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# Configuring File Locations Separately from Project Home

To have the scanned footage and renders stored on a separate storage location, the Scans Full Home and the Renders Full Home must be explicitly defined as a separate location. On Windows, an example of this separate location could be a shared folder coming from a remote file server, and mapped to the local drive G:\ under the films\myfilm folder. On Linux, a corresponding example would be a directory exported from a remote file server, and mounted on the /mnt/fileserver/ NFS mount point under the films/myfilm directory.

Directory: | Windows Folder: | Linux Directory:
--- | --- | ---
Project Name | H:\<project name> | /mnt/md0/<project_name>
Scene | H:\<project name>\ <scene name> | /mnt/md0/<project_name>/<scene_name>
Library | H:\<project name>\ <scene name>\Library | /mnt/md0/<project_name>/<scene_name>/ Library
Where you create sub-directories to store original footage | G:\films\myfilm\ <scans folder> | /mnt/fileserver/ films/myfilm/<scans_directory>
Where Lustre creates sub-directories for render files | G:\films\myfilm\grd | /mnt/fileserver/ films/myfilm/grd

NoteIf you decide to store half-resolution scans in a different location from the originals, the project directory structure must be identical in both locations and must include the root directory of the project. For example, if the Project Home is defined as V:\Data\Lustre_project\My_movie, the Scans Full Home could be defined as W:\mnt\San\Lustre_project\My_movie\ and the Scans Half Home could be X:\Lustre_project\My_movie.

The following table shows the sub-directory structure that CEV_ProdName_CEV creates for renders. The structure differs depending on the Render Place option specified when rendering. See Specifying the Destination for Local Render Files. For the sake of simplicity, in this table, G:\...\ represents G:\films\myfilm\, and /mnt/fileserver/.../ represents /mnt/filesever/films/myfilm as shown in the first table in this section.

Directory: | Windows Folder: | Linux Directory:
--- | --- | ---
Where sub-directories of the renders are located. | G:\...\<render mode>\ | /mnt/fileserver/.../<render mode>