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That makes sense!

Yup, thats confusing... Can anyone help? I am interested to know the answer too... I don't wanna invest a ton of money on a dual 18 core xeon and realise it was a waste of money.. But after doing some testing, I have noticed when I am rendering and making the final export, my CPU usage is at 100%. So I am guessing CPU plays an important role, higher the cores, better the speed... Still confused though, considering your situation..

So I was watching LTT videos and came across this one: And it got me wondering, if I have fast enough drives and CPU in my system (and enough RAM); and if I use two of these 4 channel ethernet cards (i.e. 2 x 4 = 8 gigabit ethernet connections), will it scale up to 8 times of the normal gigabit ethernet speed (i.e. 100mb~ x 8 = 800mb~)? Any ideas/thoughts?

Man thank you so much! This cleared up my doubts

Hi guys, Okay, before I start, let me mention that I am completely confused at the moment, hence I need your help! I have finally decided to switch from Mac environment (Final Cut Pro X) to Windows based system (Adobe Premiere Pro CC) for the next upgrade to my film production company's editing hardware. I am planning to build two machines (maybe more if I get a better understanding after posting this article): Machine 1: Editors Machine. Primary use for this machine is for my editor to do all the editing on Premiere Pro CC. Machine 2: Render Farm. Primary use for this machine is to assist during the final render process of the film over a quad channel gigabit network for the output of the master copy. Okay, now the confusing part: According to this: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2013/07/19/adobe-premiere-pro-cc-hands-on-multi-gpu-support-and-more/ and this article: http://creativeclouduser.com/multiple-gpu-support-in-adobe-premiere-pro/ Adobe Premiere supports multiple GPUs for the render process. And LTT made a video a while back where they showed off their render farm build where they used dual Xeons and dual Titan X GPUs for it. Video: So according to all of above, having multiple GPUs should help in Premier Pro during the editing and final render process. But, I was watching Dimitri's video (from HardwareCanucks), and he recently re-built his editing machine where he removed one of the two 980Tis from his system, and mentioned multiple GPUs don't make a difference in Premiere Pro editing process and premiere pro does not support multiple GPUs. And queue the confusion. Video: Now at this stage, my final conclusion on the editing rig is to have only one 980Ti (If more than one are better, please mention in the comment and why.) But when it comes to the render farm, I have a few questions: Q.1: Which is more important when it comes to final render? GPU or CPU? Q.2: Do I need a single GPU or having multiple GPUs will help with the render time? (If I select CUDA) Q.3: Will having multiple GPUs benefit the Render machine at all? Or is it better to get an 18 core Xeon (or two) instead? My original plan was to have a Skylake i7 with dual 980 Tis (in SLI) in the render farm machine, but after watching HardwareCanucks' video I am very much confused. Can anyone suggest what should I go for the render farm? And which is more important for render... (Dual GPUs in SLI with Slylake i7) OR (a high end CPU)? Apologies in advance if I sound like a noob, not a very technical person! and very much confused at the moment! Thanks in advanced! /d

okay cool. But is there any info regarding the maximum drive size per SATA port on these cards anywhere on the web? I am unable to find any...

Hi, Does anyone know if SYBA SD-PEX40104 SATA 8-Port SATA III 6G can support 8TB drives on all its ports at once? (i.e. 8 x 8TB = 64TB) (http://www.sybausa.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=829) Building a storage sever for my business. Cheers /d

Yup, I understand that. But where I live (India) a 20+ port raid card would cost as much as this motherboard alone... So I am pretty limited on choice...

interesting. let me look into that!

for a high-end server build for my business. and wasn't sure about the support, just needed a confirmation!

Hi, Does anyone know if ASRock X99 EXTREME11 LGA2011-v3 supports 8TB hard drives on all 18 SATA ports (i.e. 18 x 8TB = 144TB) at once? Couldn't find a definite answer on this topic anywhere... Cheers

Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade the drives inside LaCie 8big Rack Thunderbolt?

Hi, I was wondering, is it possible to share files directly between a Mac and a Windows based PC over thunderbolt 2 (basically if I connect MAC and PC directly with a Thunderbolt cable)? I know its possible between two Macs, but couldn't find any details about the sharing options/details between PC and a Mac. Does anyone have any ideas? Cheers /dev

Hi Brob, I have considered that option as well. The issue I will face with that is I will have to deal multiple hard drives individually. If I double backup everything, I will end up with around 16 (if not more) individual hard drives on my hand and I will have to make sure each and every one of them is stored safely and securely. But if I make a two PCs that have all the drives (8 drives each) will make it much easier for me and my team to handle them and move them around from location to location. But thanks for your suggestion, I will definitely implement this solution somewhere else in my work flow!

Hi, sorry I think I created a bit of confusion... What I was trying to say was.. because I will be at the location, somewhere in the remote areas of my country. I won't be able to save data from the camera to my server on daily basis (physically or over the air/fiber and the internet connectivity would be really bad at these locations because most of them are in the middle of no where... :\ ). I will only be able to do that once I return back to my town after the 30~ days of shoot. i need a system that can act like a mobile data dump server on the location, that I can bring along and store everything on it (might actually build two system. Computer A: for the raw dump straight from the camera and; Computer B: for the backup of the Computer A, just to be on the safer side). So my requirements of one system are about 48+TB (6TB x 8) of storage (approx 1-2 TB/day of data written), and for that I am looking for a motherboard that can support at least 8 hard drive, 10 would be preferable (8x storage HDD + 1x OS boot SSD and one extra SATA just in case I want to add an additional drive in the future), and is stable and of good quality. Because there won't be any editing/rendering happening on these systems, i don't need to have a powerful GPU/CPU for these machines. Just a ton of storage in a good PC case with reliable hardware. I came across ASRock X99 Extreme11 that might be suitable for this build, any suggestion on this board? Couldn't find too many reviews on it. I could be wrong though! Thanks