sgmlaw wrote: > This may be controversial to the anti-RAID contingent who views audio > and video files as static data, but another option is a quality > outboard HW RAID enclosure to the server machine of your choice. > > We have a similar library to the OP: rapidly approaching 15TB. We have > not just a lot of media, but a lot of hours invested in organizing and > tagging it. It is a dynamic data volume, as new media is constantly > being added, and old media occasionally updated, retagged, re-coded, or > archived as new media and clients come and go. > > Weve kept it (all backed up locally and offsite of course), on a Areca > 4-bay TB enclusure for a number of years. This type of enclosure and > connection will easily saturate the bus of any host machine, and any > ethernet connection that machine is attached to. It is compact, quiet, > scalable and expandable, and is fault tolerant. Host machine migration > is a snap, you simply move the enclosure TB cable over to the new > machine. > > The newest version of it is TB3 and USB3 capable, so it will accomodate > just about any host machine. > > I am not a fan of NAS-based data servers for larger libraries and or > with many clients. They require so much processing power to handle > large libraries with mixed multiple clients that you are ultimately > better off with a freestanding server machine. Smaller libraries or > those with fewer clients might pull it off, however. But not in our > environment.
I agree but also disagree. It is best to run the server software on a machine that has the processing power to do it. As to where the files reside. A NAS is made for file storage and usually has the backup tools built in to make backup painless. I run LMS on a small but powerful machine with a small SSD that holds only the Linux operating system and the LMS installation. The NAS is mounted by NFS. I have changed LMS servers many times over the years but the storage has persisted. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109946
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