] Support: Simon Haywood The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a purpose. Use, copying, and distribution of any software described in this publication requires an applicable software license. Copyright © 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell, EMC, Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. [2/25/2021] [Technical White Paper] [H17334] 2 Dell EMC Isilon: Adobe Premiere Pro Configuration and Optimization | H17334.3 Table of contents Table of contents Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2 Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Document scope and audience .......................................................................................................................................... 4 About Adobe and the Creative Cloud Suite ........................................................................................................................ 4 Adobe Premiere Pro and Isilon Storage ............................................................................................................................. 4 1 Before you begin .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Adobe Premiere collaboration methodologies .................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Multi-platform support ......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Storage path-mapping ........................................................................................................................................ 5 1.4 Environment design and optimization ................................................................................................................ 5 1.5 Video and audio codec choice ............................................................................................................................ 6 1.6 Isilon sizing guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 7 2 Premiere Pro filesystem access profile ........................................................................................................................ 8 2.1 File types ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 2.2 Access profiles .................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Workflow phases ................................................................................................................................................ 9 2.4 Optimizing for collaboration .............................................................................................................................. 11 3 Performance benchmarking ....................................................................................................................................... 13 3.1 DogEars monitoring utility ................................................................................................................................. 13 3.2 Enabling DogEars ............................................................................................................................................. 13 3.3 Understanding DogEars ................................................................................................................................... 13 3.4 Working with DogEars ...................................................................................................................................... 15 4 Isilon OneFS configuration ......................................................................................................................................... 19 4.1.1 Security and access control .............................................................................................................................. 19 4.1.2 Connection protocol .......................................................................................................................................... 19 4.1.3 OneFS file system optimizations ...................................................................................................................... 20 5 Adobe Premiere Pro Configuration and Optimization ................................................................................................ 23 6 Project Manager ......................................................................................................................................................... 34 7 Example Architecture ................................................................................................................................................. 35 3 Dell EMC Isilon: Adobe Premiere Pro Configuration and Optimization | H17334.3 Document scope and audience Document scope and audience This document is intended to guide system administrators and architects when designing and configuring Adobe Premiere Pro to be used with Isilon storage. The document covers configurations and optimizations for both the Adobe Premiere Pro application, and Isilon OneFS. This document focuses on the configurations and optimizations that may yield performance and usability benefits when using the creative functions of Adobe Premiere Pro. However, this document does not attempt to cover all aspects of working. This document does not cover: • Adobe Team Projects • Exporting from Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Media Encoder • Isilon Storage cluster sizing About Adobe and the Creative Cloud Suite The Adobe Creative Cloud suite comprises a collection of applications for creative professionals. • Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional video editing application that serves as the hub for Adobe production workflows. Adobe Premiere Pro runs best with ample memory and powerful CPUs and graphics - especially when working with large file formats or VR content. • Adobe After Effects is an industry leading motion graphics and visual effects tool. The application makes good use of fast storage for the application’s global performance cache technology, especially for easy access to complex compositions. • Adobe Media Encoder provides ingest, transcoding and final output for virtually any viewing platform. It can be automated via watch folders and scripting and benefits from powerful CPUs and GPUs. • Adobe Audition is a professional audio workstation with Dynamic Link integration to Adobe Premiere Pro. Since audio files are smaller than video content, they are less of a concern for storage and performance, but the tight integration between the tools means much greater workflow efficiency for users and facilities. Adobe Premiere Pro and Isilon Storage Performant shared storage is an essential foundation of any collaborative workflow, and Isilon storage may be deployed with Adobe creative tools for streamlined and efficient operations: • Adobe Premiere supports collaborative production workflows using shared project files and connected user-designated storage locations for assets. • Adobe Premiere Pro allows users to edit files directly from shared storage for greater speed and efficiency and a simplified infrastructure. Working in this way demands the high performance delivered by Isilon. • The Adobe suite of applications support native workflows – where source material can be incorporated and manipulated in its native form, without the need for transcoding. Working with native and high-resolution material can make heavy demands on the supporting infrastructure, and requires the high performance, capacity and scalability of Isilon. 4 Dell EMC Isilon: Adobe Premiere Pro Configuration and Optimization | H17334.3 Before you begin 1 Before you begin This section describes a few important points