QNAP TVS-1282T3 and/or Storinator (or similair)

[trafaret]

Hello lovely people,

 

So we are creating an editing studio, and if someone here is happy to help us spend some money, please give your suggestions.

The setup:

We are producing lots of video content (not youtube before anyone asks), filmed on multiple Blackmagic URSA mini PRO's, different settings, on average 100-150mb/s files (we don't go full 513mb/s RAW yet but may want to). Naturally this results in terabytes of footage very fast. And need a long term solution for storing. And Ideally we need very fast access to that storage so that editors could work right off that storage.

The problem:

If we build a large storage server, and then have more than a couple editors hitting the server at at the same time is 10Gbit fast enough for multiple connections? Adding Thunderbolt 3 connectivity to the server would be great, but with the current max cable lengths (2m/6ft?) it would be cruel to make editors sit in the server room :). So maybe we should also get a large thunderbolt equipped NAS like QNAP TVS-1282T3, for editing and short term storage, and use the server for long term storage? Or is 10Gbit plenty fast for what we need? Or are there longer thunderbolt3 cables? or some other way to have super fast connections to a storage server from further than 2m/6ft away?

 

Thoughts and suggestions? Thanks in advance

[GDRRiley]

10gb should be fine for a half dozen or so if you need more get a smart switch and use 2 cables from 10gb ports on server to switch. Storinator is a good choice in most cases but I would run 2 or 3 in a cluster if you need 100% up time and can't lose footage. 

LTT uses a small SSD array on a diffrent box for life working footage as its faster.

 

Get 1-3 storinators mattering on capacity and fail over need (you should have on machine RAID and between servers if 100% critical)

Get a supermicro or similar server with SSDs and make that you fast server. If you need a render server this could be based around something like epyc to get you lots of cores to render with but much of this comes down to your workflow.

Edit;

if you want to cut cost you could use disk shelf and do something similar to Level1Techs

https://level1techs.com/video/level1-172tb-storage-server

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Edited April 12, 2018 by GDRRiley
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[trafaret]

Thanks, this is great info,

Looks promising, this is an awesome starting point! Already taking your advice into consideration.