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Editing over 10G-Ethernet Setup question
Hi there,
we’ve been editing over Gigabit-Ethernet for the last two years. Our setup so far: 2 iMacs (the editing computers) connected directly to two separate ethernet ports of a MacMini. The MacMini is connected via Thunderbolt to a Promise Pegasus R6 RAID. This setup does the job of editing in ProRes 422 at acceptable speeds. We simply used Apple file sharing for the job, no special software was needed.
Now we’re planning to switch to 10GB-Ethernet. Here’s my planned setup: The two iMacs for editing are outfitted with SanLink2 10GB Ethernet adapters. The Ethernet signal goes into a Netgear XS708e switch. The switch has 8 RJ45-10GB ports plus a single SFP+ ports. The SFP+ port of the switch is connected to a Synology DS2015xs, which has two SFP+ 10GB ports.
Now for my questions:
– Does anyone already have experiences with the Synology DS2015xs as a shared storage for video editing?
– Will it be necessary to setup two dedicated Ethernet connections for the editing machines? Or will it be enough to simply connect the editing computers with the Synology DS2015xs through the switch?Thanks so much for your feedback!
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4 Replies
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https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/197/860461
The results of the Synology.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
bobzelin@icloud.com -
Hi Adrian, I’m interested to hear what your current system is, and how well that’s working for you. And for your old system which sounds pretty simple to reproduce, I have a Thunderbolt Raid I’d like multiple computers to be able to edit off of, do I just need to purchase a Mac Mini to turn it into essentially a NAS server? Thanks!
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plug in drive array to Mac Mini.
Get Promise SanLink2 or Sonnet Twin 10G on thunderbolt port (loop) of Mac Mini.Plug one client computer into one port, plug the other client computer into the other port.
In System Preferences> Sharing, enter in the two users that want to share the drive.
Or run the $20 Mac OS X Server software.Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
bobzelin@icloud.com -
Awesome, thanks Bob!
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