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

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
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> 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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