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  Bought a NAS, need guidance with getting the most speed out of it.

  Posted by Brian O’lyaryz on August 6, 2015 at 10:35 pm

  Hey everyone!

  I just bought a QNAP TVS-871 and programed it to be RAID 6. But I’m getting AWFUL speeds transferring projects (mostly FS7 footage).

  Now I know my NAS does support this 10GbE adapter but the two computers I want to connect it to only have 1Gb ports (2013 Mac Pro trashcan & 5k iMac).

  I was wondering if anyone knows how I could get fast enough speeds to edit directly off of this NAS?

  Thanks!

  Brian O’lyaryz replied 11 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Bob Zelin

  August 7, 2015 at 12:11 pm

  1) buy the 10G card
  2) connect it to a 10G switch
  3) your problems will go away.
  If you expect to have your 2 computers on the 1G network get good speeds (and you are shooting 4K Sony F7 footage), you are just fooling yourself.

  Bob Zelin

  Bob Zelin
  Rescue 1, Inc.
  bobzelin@icloud.com
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  Bob Zelin

  August 7, 2015 at 3:44 pm

  the equipment I suggested is very inexpensive. I am sure that Cafeteria would have no issue buying this additional equipment to make things work correctly.

  Bob Zelin

  Bob Zelin
  Rescue 1, Inc.
  bobzelin@icloud.com
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  Brian O’lyaryz

  August 7, 2015 at 3:48 pm

  I appreciate the candid response, Bob.

  If I could be forward enough to ask a further question:

  1 – Would you recommend a Thunderbolt to 10GbE converter?
  2 – If yes, would I be able to connect both the Mac Pro & iMac to it? Or would they each need an individual converter?

  Thanks.

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