Hello everyone,
I am new to the forum, and I don't know if this is the right place to post this here.
I am looking to build a storage server for my studio, which I will be using for a few applications.
I would like to know what kind of OS and setup should I use. I don't know much Linux commands, but if there is a guide, I can follow it and do some command lines. I tried Windows Server 2019, but the GUI version is not working, and even using Powershell is giving me errors after errors. Freenas is easy to setup, but I have no idea what drive to use as cache and what to use as log.
The most important ones are video editing, media server, personal backup server, and other random stuff.
Currently I have an Unraid server that we use for these applications, but the speed of Unraid is just too slow for what we do.
So for video editing right now we have the needs for two editors to edit straight from the server, and want to have the possibility to expand that to 4-5 editors in the near future. Right now with Unraid we have to pull the footage from the server to our workstations first, and then send them back after we are done with editing. We are shooting 4K footage, and need real time editing in Adobe Premier with out any lag.
As for media I am leaning towards Plex. I have an Unraid server that have Plex right now, but when ever plex is doing something, like parity check or even just the mover running from the SSD cache to spinning drives, the movies are unwatchable, always lagging.
This server needs to be really fast, and very reliable with redundancies.
The hardware I have now:
Supermicro X10DRi
2X Intel E5-2620V4
4X 32GB of DDR4 ECC memory
15X 2TB WD Blacklable Drives
4X 240GB SSD
2X Intel 4610 NVME 1.6TB U.2 with PCIE converter
Intel X550 10G network card
LSI 9305-24i
24 Bay Supermicro Chassis with individual sata port backplane
I got all of these servers for free from a friends company because they bought too much of these, so I don't mind to change or upgrade some of these parts if needed. But I think these are really good hardware for a storage server.
And I have a raid card lying around but have no use to it, I can add that in if needed.
Also I got Samsung 970s in both workstations, and 10G network to all workstations and servers.
Please ask any question if you need to know more about any hardware or my needs if you didn't understand.
Thank you.
I am new to the forum, and I don't know if this is the right place to post this here.
I am looking to build a storage server for my studio, which I will be using for a few applications.
I would like to know what kind of OS and setup should I use. I don't know much Linux commands, but if there is a guide, I can follow it and do some command lines. I tried Windows Server 2019, but the GUI version is not working, and even using Powershell is giving me errors after errors. Freenas is easy to setup, but I have no idea what drive to use as cache and what to use as log.
The most important ones are video editing, media server, personal backup server, and other random stuff.
Currently I have an Unraid server that we use for these applications, but the speed of Unraid is just too slow for what we do.
So for video editing right now we have the needs for two editors to edit straight from the server, and want to have the possibility to expand that to 4-5 editors in the near future. Right now with Unraid we have to pull the footage from the server to our workstations first, and then send them back after we are done with editing. We are shooting 4K footage, and need real time editing in Adobe Premier with out any lag.
As for media I am leaning towards Plex. I have an Unraid server that have Plex right now, but when ever plex is doing something, like parity check or even just the mover running from the SSD cache to spinning drives, the movies are unwatchable, always lagging.
This server needs to be really fast, and very reliable with redundancies.
The hardware I have now:
Supermicro X10DRi
2X Intel E5-2620V4
4X 32GB of DDR4 ECC memory
15X 2TB WD Blacklable Drives
4X 240GB SSD
2X Intel 4610 NVME 1.6TB U.2 with PCIE converter
Intel X550 10G network card
LSI 9305-24i
24 Bay Supermicro Chassis with individual sata port backplane
I got all of these servers for free from a friends company because they bought too much of these, so I don't mind to change or upgrade some of these parts if needed. But I think these are really good hardware for a storage server.
And I have a raid card lying around but have no use to it, I can add that in if needed.
Also I got Samsung 970s in both workstations, and 10G network to all workstations and servers.
Please ask any question if you need to know more about any hardware or my needs if you didn't understand.
Thank you.