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  New small studio sharing storage advice ?

  Posted by Jeremie Galan on March 20, 2014 at 5:19 pm

  I”m starting a new business, our studio have two editing suite, one davinci, one protools mixing suite and some vfx workstation ( 3 to 5 ).
  I’m searching for a shared storage and i m very new to this. I ve looked at promax, sns, smalltree, editshare, read countless forum posts etc… but still can’t tell if i’m in the right way or should i consider building (with an IT guy, a less expensive 10 gbe NAS from something like a Promise R2 raid and server box ).
  Storage need is around 32TB; speed, must be able to stream to the editing suites DNxHD 185 ( HD ), and 10gbe speed will suffice for the other workstations ( the davinci will read from a das ). Easy way to connect a LTO backup device is a a plus. Expendability is a plus too.

  Budget is around 15 000 dollars, 10 000 euros.

  Best regards
  Jeremie

  David Roth weiss replied 12 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  David Roth weiss

  March 20, 2014 at 6:43 pm

  [jeremie galan] “can’t tell if i’m in the right way or should i consider building (with an IT guy, a less expensive 10 gbe NAS from something like a Promise R2 raid and server box ).”

  Jeremie,

  Why start from scratch with an IT guy who doesn’t know the requirements of streaming video?

  Our Platform Studio is certainly within your budget parameters, and it can accommodate a built-in LTO tape drive as well.

  Call me at 310/729-7906 or Skype me at drwfilms if you need more info.

  David Roth Weiss
  ProMax Systems
  Burbank
  DRW@ProMax.com

  Sales | Integration | Support

  David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

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