Safe Power Down and Up of EditShare Environments

Properly powering down and bringing up your EditShare environment ensures data integrity, system stability, and minimal workflow disruption. Whether your infrastructure is on-premise, cloud, or hybrid, following the correct sequence for your FLOW servers, storage, and metadata controllers is essential. This article provides step-by-step instructions and key considerations for managing EditShare system power cycles safely.

Understanding Shutdown Sequence

Shutting down EditShare components in the correct order protects against data loss and hardware stress. Always follow this sequence when powering down your environment, whether for maintenance or relocation. This maintains metadata consistency and ensures safe dismounting of storage volumes for all collaborative workflows.

Powering Down EditShare System

1. Shut down all EditShare FLOW servers first (including nodes running FLOW services).
2. Next, safely power down EditShare storage arrays and servers.
3. Finally, shut down the metadata controllers (EFS Metadata nodes).

Powering Up EditShare System

1. Start by powering up EFS metadata controllers first to initialize volume management and system status.
2. Power on EditShare storage arrays and wait until fully online.
3. Finally, boot all EditShare FLOW servers and confirm all services launch correctly.

Checking Redundancy and System Status

After powering up, log in to the EFS web interface and navigate to the Status Info tab. Confirm that redundancy goals are met. If redundancy is active, the system can operate with a failed node, though availability and performance may be impacted until restoration is complete. Schedule any necessary repairs promptly.

Conclusion: Maintain Workflow Resilience

By carefully following EditShare’s power-down and start-up sequence, you minimize risk and safeguard your collaborative media workflows and assets. Regular system checks and monitoring for redundancy keep your environment resilient, maintaining continuous creative productivity across your team, whether working on-premise or in the cloud.