4tb or more lots needed

ic0n · 22 Jul 2009 at 22:43

hi guys

i need a place to keep lots of scratch files and edit files from media work the problems is there massive needing about 1tb every 3 months and have been getting along ok with lots of externals but the problem is things getting lost of different drives and so on.

right so i need some sort of raid set up so any recommendations?

dangerstat · 22 Jul 2009 at 22:51

Depends on your budget and whether it's a personal query or a professional one. I was just reading about a 2U server that'll\provide 24TB for about £7K.

ic0n · 22 Jul 2009 at 23:09

ok the budget isnt big but at the mo we are spending about £90 per 1tb so i guess that gives an idea

miniyazz · 22 Jul 2009 at 23:36

£100 for a PERC 5/i raid controller (8 ports);get lotsa 1.5tb drives, raid5 them for 10.5 tb space costing c.£750. repeat when full.

AbsenceJam · 22 Jul 2009 at 23:51

How often is the stored data accessed and what sort of speed do you want?

leexgx · 23 Jul 2009 at 00:51

sounds like you need to use windows home server as you just add disks to it and it auto spreads the files across the disks where there is free space, not the same as RAID(thinking of getting it my self now the power pack 3 is out think its safe to use now starting to have to many disks to find stuff)

ic0n · 23 Jul 2009 at 16:43

we are running all macs so dont know if a windows server is best just a nice lump of storage is needed