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• Sherburne Wright Cable Commission <br /> 1st Quarter 2010 Report <br /> Hard Drive Upgrades for Nexus Systems <br /> We are currently in the process of upgrading the hard drives on our Ultra Nexus playback <br /> systems in all cities. We had failures of the Lacie Brand hard drives in Dassel and Delano <br /> in the last month. We were able to restore most of the programming in each of these cities <br /> but it was a long process. <br /> factArjs <br /> The new drives are called Buffalo(brand name) 1 TB hard disk arrays. They have been <br /> pre-certified by Leightronix and setup with special software at the Leightronix factory <br /> before they were sent to us. They have recommended that we change out all the cities <br /> ot,it,a drives and also add a second set as a backup precaution. <br /> stfr <br /> Some cities have asked to be upgraded as soon as possible because they are worried <br /> about losing programs of which they do not have archival copies made. I have looked at <br /> all our city systems and I prioritizing the upgrades in cities where there have been recent <br /> problems. <br /> Please be aware that it takes about 2 days to do this update in each city. Many cities have <br /> very large amounts of data on their systems and it takes quite awhile to transfer these <br /> • large video files safely. We are also updating the firmware for each Nexus system. <br /> Equipment Training <br /> We have been providing ongoing refresher training for our city cable casters and city <br /> staff During this training I often receive requests for books or other visual aids. To <br /> answer these requests I have put together a DVD training library that covers the edit <br /> system and some of the major pieces of equipment(such as the Tricaster)that are used to <br /> tape council meetings etc. <br /> I am setting up a check out system for these DVD's so that anyone in our member cities <br /> can use them. I will be sending out quarterly e-mails to let everyone know when new <br /> titles are added to the library. If you have any staff members that you feel need any <br /> refresher training please let me know. <br /> Windows Software and Computer Replacement <br /> In our 10 member cities we have over 65 computers that use Windows operating <br /> software. These include our Smart Board systems,Nexus playback systems, Scala <br /> bulletin board systems, Matrox edit systems and other devices that use Windows such as <br /> Tele-prompters and TriCasters. <br /> I have been asked about upgrading some of these devices to the Windows 7 operating <br /> system. We have to look at what each manufacturer requires and have been planning <br /> updates where necessary. Mert Auger is helping us to get bulk Microsoft licenses to help <br />