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Barry Bishop
May 5, 2016 at 10:58 pm in reply to: Adding mismatched drives

Thanks. I just ordered the same drive. Much Appreciated.

Barry
Video Editor/Graphic Designer
Barry Bishop
December 16, 2014 at 7:05 pm in reply to: Is this the expected outcome from various solutions

MTU: 9000 (jumbo frames)
DHCP with Manual Address
Speed is 10baseT

Barry
Video Editor/Graphic Designer
Barry Bishop
December 16, 2014 at 7:02 pm in reply to: Promise Sanlink 2 Utility settings

I don’t know your needs but if you read the documentation it will point you in the right direction

Barry
Video Editor/Graphic Designer
Barry Bishop
December 11, 2014 at 9:23 am in reply to: Is this practical?

Ok so I have a question regarding Xsan. Do all my thunderbolt boxes to 10gbe have to be thunderbolt to fibre in order to use Xsan? Can I get away with the server outputting to thunderbolt converter to fibre that’s plugged into the fibre port on the switch? If this doesn’t work am I stuck going the isci route since I’m looking to having a San setup. I tried global iscsi something or other trial and it worked since Xsan was greyed out on the OS X server. I’m happy everything is working 🙂 thanks for everyone’s help!

Barry
Video Editor/Graphic Designer
Barry Bishop
December 2, 2014 at 12:48 am in reply to: Is this practical?

One last question..if I may regarding this setup. If I’m hitting a 6gb would it be of little benefit then to get the TB2 version of the Aerca? I could save some cash and get the Silver TB1 version and use the money saved towards putting more ram in the mac mini…or splurging on bigger Hard Drives. Also Im sorry for being a pest 🙂 and I welcome any input.

OK Jumbo frames are not bad….good to know. I can tset up the Switch, plenty of dells around. This is like early christmas for me 🙂

Barry
Video Editor/Graphic Designer
Barry Bishop
December 1, 2014 at 10:23 pm in reply to: Is this practical?

Got the blessing from IT and my Boss and am about to start purchasing. Few questions…

1) Is it better to fill all 8 bays with 1TB HD or purchase 4 2TB drives?

2) The Areca Material shows as:
The ARC-8050T2 pushes speed to 20 Gb/s and enables
but it also states:
The ARC-8050T2 is a complete 6 Gb/s SAS 8-bay Thunderbolt 2 box with RAID control
Am I going to get 20Gb/s or am I getting 6 Gb/s with my setup?

3) Will this switch be fine for my setup: NETGEAR XS708E 10GbE switch ?
I read on amazon that Jumbo frames are automatically enabled and I can’t turn them off. I have heard Jumbo frames are a no no for this type of work.

-Barry

Thanks again for everyones help. I really appreciate it.
Barry Bishop
November 21, 2014 at 5:51 pm in reply to: Is this practical?

I understand what your saying in regards to IT building this out for me. I will make some phone calls today in regards to equipment. The reason I’m doing the work is because IT is working on a huge project, and my boss just asked out of no where and wanted it setup by Christmas. It approached me after the call went out for a system and said send me the specs and we will look it over and make some suggestions. Once we get everything IT will set it all up.

With my setup what kind of speed should I be expecting?
Would it be safe to assume that I should expect at least 1000MB/sec over the network if all the drives are filled?

*EDIT*
I just read on your website a macpro with a 10g nic can achieve 600MB/s….so that is essentially what I can expect as long as no more than two people are pegging the system.

Barry
Associate Web Producer/ Video Editor
Barry Bishop
November 20, 2014 at 9:19 pm in reply to: Is this practical?

Thanks Bob. I told my Boss you said hello, and then gave him some background on who the infamous Bob Zelin is. That all being said, thank you for your response. I don’t know how to put this together, but I will leave it in the hands of our IT department. If things don’t work as I think they should I will come back and post. I work for a tech company, not a production studio, hence my scoping out parts and equipment. That being said I have a few brand questions: (I also get the impression that maybe its not ethical for me to ask hey whats the best…and its probably better for me to just suggest a few brands I have been looking at…I could totally be overthinking this..if so I apologize upfront.)

is there one 10g hub/switch thats “more reliable then others” or a brand that is favorable as well as when it comes to thunderbolt to 10g?

I see Promise and Sonnet Atto and thunder link…is there another brand that I may be missing that I should be looking at as well?

I am asking because I need to do the leg work and say “buy this.”
Also one last question, as far as Hard Drives, which drives tend to be more reliable as far as your concerned.

Should I stay away from SSD’s are green drives not good and tend to die quickly….seagate western digital.

I realize you get paid for consultations and this is your bread and butter, and if you feel your giving away too much information, I will accept that, but I would be happy to hear any thoughts or concerns around this “build” i have put together on paper.

Barry
Associate Web Producer/ Video Editor
Barry Bishop
January 2, 2014 at 9:51 pm in reply to: How can I hang these lights?

I believe you, but I just want to make certain.
This pipe seems pretty thick and the image, looked like that particular clamp would not work.

Here is a better image of the pipe. Please advise. Thank you.

Barry
Associate Web Producer/ Video Editor
Barry Bishop
January 2, 2014 at 7:44 pm in reply to: How can I hang these lights?

will this hold a 4 bank keno flow light? any adapters I need?

Barry
Associate Web Producer/ Video Editor

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