Re: HS San

[Chris Miller] "f that fails, well I will search for something cheaper/ free. I did find this free software incase all else fails. It is linux based, would someone mind telling me if they think it would work, I will ahve ALOT of time to tinker with it to make it work.

Link: http://www.openfiler.com/"

Chris,

You're getting terrible advice. You think going with Openfiler is free just because it's free to download???? Think again. iSCSI is no different than fibre channel. It's not network file sharing - it's a real SAN. In other words you can't share a drive with multiple clients unless you have expensive software like Xsan or MetaSAN managing the write permissions. At the very least you'll need to spend $600 per client for MetaSAN. This is far more expensive than MetaLAN (from the same company).

That said, it won't work anyways. Openfiler does not work well with GlobalSAN AT ALL. I say that from first hand experience.

The least expensive option is using Apple File Sharing using a real Mac as a server, a managed switch, and an IT expert who knows how to tune the TCP settings and the network environment for video editing. This is essentially what Walter and Bob's articles are about.

Sean