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Hello! I've been watching a ton of your videos in an attempt to wrap my head around building a NAS for video editing. I understand it in a broad sense, but when it comes down to picking parts for my specific use case, there doesnt seem to be a lot of information anywhere. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right place, but I was hoping you could help point me in the right direction for mother boards, cases, and CPUs that will help get the job done. Im looking for something we can remotely edit off, and store a significant amount of footage on. I can send more details, but I fear for my character limit. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon.
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For 72 to 144TB of usable space you are looking at an eight or twelve bay system. The priority for editing is sustained bandwidth and low latency rather than raw CPU power, so PCIe layout, network options and drive count matter more than people expect.
Recommended direction for your use case
• Go with a motherboard that offers PCIe Gen 4 or better and at least one full-speed slot for a 10 or 25GbE network card.
• Choose a CPU that is efficient under load but has strong PCIe lane support. AMD Ryzen 7000 and Intel 12th or 13th Gen are the sweet spot.
• For the case, pick something with eight to twelve hot swap bays. Jonsbo N3 and N5, SilverStone CS381, U-NAS NSC-810A and Fractal Define XL are popular choices.
• For remote editing you will absolutely need 10GbE at minimum. If two or more editors will be pulling from the same NAS, consider dual-port 10GbE or a 25GbE card.
• Use a RAID 6 or RAID Z2 layout with eight or more drives. It gives strong protection and enough combined throughput for video editing workloads.
• Add a pair of NVMe SSDs as a metadata and cache layer for faster directory browsing and project responsiveness.
