Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:30:40 -0700 From: "Jeff Mohler" <speedtoys.racing@gmail.com> To: "Chris Slothouber" <chris@hier7.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org, =?UTF-8?Q?Andreas_Wider=C3=B8e_Andersen?= <wodfer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Video fileserver - Need some input Message-ID: <a969fbd10705090930s65e2d0d5k165adfebb46c9a0e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4641DFF4.10900@hier7.com> References: <23ed14b80705090521x7036ba6dm57771f694a861eac@mail.gmail.com> <4641CD35.3030601@hier7.com> <23ed14b80705090712w31705d1bn9c5580fba8fc7c6e@mail.gmail.com> <4641DFF4.10900@hier7.com>
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The _main_ think I can think of, is windows in a SINGLE threaded movement of data via CIFS, is gonna limit you to about 17MB/sec. Andreas..have you tested this via CIFS/Redirector and been able to sustain the performance that you need before going with Samba (another performance layer issue) On 5/9/07, Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2007-05-09 10:12, Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: > > On 5/9/07, Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> wrote: > >> On 2007-05-09 08:21, Andreas Widerøe 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 > as > >>> 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 > first > > 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. > > My apologies, I totally glazed over that bit. > > Samba does have some performance issues out of the box (see Solon Luigi > Lutz's thread from 04-10, similar situation but a little bit more later > in the game). I believe there are a few tuning options for > Samba<->FreeBSD that might be appropriate, esp. wrt. multi-threading > CIFS. Google seems to show a lot of hits for that. > > Sorry again for missing the info you provided. I hope this helps. > > - -- > Chris Slothouber (chris@hier7.com) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin > BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas > PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738 21D8 B348 0B16 79C0 C27F > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGQd/0s0gLFnnAwn8RAvgsAJ9Dr2oFZMMt8sfPbsMtLBJZ3hBc8gCfVRVL > 8tgP0nFuv881JKe/ZRkeOQI= > =jq/3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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