Return-Path: Received: from imr-ma03.mx.aol.com ([64.12.206.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4648670 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:54:37 +0100 Received: from mtaout-da03.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-da03.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.131]) by imr-ma03.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q2801TXo023718 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:01:29 -0500 Received: from broom.home (pool-108-23-214-125.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [108.23.214.125]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-da03.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 78E88E0001C2; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:01:29 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [AE] Media server question Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_BCD7D5F4-A6B1-43E6-899D-34987C287203" From: Tim Sassoon In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:01:25 -0800 Cc: Tim Sassoon Message-Id: <8FBD8B7F-61E6-4C6B-AD47-724918A5D755@aol.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1331164889; bh=dEfr6NxzDx5lxLCaBktUKln8rnJkTcxHF5kLyA+m740=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=v7n+wNLs83v/BBtNZ/b0ebbE+O/Lj+KKFfPY9sJSHonXKbknSlGedLMZ7SmCFEb9M WhPo2cTA6Up9Wd/zVVZuFhjb7TWwuSZRHpxQ28W2LEgtOqeYbuMFZyI3hTSonq3jgN AEI85p1s810aHAbpoQcrb1smvKqP1wlyYj94JlPU= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:457574304:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d33834f57f6d911fa X-AOL-IP: 108.23.214.125 --Apple-Mail=_BCD7D5F4-A6B1-43E6-899D-34987C287203 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'd recommend an Apple Mini, with a Promise Thunderbolt RAID, buying = Lion Server separately for $49. I've found the Minis to be quite awesome = little machines, lots of giddy up and go for something so small and = cheap. There's not much reason to buy the Mini Server version if you = need more than 1TB of space, and everyone does nowadays, so you might as = well have an optical drive. I've bought a bunch of Mini Servers for $999 = (with Snow Leopard Unlimited), and sold them two years later for about = $600 each, easily. Hard to beat that deal with a "white box" PC. Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA On Mar 7, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Alex Czetwertynski wrote: > Hello list >=20 > Wondering what people are using these days to manage media on small = productions (3-4 people). In the past I always just dedicated a single = computer to serve assets to various users, but everything goes through = Gigabit Ethernet and it isn't always fast enough. > Are there any good thunderbolt or other options out there that don't = require super expensive cards and that can work across both Mac and PC? = Linux? >=20 > Thanks! > Alex >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to --Apple-Mail=_BCD7D5F4-A6B1-43E6-899D-34987C287203 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii I'd recommend an Apple Mini, with a Promise Thunderbolt RAID, buying Lion Server separately for $49. I've found the Minis to be quite awesome little machines, lots of giddy up and go for something so small and cheap. There's not much reason to buy the Mini Server version if you need more than 1TB of space, and everyone does nowadays, so you might as well have an optical drive. I've bought a bunch of Mini Servers for $999 (with Snow Leopard Unlimited), and sold them two years later for about $600 each, easily. Hard to beat that deal with a "white box" PC.


Tim Sassoon
SFD
Santa Monica, CA



On Mar 7, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Alex Czetwertynski wrote:

Hello list

Wondering what people are using these days to manage media on small productions (3-4 people).  In the past I always just dedicated a single computer to serve assets to various users, but everything goes through Gigabit Ethernet and it isn't always fast enough.
Are there any good thunderbolt or other options out there that don't require super expensive cards and that can work across both Mac and PC?  Linux?

Thanks!
Alex


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