Return-Path: Received: from mail-lb0-f178.google.com ([209.85.217.178] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5154355 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:33:03 +0200 Received: by mail-lb0-f178.google.com with SMTP id y6so773306lbh.9 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:44:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=7NoX9IE6zu5OJf/l0IqpL2QDzkMuCIDyUtwby2+XtDQ=; b=nJ3VsKnIlzYxmp9Iz68bp4nFd3od2kLCyEq4TyyHBiIM727U9H8jE9guHhDZGsJzB4 HHYqDx2xS+5Ff6iq1aclz0hEEGYUid2FDFV24Vvikpj9FFIqhP9aNOmXMhmddPyaj5n1 tFkYjMYqVbFzPNOgXwd8KqpLRZu5wXdQ0FwXWLeKmNRKGR23+MqeuwmbWaVygGG4jxcP d3eALK2Wfpd6a1Eu/ow58VH6LMw2qXDJCXhZotAvHPsSRfiOwc/KpOrkW6bpGgMh+9LG x+5oEu0uybfJQ+KkgpmYxgjN1Xy5ziqiEVO+ykNBM8Unr20z6O9npp4hiPT+CHa4dDvo XxTg== X-Received: by 10.112.20.66 with SMTP id l2mr17133197lbe.48.1374691459067; Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:44:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.4.166 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:43:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:43:39 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] best network-attached storage? To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae93d930017f3ae04e2464c4c --14dae93d930017f3ae04e2464c4c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 sorry for reviving this old thread, but I just figured out the solution today. Thanks for the suggestions, both of those were definitely out of my price range. Newegg is having a one day special on 64mb cache 7200 seagate NAS drives, and a special on this synology 4-bay NAS RAID, so I pulled the trigger on that. Along with my 5 port 100/1000 ethernet switch, this is going to make network rendering 10x faster and easier. As well as archiving / backup many TB of old projects On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Tupper, Scott (HQP) wrote: > We purchased the Final Share system from Maxx Digital years ago and so > far so good! > > -scott > > From: Byron Nash > Reply-To: After List > Date: Monday, July 8, 2013 11:44 AM > To: After List > Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] best network-attached storage? > > We usually talk to Small Tree Electronics. small-tree.com > > > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Teddy Gage wrote: > >> Having taken on two jobs simultaneously, because I am not smart, I am now >> kicking myself for not having both workstations set up with a speedy NAS, >> and synced plugins & scripts between the two machines so I could do either >> network renders or render each project separately. Of course deadlines I >> was expecting would be weeks apart are more like hours. Looking for a pc >> based (but mac compatible if possible) raid solution. Additional usb 3 >> support would be helpful too. For my setup i have two pc workstations and a >> mac mini all going into a small 5 switch 100/1000 ethernet hub. My laptop >> sometimes joins the network as well. One thing i considered was an >> additional mac mini and a thunderbolt drive as dedicated file server, but >> if bootcamp is installed on the mini will the pc side recognize the >> thunderbolt ports? Also that seems a lot more expensive than a stand alone >> solution, but it would double my mac rendering capabilities as well, and >> would be good for universal backups. >> -tg >> >> >> -- >> Animator & Editor >> www.teddygage.com >> Brooklyn >> >> > -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --14dae93d930017f3ae04e2464c4c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
sorry for reviving this old thread, but I just figured out= the solution today. Thanks for the suggestions, both of those were definit= ely out of my price range. Newegg is having a one day special on 64mb cache= 7200 seagate NAS drives, and a special on this synology 4-bay NAS RAID<= /a>, so I pulled the trigger on that. Along with my 5 port 100/1000 etherne= t switch, this is going to make network rendering 10x faster and easier. As= well as archiving / backup many TB of old projects


On Mon,= Jul 8, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Tupper, Scott (HQP) <scott.tupper@rhi.com= > wrote:
We purchased the Final Share system from Maxx Digital years ago and so= far so good!

-scott

From: Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com>
Reply-To: After List <AE-List@media-motion.tv<= /a>>
Date: Monday, July 8, 2013 11:44 AM=
To: After List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>= ;
Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] best network= -attached storage?

We usually talk to Small Tree Electronics. small-tree.com



On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmai= l.com> wrote:
Having taken on two jobs simultaneously, because I am not smart, I am now k= icking myself for not having both workstations set up with a speedy NAS, an= d synced plugins & scripts between the two machines so I could do eithe= r network renders or render each project separately. Of course deadlines I was expecting would be weeks apart are m= ore like hours. Looking for a pc based (but mac compatible if possible) rai= d solution. Additional usb 3 support would be helpful too. For my setup i h= ave two pc workstations and a mac mini all going into a small 5 switch 100/1000 ethernet hub. My laptop some= times joins the network as well. One thing i considered was an additional m= ac mini and a thunderbolt drive as dedicated file server, but if bootcamp i= s installed on the mini will the pc side recognize=A0the thunderbolt ports? Also that seems a lot=A0more ex= pensive than a stand alone solution, but it would double my mac rendering c= apabilities as well, and would be good for universal backups.=A0
-tg


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Animator & Editor
www.teddygage.= com
Brooklyn



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Animator & Editor
www.teddygage.com
Brooklyn
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