Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@art_of_shred said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
Investing in something more generally useful might be worth looking at. A dedicated NAS that has only one purpose might be a management pain long term.
Such as?
Something bigger than could be used for live files as well. At such a small scale paying for servers for each little need is not efficient. Why not grow the existing storage by that amount, for example?
Existing storage is a data drive in a user's desktop. I suppose that could be added to with another hard drive.
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@art_of_shred said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@art_of_shred said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
I also get the feeling that low price is an important factor. It doesn't seem that all players are convinced they really need to hang on to those files at all.
Could always just get a USB external drive and call it a day.
This needs to be available to multiple users and computers on the network.
1 How does it have "needs" when they don't think that they need it at all?
2 anything it is attached to could share it out. Just attach it to the existing storage pool.
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@art_of_shred said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@art_of_shred said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
Investing in something more generally useful might be worth looking at. A dedicated NAS that has only one purpose might be a management pain long term.
Such as?
Something bigger than could be used for live files as well. At such a small scale paying for servers for each little need is not efficient. Why not grow the existing storage by that amount, for example?
Existing storage is a data drive in a user's desktop. I suppose that could be added to with another hard drive.
So they feel that the "live" storage doesn't need a server. But the "unneeded archive" does? Something doesn't jive there.
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The graphics RIP software opens files that are currently on the lead graphics guy's hard drive, and sends them to the printer. That space will be too small going forward, so they want a storage space that will be adequate, that they can point the RIP software to, to grab graphics files. It's that simple. Because of the possible size they are thinking about providing, I wondered if a NAS was the best move for the buck. Maybe I'm not accurate on what things cost, but heading towards a server doesn't seem to be a cost-effective solution.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
If there is long term growth, how big will it get? Rack mount units are a bit more expensive.
SAM-SD is, of course, totally viable and a Dell R510 from xByte ....
Sorry for the quick threadjack...
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@FATeknollogee said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
If there is long term growth, how big will it get? Rack mount units are a bit more expensive.
SAM-SD is, of course, totally viable and a Dell R510 from xByte ....
Sorry for the quick threadjack...
What would be the OS of choice on the SAM-SD?BSD or Linux.
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@FATeknollogee said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
If there is long term growth, how big will it get? Rack mount units are a bit more expensive.
SAM-SD is, of course, totally viable and a Dell R510 from xByte ....
Sorry for the quick threadjack...
What would be the OS of choice on the SAM-SD?See:
https://mangolassi.it/topic/6233/open-storage-operating-systems-for-sam-sd
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https://mangolassi.it/topic/6231/what-is-a-sam-sd
Which doesn't actual mention the OS,...
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@coliver said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@FATeknollogee said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
If there is long term growth, how big will it get? Rack mount units are a bit more expensive.
SAM-SD is, of course, totally viable and a Dell R510 from xByte ....
Sorry for the quick threadjack...
What would be the OS of choice on the SAM-SD?BSD or Linux.
Linux is not an OS
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@Dashrender said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@coliver said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@FATeknollogee said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
If there is long term growth, how big will it get? Rack mount units are a bit more expensive.
SAM-SD is, of course, totally viable and a Dell R510 from xByte ....
Sorry for the quick threadjack...
What would be the OS of choice on the SAM-SD?BSD or Linux.
Linux is not an OS
Nor is BSD for that matter. I was referencing Linux based distributions.
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Scott has listed specific distros in the past that he recommends, but I can't recall off the top of my head.
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@Dashrender said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
Scott has listed specific distros in the past that he recommends, but I can't recall off the top of my head.
They're at the link.
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I know I missed most of this conversation, but at the requested 12TB and for cheap, wouldn't a 4-6 bay synology in RAID6 be enough?
Four 8 TB drives in RAID6 provide ~16.5TB of storage. The DS916+ empty is $600, add the four 8TB drives and you're talking only $1500.
Which is really a low cost approach.
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Synology
Start with large disks and it should leave the company some room to grow.
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@DustinB3403 said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
I know I missed most of this conversation, but at the requested 12TB and for cheap, wouldn't a 4-6 bay synology in RAID6 be enough?
Four 8 TB drives in RAID6 provide ~16.5TB of storage. The DS916+ empty is $600, add the four 8TB drives and you're talking only $1500.
Which is really a low cost approach.
Four 8TB drives in RAID10 provides 16TB of faster storage
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@MattSpeller True.
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@art_of_shred said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
The graphics RIP software opens files that are currently on the lead graphics guy's hard drive, and sends them to the printer. That space will be too small going forward, so they want a storage space that will be adequate, that they can point the RIP software to, to grab graphics files. It's that simple. Because of the possible size they are thinking about providing, I wondered if a NAS was the best move for the buck. Maybe I'm not accurate on what things cost, but heading towards a server doesn't seem to be a cost-effective solution.
An external drive on his desktop seems like it would be even more transparent to everything involved.
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@FATeknollogee said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking to buy a NAS to store graphics files long-term.:
If there is long term growth, how big will it get? Rack mount units are a bit more expensive.
SAM-SD is, of course, totally viable and a Dell R510 from xByte ....
Sorry for the quick threadjack...
What would be the OS of choice on the SAM-SD?Depends on the specific need. But CentOS or Suse most often. FreeBSD in many cases. Windows in a few.
