[Michael Kofsky]

Okay, hope I’m not posting blasphemy here. Bob, I met you at Cinegear last year and you really are the oracle of 10G.

I’m trying to build a similar 2-mac-only setup to run Resolve only for myself and my wife. We’ve both switched to Resolve for all of post. (We only gave it a shot after Bob suggested we try it–thank you!).

Any experience with the Synology 1817? (Standard version, not the plus) It INCLUDES 2x10G ports, for a very low price. Is this too good to be true? Will I be stuck in 450MB/s crappy 10G land? Or worse?

There’s a video on YT of how to put PostregSQL for Resolve 15 on the Synology directly. I’m willing to tinker and troubleshoot myself until we grow a bit more. But, Bob, if you put the hex on this Synology idea, I’ll do the QNAP-873e or maybe spring for the 872XT if the speed is that much better.

I’m on a 12-core cheesegrater which still runs better than most iMacs. She’s on a MBP with TB2. My idea would be to use a Sonnett solo 10G for me, and the Akito Dock Pro for her using TB2>TB3 adapter. Akito says this will work. (it’s not bus powered) Both appear to be aquantia chips.

NewEgg’s got a solid deal on Seagate 12TB Exos drives, theyre now the same price as IronWold. Any preference?