Help planning a file server

[brokenarrow726]

Budget (including currency): $2000-$5000 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: This is a small business file server. Primarily for clips/vods of our  25 - 30 Twitch Streamers. 

Other details : I run an esports org and we are getting more heavily in to the content creation side. More importantly we are going to be capatilizing on the content cration site. To do this we are going to need a medium to large expandable file server to house our current projects. Im new to all of this sort of thing so any details, tips or anything is apprecaited.

 

Thanks

 

[LIGISTX]

4 minutes ago, brokenarrow726 said:

Budget (including currency): $2000-$5000 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: This is a small business file server. Primarily for clips/vods of our  25 - 30 Twitch Streamers. 

Other details : I run an esports org and we are getting more heavily in to the content creation side. More importantly we are going to be capatilizing on the content cration site. To do this we are going to need a medium to large expandable file server to house our current projects. Im new to all of this sort of thing so any details, tips or anything is apprecaited.

 

Thanks

 

How many video editors will be editing off the box or will this just be a repository to store in game footage and dump edited videos onto?

 

Synology has some very easy to set up, and plenty powerful systems if you don't need anything fancy. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

how many tb do you need?

 

What network speed?

 

How much uptime do you need?

 

This feels like a hire a pro situation here, esp if the data is important and downtime is bad.

[kkpatel87]

1 hour ago, brokenarrow726 said:

Budget (including currency): $2000-$5000 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: This is a small business file server. Primarily for clips/vods of our  25 - 30 Twitch Streamers. 

Other details : I run an esports org and we are getting more heavily in to the content creation side. More importantly we are going to be capatilizing on the content cration site. To do this we are going to need a medium to large expandable file server to house our current projects. Im new to all of this sort of thing so any details, tips or anything is apprecaited.

 

Thanks

 

For something like this, i would suggest something from Dell EMC or HPE. Unless you are very experienced in enterprise or critical environments, i would suggest you go the pre-built route.

 

What does the network map look like? Will all the users be accessing the server locally or remotely?

 

This is a system architecture problem so i would recommend approaching it from that viewpoint.

[Nano Adam]

40 minutes ago, brokenarrow726 said:

Budget (including currency): $2000-$5000 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: This is a small business file server. Primarily for clips/vods of our  25 - 30 Twitch Streamers. 

Other details : I run an esports org and we are getting more heavily in to the content creation side. More importantly we are going to be capatilizing on the content cration site. To do this we are going to need a medium to large expandable file server to house our current projects. Im new to all of this sort of thing so any details, tips or anything is apprecaited.

 

Thanks

 

My suggestion would be that you let us know of your current setup and how things are, and the skills that you or someone you know has. That way we suggest something within your reach!