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NAS, Network, PC - Enquiries - 06-25-2023
Long time PC user, planning a switch to Mac. Haven't been gaming for years and primary use is photo editing (some video editing), and home use. Mac with M2 is better for that. Currently have a high-end PC with 4TB NVME for active projects and a mirrored 10TB SATA set for fault-tolerant internal storage.
Planning Mac Studio with 4TB internal storage for active projects but want more high-speed storage for 'warm' projects and backup. Thinking 10G NAS or maybe Thunderbolt external.
Currently have an older 5-bay Synology NAS with gigabit and 5x6TB drives in Raid-5. Can keep that one for backups only and buy small high-speed NAS for active projects or just replace the NAS with a new high-speed NAS. Saw QNap has TB3 connectivity.
It seems like 10G or TB connections are overkill as SATA HDD won't really be able to use the speed. Not sure HDD would be sufficient to keep up with editing workloads.
How much difference does SSD cache make in this type of application? RAM?
RE: NAS, Network, PC - ed - 06-27-2023
Yes, you could achieve 10GbE speeds with few HDD/SSD in RAID5/SHR1. You could use DS1621+ to do that. You can also use NVMe slots for storage to increase the data transfer speeds for editing. SSD cache is something people use if they can not afford to get SSD only volume. The cache will improve HDD RAID speed.