[SOLVED] NAS for 4k Video Editing

[ezzashater]

Hi All

I need technical advice about NAS (Network Attached Storage), I need it

• 300TB "as start" with the ability to upgrade.
• 4k Editing ability.
• up to 10 editors work at the same time.
• Rackmount platform recommended.

whats your recommendations?

Note:
I got a recommendation already which is

Qnap
ES2486dc-2142IT-128G
19"Rack ZFS NAS
24-Bay, 2U, 2.5" 12Gb SAS/SATA RAID (128GB ECC RAM, Xeon 8-core) + 10GbE
288TB (24 X 12TB Western Digital WD Red Pro)

But I need your suggestions to update it like better HDDs, SSD caching, Additional 40BGe Card ...etc

Thank you in advance

 

[Newtonius]

If you want 300TB and more in the future, then you'll want something like this:
https://www.45drives.com/products/storage/
Choose the 30 or 45 drive bay option. You can fill the first 30 bays with 10-16TB drives, then use the remaining when you need more room. The 30 bay will get you 480TB max with 16TB drives while the 45 is 720TB max.

That link you posted will not support you above 192TB of storage space even with all bays using 12 TB drives.

I would also highly recommend you build the server yourself with parts you order separately. Primarily because companies that pre-build will overcharge you much much more than the parts are actually worth and usually don't offer the newest components without a premium charge to it. If I were to build my own 4k render server, especially for multiple editors to use at once, I would get it with an AMD Epyc 7452 32-Core CPU. The new server CPU lineup from AMD offers much better performance for multitasking applications at a better price compared to intel.

And as for the core editing component, if you will have it render from a video card, then either the RTX Titan or RTX Quadro 4000 model and above will give you plenty of power under the hood for fast render times.

In total you could end up spending about 10,000$ USD for some high tier components that you get yourself, compared to the 12,000 Pounds you were recommended on that link since it's an 'expert' pre-build.

Alternatively, the link I sent above for the case also allows you to do a pre-build. In -case you don't feel comfortable doing all this yourself.

 

[ezzashater]

If you want 300TB and more in the future, then you'll want something like this:
https://www.45drives.com/products/storage/
Choose the 30 or 45 drive bay option. You can fill the first 30 bays with 10-16TB drives, then use the remaining when you need more room. The 30 bay will get you 480TB max with 16TB drives while the 45 is 720TB max.

That link you posted will not support you above 192TB of storage space even with all bays using 12 TB drives.

I would also highly recommend you build the server yourself with parts you order separately. Primarily because companies that pre-build will overcharge you much much more than the parts are actually worth and usually don't offer the newest components without a premium charge to it. If I were to build my own 4k render server, especially for multiple editors to use at once, I would get it with an AMD Epyc 7452 32-Core CPU. The new server CPU lineup from AMD offers much better performance for multitasking applications at a better price compared to intel.

And as for the core editing component, if you will have it render from a video card, then either the RTX Titan or RTX Quadro 4000 model and above will give you plenty of power under the hood for fast render times.

In total you could end up spending about 10,000$ USD for some high tier components that you get yourself, compared to the 12,000 Pounds you were recommended on that link since it's an 'expert' pre-build.

Alternatively, the link I sent above for the case also allows you to do a pre-build. In -case you don't feel comfortable doing all this yourself.

Thank you so so so much for your reply, I'll review that & allow me to ask you again if I have any inquiries.
Regards