paragon stories wrote:Questions (I'm a newbie here in the NAS world):
1: If each studio acquired a Mac mini to use as a server with Project Server 18 (as you suggested) will we easily be able to connect all of those studio servers together?
2: Can a Synology NAS be used as a the storage connected to the Mac mini running project Server 18?
3: What is project server 18? And where can I download it? Is it simply just Davinci Resolve 18 Studio ?
Originally the plan was to have each studio purchase a synology and then connect through the Synology environment together. Would this still be possible or is there a better way?
Thanks for your help.
1. Yes. It is up to you how handle it. You can place all Resolve systems, media servers and Resolve project servers in the same subnet or use a more complex network. It will be based on your needs, budget, and security policies.
2. Yes. There is no need to connect or mount the media server to the project server. But if you want, you can (i.e. destination for the database backup).
3. Project server is a separate app that you can download from BM's website. It is found in the same section as the Resolve downloads.
FYI - if you run a more robust project server (Mac mini with 32GB of RAM), you can host all the groups in the same project server computer. You can create multiple databases (database 1 = group 1, database 2 = group 2, etc. etc.).
This can simplify your configuration.