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what recommendations for Raid server?
friends have a small studio in Holland. All on macs. They want to integrate all media on to a single server. They’re currently looking at the following spec:
* probably 8-10 TB
* All SD at the moment. No immediate plans for HD/HDV.
* 300hrs material to transfer immediately, as a start
* possible web access / FTP for outside clients.
they haven’t told me which version of Raid they want, but am assuming 0
Seeing as I know next to nothing about the hardware side of macs, any recommendations?
Is the apple hardware the best to purchase, or would other suppliers offer better VFM?FWIW, their material is used for satellite broadcast, with the uplink over in the US. Currently they courier material over on HDD.
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[Fuddam] ”
they haven’t told me which version of Raid they want, but am assuming 0″RAID 5 is much better, especially for shared storage. RAID 0 means 0 protection. Anything happens to that array, everybody loses their projects. RAID 5 means one drive can completely fail in the array, but the array keeps working.
[Fuddam] ”
Seeing as I know next to nothing about the hardware side of macs, any recommendations?
Is the apple hardware the best to purchase, or would other suppliers offer better VFM?”Apple has the most expensive solution and i honestly don’t recommend it. It seems to be much slower than all the others out there.
The best solution out there, especially for people who don’t know much about setting up servers, is a company called Facilis. All server management is done right on the array unit and it’s bullet proof.
Another company to look at would be Ciprico.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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thanks for the fast response!
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haven’t looked, but you know offhand if those solutions available in europe?
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Ciprico is definitely available worldwide. I believe Facilis is as well. Visit their websites and I’m almost certain there is purchasing information on just about any hard drive manufacturer.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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[Fuddam] “Seeing as I know next to nothing about the hardware side of macs”
I’m not very big on using VARs but I also have used Macs for years and very comfortable with hardware but this is one area I would recommend finding one. You can spend a lot of money and find out in the end it is not what you need. Always do your homework so you are not being sold something just because it is what the VAR sells, but bring in an “expert” for something like this.
One bit of advise make sure it can handle HD with at least ProRes422 codec, that gives a little extended life to the equipment. SD days are numbered and most post places will be doing at least some HD work within a year.
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