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  Critique my system proposal!

  Posted by Roy Pearson on October 11, 2010 at 5:15 pm

  Hey guys,

  I’m planning to upgrade my network and storage system, any obvious problems you see here?

  Server:
  -Xserve (already own) with new Small Tree 6-port GigE and ATTO R380

  Storage:
  -AIC 12-bay SAS enclosure (new)
  https://www.provantage.com/xtore-extreme-storage-xj-sa13-212rel-0~7XTOR00N.htm
  Anyone know a better source for the AIC boxes? They say it will take about 3 weeks to ship. Or anyone recommend a better enclosure?
  -Load with 12 x 2 TB Hitachi SATA drives, configure as RAID 6
  -I’m hoping to daisy chain new storage boxes if needed, the ATTO should be able to handle this right?

  Network:
  -Edge-Core ES4528V 28-port switch (new)
  https://www.edge-core.com/ProdDtl.asp?sno=ILEIBO
  -Aggregate the six links from Xserve
  -Aggregate ports for three or four Mac Pro edits (already have these)
  -Connect through AFP

  I don’t need uncompressed HD, we work more with XDCAM EX and ProRes. The edits will also have local storage of course, but I’d like 2-3 editors to work together on the shared storage if necessary.

  Seems pretty solid for around $5000 (excluding the expensive stuff we already have). Let me know what you think!

  Roy Pearson replied 15 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Bob Zelin

  October 12, 2010 at 1:25 am

  sounds good to me. Good luck setting it up !

  Bob Zelin
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  Roy Pearson

  October 29, 2010 at 7:08 pm

  Thanks bob!

  I’ve been setting this system up over the last couple days and haven’t hit any major problems. Lucky! I couldn’t get the Edge-Core web interface to work on the switch, but at least it works through Zterm.

  The RAID6 is getting over 800 MB/s reads and 500 MB/s writes, not too shabby.

  Not all the edits are set up yet, but in a quick test I saw over 160 MB/s through a MacPro link aggregate, awesome!

  Thanks everyone for the hardware recs I got through lurking here!

  Roy
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  Roy Pearson

  November 1, 2010 at 7:10 pm

  Just a quick revision: I did NOT get 160 MB/s through the Mac Pro, the most I’ve seen so far is around 112 MB/s on that computer.

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