Postproduction server

[cogwheel1818]

Hi, I'm looking for a server or a NAS that can handle the needs of a small production studio. There will be about 5 workstations running 3D and video editing software and a render farm. We mostly deal with 1080p .exr image sequences so we need good bandwith and great storage capacity.

Any directions where to look at?

(+/- $3000 budget)


Thanks

 

[sk1939]

Are you concerned with speed or reliability more?

You could take a look at the QNAP TS-1079-PRO-US which should provide more than enough space, and capacity for your needs. Anything more heavy duty is out of your price range. Note that the $2,498.95 price tag does not include the cost of the 10 or so drives needed to fully populate the NAS.

 

[cogwheel1818]

Thanks for your answer,

To be more precise, we need a server to run our software licenses and storage with high speed access. At the moment, we have a LaCie 5big storage server but its 100mb/s doesn't meet our requirement anymore. We need at least 1000mb/s, so yeah the main concern is speed.

QNAP products seems a good option, thanks for the hint!

 

[Guest]

If high IOPS and access speed is one of your requirements it may be worth looking at an iSCSI solution, QNAP and Iomega offer good reliable products.

 

[sk1939]

Thanks for your answer,

To be more precise, we need a server to run our software licenses and storage with high speed access. At the moment, we have a LaCie 5big storage server but its 100mb/s doesn't meet our requirement anymore. We need at least 1000mb/s, so yeah the main concern is speed.

QNAP products seems a good option, thanks for the hint!

The only issue with the QNAP is that it is storage only, it won't handle software licenses/license distribution. However, a true server won't have anywhere near the capacity of the QNAP so would need to find a happy medium in terms of price for both devices.