Video fileserver - Need some input

[Jeff Mohler]

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 at hier7.com> wrote:
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> On 2007-05-09 10:12, Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote:
> > On 5/9/07, Chris Slothouber <chris at 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.
>
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