Not likely to be doing av edits directly but we will need some fair io The server backend is likely to be a stack of xenservers. The best part is we will be building the datacenter from scratch On 4/19/09, Shawn Badger wrote: > You could either go with a NetApp or EMC solution and not make a bad choice > on either, but be warned that you will be spending over $100K to get it up > and running right. Are you going to be editing the video while it directly > stored on the SAN or is the SAN just going to be a repository? If you are > planning on editing directly from the SAN then be sure to get the 15K fibre > channel drives. You will also want lots of drive to distribute the disk I/O > across as many spindles as possible. The number of clients attached will > dictate how many drives you will need. I don't remember the ratio, but if > you want it I'm sure I could find it. > > > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Stephen wrote: > >> anyone here using a SAN and if so what are they using, maybe some of >> the points that sold you on it? or i fyou hate it why? >> >> it would be nic to have real world thoughts on it instead of all the >> markey speak... >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss