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sgsmith · JBOD Joined: 06 Mar 2009 Posts: 1

We're using our 24Tb XSAN to host our asset servers for pdf's and images. Slowly moving general file servers over to it, as we try to consolidate all the DAS to one central location. About to have to expand though as we've already filled the initially available 16Tb after configuration down to under 5Tb of free space. With probably another 10Tb slated to be moved, looks like I'll be adding more promise raids Smile

scarbs · JBOD Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Posts: 2

I have setup a Xsan based Podcast Producer system in Durban and it rocks. We even survived multiple power outages. Highly recommendable!

markkenny · JBOD Joined: 05 May 2011 Posts: 3

We run three XSAN volume, 12TB edit, 24TB master videos, and my render farm.

Started with XSAN1 and now my XRAID with 400GB IDEs is a little old. I don't want to use this for working, so it's the FCP cache volume and shared storage for Compressor Cluster and Cinema4D network rendering.

Also using it to test FreeBSD on a fibre network, then I can strap a simple eSATA JBOB to the FreeBSD box, ZFS and have another backup!

ndepirro · JBOD Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 1

My XSAN is a stack of vintage Xserve RAIDs providing a massive and cheap backup volume for a CrashPlan Pro backup service I provide for my clients.

robert07 · JBOD Joined: 22 Apr 2013 Posts: 1

Thanks for share your topics.

arls1481 · fully protected Joined: 19 Dec 2012 Posts: 13

Mine have quite a bit of stuff going on, none of it video or FCP.
Most of it is data warehousing:
-DeployStudio/DeployStudioPC Images and NetBootSets
-Network file server (user home folders, personal directories, shared directories and libraries)
-Active case files (pending cases, currently in analysis)
-File Archive of old case files
-Oracle-based software db

2 early 2008 xserve OS X 10.6.8s for MDCs
1 early 2008 xserve OS X 10.6.8 for network & directory services
64TB raw -- 8 TB legacy volume (archives) and the balance of 32(ish)TB is for filestore