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Post Subject: The updated DAW?Posted by Romy the Cat on: 9/24/2007
Well, I did some research and consulted with my network people and it looks like it might be unfortunately-expensive project. Still it will not be what I want.
They recommended me to go for what they call NAS (network attach storage). It tuned out that the drives must be identical.... that offsets some flexibility. I was looking at 3TB storage with 4x750gb SATA drives and there are plenty of them on market. The sad parts are that those NAS -devises are over $1500. The good part is the I might get rid of my big box and use instead a mini PC with juts one sound card and one system/recording HD. That brings me back the same question: who those network attach storages (since they have 1G memory aboard, network card and little processor running RAID logic and serve IP address, do not have bigger processor, video adapter and have one slot for a my sound card? If I have a large box with disk array and tiny computer to mange it then why they should not be integrated and driven from my well selected (according to noise) external PS? I would have no problem to take the tine mini-PC motherboard and to stick it atop of my NAS… but how would it be different from built bust another machine with 4x750gB drives?
Something should exist out there that shell addresses this demand. If to pay $2000 for a updated DAW then I would like to get exactly what I need.
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