From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 9 14:12:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E13416A402 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 14:12:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wodfer@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBCD513C458 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 14:12:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wodfer@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s1so218337nze for ; Wed, 09 May 2007 07:12:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=i6dXbFl72rkzRNIcGMrvgnMQ9hv6jJM+ukuEUyjvGRrIidz+Hd2z7ivpD1ORkaFO9QSSp8dsBFwdweywR0ZJcIwCsa8SwBAG7S8s7LYBh04TJyij49CChkWUTdhUKu88ivhOEDED/fHUgiRdj3STz3v1pxNMCtpu8/2Nl1Ymdug= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=PZhDyAhGddQvxhOoT5WPnZ3v7LFn3OgQX6188fN5iKHIodkNWGACx56IU2cDPpX2SuGviDWAECY1sdU2Kzmb6eQGnDEm4x0bgXBc5eWdiytS1EwiRx76GOahvermUp5NfEB2VwvhZhwQv9UuFiuiLfCX9lLr6TrPfUA9V6jGG5M= Received: by 10.115.22.1 with SMTP id z1mr205290wai.1178719973845; Wed, 09 May 2007 07:12:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.193.12 with HTTP; Wed, 9 May 2007 07:12:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <23ed14b80705090712w31705d1bn9c5580fba8fc7c6e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 16:12:53 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_Wider=F8e_Andersen?=" To: "Chris Slothouber" In-Reply-To: <4641CD35.3030601@hier7.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <23ed14b80705090521x7036ba6dm57771f694a861eac@mail.gmail.com> <4641CD35.3030601@hier7.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video fileserver - Need some input X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 14:12:55 -0000 On 5/9/07, Chris Slothouber wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2007-05-09 08:21, Andreas Wider=F8e Andersen wrote: > > I'm planning a new fileserver for my post-production facility and need > some > > input regarding filesystems and network setup. I've been a FreeBSD fan > for > > almost 10 years now and will try to build this server based on the > latest > > stable FreeBSD version, allthough most machines here run WinXP. > > > In addition to this 1-5 machines will have access to the fileserver > through > > a shared Gigabit network connection for making DVDs and use the files a= s > > source for editing. In short: There will be two direct 1Gb network > > connections and one shared 1Gb connection. Will the server hold up? > > Depending on the resolution and frame rate of your video, GigE is > nowhere near fast enough a pipe for live video manipulation. This is > certainly the case when dealing with broadcast video. We're only working in Standard Definition PAL (see the datarates in my firs= t post). I have done DV capture tests before over the network and that worked fine. We're already having three machines feeding from one server today and that works fine too allthough it is a bit slow. We're mainly copying files to local drives, but DVD creation happens straight from the server. Cheers, Andreas