ended up going with a straight ahead file server, that won't need much processing overhead and will just dish files.  This is kind of a "starter" system until I can get a bigger box going with a little more grunt and maybe a ZFS system with an SSD cache.  I need to play around with that in the background a bit, but want a little bulletproof NAS for now.

I found out the HP n54L microserver runs the Sinology open source software build (xpenology) great out of the box, with a firmware upgrade and a better NIC card dropped in.  You get performance at about ~150Mbps, which is about the same as the sinology 412+.  should set me up well for a bit until things get revved up, at which point I'll transition over to the other server and use this one for backups.

all good, in theory anyway!

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Terry Barnum <terry@dop.com> wrote:

We've been running FreeNAS on a 48TB box and are in the process of putting together a second one. There is a web GUI which greatly simplifies setup. It does have a few quirks (every once in a while AFP seems to crap out) but for the cost of an enclosure and drives it's hard to beat. I'm trying to learn about ZFS for the second box. No 10Gb ethernet yet but it's on the radar.

-Terry

On Aug 12, 2013, at 4:03 PM, J Bills wrote:

> Thanks everyone!
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Søren Christensen <soren@desilence.net> wrote:
> I have been pretty happy with our synology 1010+ it makes great use if bw available on our gigE net when reading/writing
>
>
> On 10/08/2013, at 06:09, J Bills <jbillsnews@flickfx.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey all - looking for recommendations on a NAS that would be a good fit for a small studio, but it would see regular use of 4-8 artists I'd say.  Doing VFX CG rendering and compositing, HD & 2k.  Gigabit ethernet.
> >
> > I was looking at the Synology 1513+ or 1813+ -seem to be nice little units and I think that's my frontrunner so far.
> >
> > Also looking at the ReadyNAS line or building up a FreeNAS box or something like that.
> >
> > Just curious if anyone has any tips for or against anything along that line of thinking?  This will be my first NAS and I just want something that's headache free.
> >
> > TIA

Terry Barnum
digital OutPost
San Diego, CA

http://www.dop.com
800/464-6434

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