[Avid-L2] Re: NAS advice...?

Correct. I just need file storage for /BPAV folders and such.

Thanks, all, for the recommendations. No Cow for me. I miss Zelin, too.

On 5/16/10, Jay Mahavier <jay_mahavier@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I think that Robert is looking for a NAS not a SAN. Two very
> different things. You don't use a NAS for video playback. You can
> use it as a data archive of media though. A type of nearline storage.
>
> Jay
>
> On May 16, 2010, at 12:16 AM, David Dawkins wrote:
>
>> The Zelinised answer in his absence.
>>
>> *Ron Amborn*
>> President
>> Office: (714) 374-4944 Cell: (714) 713-4492
>> Email: ron@maxxdigital.com <mailto:ron@maxxdigital.com>
>>
>> One of the more recent great BZ rants
>> http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/197/856911
>>
>> A tip
>> http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/197/856899
>>
>> A couple of years old but probably still of value
>> http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/build-your-own-affordable-san-that-iworksi
>>
>> He once was ours but now his guns have been hung up and he is udderly
>> under the spell of the Cow.
>>
>> D(Aww shoot, I miss the old guy)D
>>
>> P.S. His hair style is downright popular here this year. I thought he
>> had dropped in unannounced 3x in one day last week.
>>
>> Jay Mahavier wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I've been very pleased with Buffalo Tech NAS systems. We have 6 of
>>> the TeraStation Pro 2 drives in three locations. Raid5
>>> configuration. They do what we need; hold data. But not much more
>>> than that.
>>>
>>> http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/business/
>>>
>>> Or you can go with something like a Dell PowerVault. Way more fancy
>>> like.
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>> On May 15, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Robert Lawson wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm starting to research network-attached storage for use as a
>>>> repository
>>>> for file-based media (XDCAM EX, mostly). I'm hoping for something
>>>> more than
>>>> editors schlepping around a bunch of death-prone consumer firewire
>>>> drives,
>>>> you know?
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone out in L2-land have any advice, or wisdom to impart? Any
>>>> manufacturers in particular to investigate and/or avoid?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Rob Lawson
>>>> System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
>>>> CBS News
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
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