Jason Myres
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You need one of these for each machine: https://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=3866
One box is located in your machine room, the other in your edit bay. The 7500 works for two 1920×1200 displays, mouse, keyboard, audio, PS/2, and serial and requires six runs of CAT5 (per computer), but you can get away with four runs if you only need keyboard, mouse, and video.
Many people also swear by Avocent, but in my experience this is the most affordable way to do KVM extension that’s fast enough (i.e, no delay) for creative use.
JM
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Here in videoland our focus is generally on bandwidth, but as a DBA you’ll be more interested in I/O performance. You might find that in a SAN, a highly optimized NAS, or even a combination of the two. I would take a look at how an array like this works, and then work out from there:
https://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/storage/disk-storage/043967.html
Here is a good article you can take a look at as well:
https://www.dba-oracle.com/disk_i_o_speed_comparison.htm
JM
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I’m sure this system will work (at least for the storage aspect) as its the same as used in enterprise.
It’s not. And that’s an assumption the multitude of enterprise storage vendors pouring into the media space are making right now.
Kind of the same principal as in your “Build your own affordable SAN” article, but using 10Gbps links (instead of an aggregated 4x1Gbps links) & a custom server, instead of a MacPro.
Bob used OS X, and you are attempting to use FreeBSD. FreeBSD is a great OS, but not for this. Why forgo arguably the best AFP implementation in the world when you can have everything you need, with a great GUI, great administration tools, and editor familiarity, for free? The cost you save in your custom server will be far outweighed by the hours you put into this, and all for a lower quality result.
So in theory it should be possible.
In theory, we all came from an explosion, but not everyone agrees on that yet either 🙂
The problem is the task; the perfect, frame-by-frame delivery of multiple streams of video to several editors at once. Bob’s, solution is popular because it comes as close as you can to this goal, while being easy to configure, reliable, affordable and complete.
No one is saying your shouldn’t develop your own solution, but it should happen on your own time, and not on your customer’s.
You asked for advice. The advice is to use a known solution, or hang your storage off of a Mac Pro or Xserve. If you do that your editors will be working in a week. If you attempt to develop something based on a variant of NIX, that’s actually complete (fast, affordable, shared storage for several editors, that’s manageable by an assistant), you may spend several months getting it working, and still not have as nice a solution as you’ll have if you just use OS X.
JM
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Agree with Bob. If you’re building this for a client, especially a creative company, it needs to be a known solution. With support. By a manufacturer that will be available for your client after you’re gone. Something like this…
https://www.studionetworksolutions.com/products/product_detail.php?pi=12If you decide you’d still like to build something, at least base it on a Mac Pro or Xserve. It will be a solution your client has a reasonable chance of managing on their own, and that you can have up and running in under a week.
JM
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The easiest thing to do is to add the Windows 2k8 server as another client. Install an Atto Fibre card, and TerraBlock Manager on your Windows 2k8 Server, and mount the Facilis volumes as read-only on the desktop. Then copy the data you need from each volume to the 48TB of local storage on the server, and you’re done.
JM
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[Ben Edwards] “I would rather make my living on the basis that I am good at what I do rather than I am the only one that can afford the tools.”
This.
JM
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Sandisk Extreme HD is the standard, but any decent quality Class 6 should do it.
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-Video-Memory-SDSDRX3-016G-A21/dp/tags-on-product/B003D5MY5I
The main risk you run with a cheaper card is that your video might become corrupted during recording, so if it’s important, either do enough testing to verify the brand you buy is up to it, or go with SanDisk and don’t worry about it.
JM
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Here is a pretty informative thread regarding the same question:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1121011
For what it’s worth though, I don’t think you’re going to find a better way to take care of 25 FCP workstations than an Xsan. That includes StorNext (DVS), which I am a big fan of.
If I was in your position, I’d be upgrading to Xsan 2.2.1 and 10.6.4, and riding with that for the next 2-3 years. Even if it required the use of Mac Pro MDCs. There is nothing that can touch a 2.2 Xsan when used with FCP for performance, scalability, ease-of-use, and Apple compatibility.
If you go and get real, comparable estimates, for ISIS, Isilon, StorNext, or even Facilis, those quotes will not be small.
JM
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Archiware PresStore. It will do everything you’ve listed and is extremely Mac-friendly. CEO is really cool, too.
https://www.archiware.com/index.php?hp=122
JM