[gentoo-user] [OT: NAS] linux based storage solutions

[gentoo-user] [OT: NAS] linux based storage solutions

[Harry Putnam]

Being an Event Videographer one runs into hefty space
requirments very quickly.

I'm running 4 machines.... 3 are loaded for video editing and other
graphics intensive stuff like photoshop and all the adobe tools.

They have large drives but very quickly I've begun to need more
massive storage accessable to all.

My main desktop is gentoo linux but it doesn't figure largely in the
video work.

I'm looking at NAS [Network attached storage] appliances and finding
they are either too simple and small or too expensive.

Anyone here using a linux based solution for this kind of need?

Any input on this would be most welcome.

I'm thinking of getting a cheapish machine at 3.2 Ghz or so with a
motherboard that allows at least 4 HDD maybe as many as 6.

Using gentoo on the box for networking and it must have at least 2
gigabit eithernet adapters.  I guess serving the windows boxes thru
smb.

The drives would be NTFS filesystems.

Are there known problems with this kind of setup?  Like maybe samba
would choke on moving huge amounts of data or something?

What raid configurations might be good for this?


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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT: NAS] linux based storage solutions

[Richard Broersma Jr]

> Being an Event Videographer one runs into hefty space
> requirments very quickly.
> I'm running 4 machines.... 3 are loaded for video editing and other
> graphics intensive stuff like photoshop and all the adobe tools.
> They have large drives but very quickly I've begun to need more
> massive storage accessable to all.
> My main desktop is gentoo linux but it doesn't figure largely in the
> video work.
> I'm looking at NAS [Network attached storage] appliances and finding
> they are either too simple and small or too expensive.
> Anyone here using a linux based solution for this kind of need?
> Any input on this would be most welcome.
> I'm thinking of getting a cheapish machine at 3.2 Ghz or so with a
> motherboard that allows at least 4 HDD maybe as many as 6.
> Using gentoo on the box for networking and it must have at least 2
> gigabit eithernet adapters.  I guess serving the windows boxes thru
> smb.
> The drives would be NTFS filesystems.
> Are there known problems with this kind of setup?  Like maybe samba
> would choke on moving huge amounts of data or something?
> What raid configurations might be good for this?


I've never used this myself.  It was highly recommended on another list:
http://www.xyratex.com/products/storage/index.asp

and was recommended on this thread:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-05/msg01564.php

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.
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RE: [gentoo-user] [OT: NAS] linux based storage solutions

[Timothy A. Holmes]

> Being an Event Videographer one runs into hefty space 
> requirments very quickly.
> 
> I'm running 4 machines.... 3 are loaded for video editing and 
> other graphics intensive stuff like photoshop and all the adobe tools.
> 
> They have large drives but very quickly I've begun to need 
> more massive storage accessable to all.
> 
> My main desktop is gentoo linux but it doesn't figure largely 
> in the video work.
> 
> I'm looking at NAS [Network attached storage] appliances and 
> finding they are either too simple and small or too expensive.
> 
> Anyone here using a linux based solution for this kind of need?
> 
> Any input on this would be most welcome.
> 
> I'm thinking of getting a cheapish machine at 3.2 Ghz or so 
> with a motherboard that allows at least 4 HDD maybe as many as 6.
> 
> Using gentoo on the box for networking and it must have at 
> least 2 gigabit eithernet adapters.  I guess serving the 
> windows boxes thru smb.
> 
> The drives would be NTFS filesystems.
> 
> Are there known problems with this kind of setup?  Like maybe 
> samba would choke on moving huge amounts of data or something?
> What raid configurations might be good for this?


We have a small video editing setup here (one machine running premier)
my storage server is a gentoo samba server, but I use it for nearline
storage rather than online storage as ive had trouble in the past (>1.5
ybp) with it not transferring fast enough to keep the rendering engine
happy -- there have been several itinerations of premier and at least
one of samba since then, so I cant speak to current capabiliites, but id
like to give it a wack again.  Please contact me offlist and prehaps we
can colaborate a little bit to see what we can work out

Timothy A. Holmes
IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
 
Medina Christian Academy
A Higher Standard...
 
Jeremiah 33:3
Jeremiah 29:11
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