Ok, I got a bunch of emails today asking to explain exactly how an Ethernet SAN works. I’ve done a full article on this in the past, but here’s a quick primer on how it works. 1 - The SAN controller computer. In our case, a Mac Pro 12 Core machine with 32GB RAM. 2 [...]
Today we completed the installation of the new Small Tree Ethernet SAN featuring the 48TB ST RAID II storage system. The thing that continues to blow me away about these guys is their knowledge all ALL things Mac. In particular the inner workings of the OS. One thing they did with our SAN computer was [...]
It was a very hot and sticky Sunday here in Atlanta today, but it was nice and cool inside the shop. A great day to install a brand new SAN. Steve Modica, Chris Duffy and I all met up bright and early at 8am to get a nice early jump on things. Turned out to [...]
This week we’re finally going to be upgrading our ethernet based SAN, which as most of you know is a Maxx Digital Final Share system. And of course most of you also know is that Small Tree Communications came up with “secret sauce” to make editing HD video via Ethernet a stable reality. So Final [...]