Bob Zelin
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Hello –
I will answer your questions in detail below –you can purchase a small 8 bay, a mid size 12 bay, or an enterprise 12 bay, 16 bay or 24 bay system.
You must have at least EIGHT matching 7200 RPM drives in a single RAID group. I believe the smallest drive you can purchase today is a 6TB drive. The largest drive you can currently buy is a 16TB drive. You can get 6TB, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16 TB drives. The 18TB drives are just coming out, but I am sure they are expensive. NO, you cannot add drives later, and just get 4 drives now. You get at least EIGHT matching 7200 RPM drives.FOR example, if you choose a Seagate EXOS drive 6TB, this is $227 each, and you are buying 8 of those (and you should buy a spare, just in case). In a RAID 5 configuration , which means you can lose 1 drive without losing your data, you will have 7 x 6TB = 42 TB of usable storage (the redundant compressed data has to go somewhere). If you do a RAID 6 configuration, you will have 6 x 6TB = 36TB of usable storage.
A 16 TB drive Seagate EXOS is currently about $380 each. You spend more money, you get more storage.
The smallest QNAP I currently recommend for your application with 6 users is the QNAP TVS-872XT. This is about $2100. This comes complete with the 10G port, and 16 Gig of RAM. The next model up is a 12 bay – the QNAP TS-1685. This is anywhere from $2850 – $3500 on the web, depending on who is selling it. This too comes with 16 Gig of RAM, and dual 10G ports.
The 10G port goes into a 10G switch – the Netgear XS708T. All your computers will connect to this 10G switch. This is NOT for internet – this is just for the 10G high speed network. The XS708T is currently $619 on Amazon.
If you need a thunderbolt 2 to 10G adapter for old Mac computers, you get the Sonnet Solo 10G T2 which is $199. If you need a thunderbolt 3 to 10G adapter for 2017 and later Macs, you get the QNAP QNA-T310G1T, which is $183. If you have Win 10 PC’s, you add a QNAP QXG-10G1T PCIe card into the PC – it’s $89 dollars.
This is a separate isolated network from the rest of your agency.
If you have users that need to connect to WiFi – you plug your house internet directly into one of the 1G ports on the QNAP, just like it’s a computer. This will allow any WiFi user to access the QNAP over WiFi.Once you do this, you will also be able to remote access the QNAP over the internet, for remote editors, remote graphics people, etc. As well as sync folders you create on the QNAP to things like Google Drive, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, Amazon S3, etc.
The 10G connection has nothing to do with your internet router. If you want a fast router in your office, there are many choices, like the Synology RT2600ac, or the Ubiquiti Dream machine, but your company router that you get from your Internet Service Provider MUST be put into BRIDGE mode, so that all routing and port forwarding is controlled by this new router – and not your
box from the cable company.Please let me know if you have any further questions. I do this stuff every day.
bobzelin@icloud.comBob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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when you eventually get Tim Jones CEL phone #, please publish this phone # on Creative Cow.
Do you see all the crazy political posts on all the news forums these days ? Well, I am kind of crazy. I feel that if Tolis decides that they are still in business, and will not respond promptly to people, then I should find out all their family members CEL phone #’s, and publish them on Creative Cow (and other forums) – because if you are paying for support, you should get PROMPT response. We can be the REVOLUTION ! We don’t need to storm his home – we just need to be able to get a question answered promptly, and if we have to publicly post that number here – THEN BE IT !
Viva La Revolution !
Bob Zelin
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Rescue 1, Inc.
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Did you install the software and th3 driver from stardom?
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Rescue 1, Inc.
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OK – I just watched Mark doing Boogie Nights by Heatwave
here is my political statement for today on Creative Cow – I am sure that none of this will surprise you.I don’t care if you are black, white, latin, asian, indian, or arabic – I hate you.
BUT – if you are an editor or graphics person, or audio person – you are ok.AND if you are a MUSICIAN – well, I don’t care if you are from Mars – you are OK in my book, and I will hang out with you and drink with you (and give you all my money). Musicians lives matter !
Bob
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Splashtop is a great remote access system. Certainly cheaper than RGS or Teradici (and yes, I know it’s not as robust). It’s nice when you can select multiple computers in the facility.
but of course, it’s the same old problem – getting NEW MEDIA loaded into the companies servers. Someone has to show up at the company to do that, so you can work, with something like Splashtop.
Bob
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there is very special, and very unpopular music, that is shared between myself and the Lindebooms.
You don’t have to “get it” – but it’s very special to very special people. And it’s deep rooted into Creative Cow.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrvGZy3MGDs
Bob
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_tSpNTY0c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OSVSSpv-FM
EXCELLENT sir – you just made my day.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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OK Mark –
I want to see a video like this, when you have the time –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3eVjIlijoMat little more overtime, and you could have gotten this –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8b1zcW_UFAbob
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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