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https://compnetworking.about.com/od/networkstorage/f/san-vs-nas.htm
one of countless, easy to understand articles via Google
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
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this is wonderful Micha !
It’s like AJA Data Calc, but you can run it on line, instead of having to download it to your Mac or your iPhone.https://www.aja.com/en/family/software
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Bob Zelin
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YES, I know what to do –
call Promise tech support, and ask them what to do. Here is their phone #. Please tell us how Promise support was when you called them.
Bob ZelinPROMISE Technology USA
580 Cottonwood Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035, USA
Office Hours: Open Monday-Friday 8:30 am. – 5:30 pm (Pacific Time)
PHONE: +1 (408) 228-1400Bob Zelin
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Hi Ed –
as you research alternate LTO backup systems, you will find other competing single drive systems that will
work for you, but for a tape library system, you will not find a better price and easy to use system
than the Tolis LTO system with the BRU software.Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
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Mark –
you keep referring to the 2K workflow, as if 2K, or 4K mean something. It doesn’t. All these data rates are based on the compression codec that you are using (like ProRes422, Sony XDCamEX, RED r3d, DVCProHD, etc.).Blackmagic and AJA record based on Apple ProRes codecs, or AVID DNxHD codecs, so it can be 2K 4K, etc, it’s not some crazy bandwidth, because NO ONE is doing uncompressed versions of these.
So look at RED – specifically, the crazy hi end RED Epic Dragon shooting at 6K, at a 5:1 compression ratio.
Go to https://www.red.com/tools, click on Recording time, and pull up this selection, as it’s about as hi end as you can get. This only requires 145 MB/sec, which is nothing for a 10G network from any company.
Standard AVID or Apple codecs range between 20 – 40 MB/sec, so they are nothing for any network.There are lots of digital disk recorders. At the Cow, we like AJA and Blackmagic, but there are plenty of others, ranging from CineDeck to Softron, to Atomos, etc, etc, etc. All of these products work, just like all the shared storage systems work. You or your friend need to stop asking questions on Creative Cow, and start calling some of the companies that have been suggested to you, to ask them specific questions about their systems, their capabilities, and most important, their cost.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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Todd is correct. There is no 50 dollar card you can add to your little PC (or your old Mac Pro) to read Thunderbolt. You have to PAY to play.
Hate MAC’s? Want to hookup to a PC ?
Buy one of the new Z Series HP Workstations –
https://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=1473065#.VCSbYNItCUk
that have thunderbolt.Now don’t start whining that you can’t afford to buy this new stuff – because ALL OF US have to buy this new stuff. Like I said – you want to play in this game, you have to KEEP SPENIDNG MONEY. How long? Forever.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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and you don’t want SSD’s in your RAID arrays, because they are too expensive. $1000 for a 1TB SSD, when you spend about $300 – $600 for a 6TB 7200RPM SATA drive. And $200 for a 4TB drive. So you do RAID 6 to prevent catastrophic failure. Look at any brand out there, including AVID and Facilis – no one is using SSD’s in these arrays.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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$30,000 for 100 TB of RAID 6 storage. Non proprietary, easy to use, no special software to install, all off the shelf components. Up to 11 clients for a “starter system”, with the easy ability to expand the number of client computers. Want more clients, buy another switch. Want more drive storage, daisy chain it on. Each client will get about 100 MB/sec for every client using regular Cat6 cable.
Want more speed, so you can do RED Epic Dragon 6K – simply add a thunderbolt to 10G Ethernet box ($599 each per computer).$30,000. Want less storage, it will cost less.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
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1) buy a Mac
2) network the two computers (you need a Mac to do this) and transfer the files from their drives via the Mac Ethernet port to your drives
3) buy a MacBob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
bobzelin@icloud.com