Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:00 pm
I've got two Areca 8 bay enclosures running Raid 5 (can lose one drive and recover). One 28TB with 4TB (3 yrs old) and latest with 56TB using 8TB. Hard drive prices have dropped enough that they were the same price.
Last 2hr 4K movie we made consumed 20TB, but probably would have been 15TB if I'd done everything. (making smaller footprint copies of the clips, etc)
BH Photo
Areca ARC-8050T3 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID Storage is $1900,
8 x 8TB WD Red drives is about 2,000, so ~4,000 for 56TB Raid 5
Red Pro drives ($370 each) would add about $1,000
not hard to set up and very easy to assemble. Have to use their utility to format the drive as a RAID 5, but not that bad. And support was good when I outsmarted myself setting up the first one.
MIke Henricks
mikeandmelodyfilms.com
Awakened Heart Productions