woods
Dabbler
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2018
- Messages
- 45
What I need:
1. hot storage of about 10TB and high read/write speeds (600MB/s +) without need for redundancy.
2. warm storage of about 20TB, speed is of little importance but redundancy, really, REALLY is.
no 1 is a system for high performance video editing and no 2 is a storage system. Most vital data will be backed up in a cloud. And long term, finished projects I wish to store for the rest of my life will be burned to disks.
So I'm wondering, is it possible to combine system no 1 and no 2 into one system?
What I have:
1. editing system: i7-5930K - 16GB - GTX 970 (this is currently suitable for my needs) running Win10 but looking to migrate back to Linux
2. an unused server: HP ProLiant d380e with only one Xeon CPU and 8GB installed
3. HP H220 LSO 2308 "SATA IT Mode FreeNas Avago 9205-8i" (no idea what that means)
4. I have an old cheap RAID card I used in the editing system. But the RAID crashed and it never warned me
5. a bunch of semi-old and semi-new 3 and 4 TB HDD's
I don't really know where to start and whether it is a good idea to set up my own server and having to maintain it. Is it worth the effort? Data is pretty important to me though... but I'm wondering about the economy of running my own server vs. renting cloud space. But cloud space is no real solution for the hot storage part as I do need very high speeds to edit.
A single project is often around the 1TB+ mark when I'm working on it. And more often than not, multiple projects run at the same time. When a project is done, I am no longer responsible for the data so I can just remove it and simply cold store the finished project. The server I would build, would act as a sort of a redundancy buffer (and ideally also as a high speed hot storage server) between ongoing projects and final cold storage of the final product.
So should I even be building a server? Is it worth it?
EDIT; I would love to go the DIY route as I like studying how systems work, but I'm afraid I don't have the luxury of infinite time.. so if I would build a system, it should be easy for me to maintain for years without having to spend too much time on it. Maybe it is better to look into pre-built systems? I don't know.
I can afford to invest another 500 - 1000€ into the system.
1. hot storage of about 10TB and high read/write speeds (600MB/s +) without need for redundancy.
2. warm storage of about 20TB, speed is of little importance but redundancy, really, REALLY is.
no 1 is a system for high performance video editing and no 2 is a storage system. Most vital data will be backed up in a cloud. And long term, finished projects I wish to store for the rest of my life will be burned to disks.
So I'm wondering, is it possible to combine system no 1 and no 2 into one system?
What I have:
1. editing system: i7-5930K - 16GB - GTX 970 (this is currently suitable for my needs) running Win10 but looking to migrate back to Linux
2. an unused server: HP ProLiant d380e with only one Xeon CPU and 8GB installed
3. HP H220 LSO 2308 "SATA IT Mode FreeNas Avago 9205-8i" (no idea what that means)
4. I have an old cheap RAID card I used in the editing system. But the RAID crashed and it never warned me
5. a bunch of semi-old and semi-new 3 and 4 TB HDD's
I don't really know where to start and whether it is a good idea to set up my own server and having to maintain it. Is it worth the effort? Data is pretty important to me though... but I'm wondering about the economy of running my own server vs. renting cloud space. But cloud space is no real solution for the hot storage part as I do need very high speeds to edit.
A single project is often around the 1TB+ mark when I'm working on it. And more often than not, multiple projects run at the same time. When a project is done, I am no longer responsible for the data so I can just remove it and simply cold store the finished project. The server I would build, would act as a sort of a redundancy buffer (and ideally also as a high speed hot storage server) between ongoing projects and final cold storage of the final product.
So should I even be building a server? Is it worth it?
EDIT; I would love to go the DIY route as I like studying how systems work, but I'm afraid I don't have the luxury of infinite time.. so if I would build a system, it should be easy for me to maintain for years without having to spend too much time on it. Maybe it is better to look into pre-built systems? I don't know.
I can afford to invest another 500 - 1000€ into the system.
Last edited: