Re: Netgear ReadyNAS Pro?

David Gibbs wrote:

As soon as you get into video, you'll blow through a terabyte.

Probably, but a) I'm not very interested in video at the moment, and b) I wouldn't put video on a NAS device anyways (except for archiving). Video editing wants a lot of bandwidth, so I would put that kind of thing on a local disk (or disk array).

Hence my comment about a video workstation.

Well, I wouldn't make a workstation (of any kind) a primary file server ... there are a lot of systems that would be depending on the file server and the possibility of a workstation rebooting (either planned or unplanned) are higher than I would be comfortable with. Do you think the people who depend on the list archives would like it if the web content went away anytime I installed new software? <grin/>

As always, it's a business decision. As to rebooting, I don't know how long it takes you to reboot. Takes me about a minute. I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone would be inconvenienced by an occasional one-minute reboot. Also, a video workstation is perhaps a little different than other kinds of workstations - its primary purpose is to render video, which is a time-intensive process. It's not something that you are rebooting on any type of regular basis.

But anyway, just offering an option. If you're not doing video, then it's a moot point.

Joe