[Emanuel Ach] "I usually end up with 1-2 full harddrives of DV lectures to edit. I would like to put those 2 hardrives on a server and edit them with FCP using a local network. And at this point ideally would be that 2 or more editors would be able to work on the same files at the same time. Is it possible?"
Certainly not impossible - and I'd follow Bob Zelin's advice in terms of watching for throughput bottlenecks.
Well configured GigE LANs can have an aggregate throughput of 50-60 MB/s - enough for several DV25 streams. Poorly configured - a small fraction of that. Try running a throughput test from your edit station to a server - time a transfer of a large file. If it transfers at over 20MB/s, there is a fighting chance you can do it.
Alex
DV411 
