share invalid

[Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]]

I’m losing access to my textures in Softimage. The external files manager reports all files on this server as “redlined”. From the script editor I frequently get the following error :

 

// INFO : 4000 - Share '\\servername\drivename' marked as invalid for the next 300 seconds

 

If I wait long enough and refresh from the EFM, the redlines will go away and the textures will render again.

 

I can access the server,  the drive, and the files on the drive, through Windows. Anyone have an idea what gives here? Why the 5 minute wait?

 

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Joey Ponthieux

LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES)

Mymic Technical Services

NASA Langley Research Center

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[Stephen Davidson]

Just guess.... some drives (WD drives for one) go to
"sleep" (spin down) when not in use. Some drives

have the ability to switch that "feature" off....some don't

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[Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]]

Yeah, I can think of numerous reasons why there might be a network delay. That isn't the question. The question is...why is Soft putting a 5 minute freeze on the process of reacquiring the asset? At least that's the way it looks.

 

Joey 

 

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