Options for SAN systems
by GaryAlan
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Nov 9, 2005 at 9:21:19 pm
I am looking for opinions on the best way to expand a system. There are currently five Avid edit stations and four graphic stations using assorted apps as well as a stock film library. Some are using G4's and a G5 with a little mixture of some PC's in there. The Storage is currently a 6 TB Facilis TerraBlock Shared Storage Network with decent performance, but now there is the need for more storage and better performance.
The plan is to add three more edit bays and develop a larger vault. The current Terrablock system could be expanded and we also are considering the Avid Unity. Are there any other systems that someone would suggest to handle this expansion that might work better than what is currently being used? The bulk of production is shot on Varicam, but there are possibilities of working on 1080i/p, 2k DI and maybe 4K in the near future.
