NAS, rack server, shared storage — aur unke neeche ka switching aur cabling bhi. Delhi NCR me site survey se installation aur support tak, ek hi jagah se.
Har site alag hoti hai, isliye hum pehle dekhte hain ki data kitna hai, kitne log ek saath use karenge aur kis tarah ka kaam hai. Uske baad hi hardware chunte hain.
Ek jagah sabka data — 10 TB se 500 TB tak. Office, studio, hospital, CA firm, CCTV archive.
Dell PowerEdge class rack server — file server, application server, ya VM host ke liye.
Studio ke liye shared storage jahan kai editor ek saath timeline par kaam karein.
"10G lagwa lo" keh dena aasaan hai. Par kitni bandwidth sach me chahiye, ye codec aur logon ki ginti se tay hota hai. Ek udaharan — video editing ka:
| Codec | Ek stream | Ek 1G port par | Ek 10G port par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4K ProRes 422 HQ | ~90–110 MB/s | 1 stream | 10 stream |
| 1080p ProRes 422 HQ | 27.5 MB/s | 4 stream | 40 stream |
| 1080p ProRes 422 | 18.4 MB/s | 6 stream | 60 stream |
| 1080p H.264 / H.265 | ~2.5 MB/s | 40+ stream | Bahut |
Data rate Apple ki ProRes documentation se. Iska seedha matlab — 1080p ka kaam saadha 1G port par aaram se chalta hai, aur 10G tab banta hai jab 4K ho ya bahut se log ek saath hon. Hum yahi hisaab aapki site par lagate hain, phir batate hain ki kya lena hai aur kya nahi.
Baad me pata chalne par ye cheezein mehngi padti hain.
Jo customer sabse zyada poochte hain.
Agar kaam sirf "sabka data ek jagah rakhna" hai to NAS seedha aur sasta rasta hai — ready-made box, vendor ka support, aasaan GUI. Server tab banta hai jab usi machine par application ya VM bhi chalani hon, ya capacity itni badi ho ki NAS ke bay kam pad jaayein. Hum dono ka rate saath me dete hain taaki aap khud tulna kar sakein.
150 TB "usable" ke liye lagbhag 190–220 TB raw kharidna padta hai. Farak parity (RAID 6 / RAID-Z2) aur hot spare ka hai. Ek baat aur: ZFS jaisa filesystem 80% se upar bharne par dheema padne lagta hai, isliye hum hisaab poore capacity par nahi, 80% par lagate hain. Quote me hum raw aur usable dono alag likhte hain.
Nahi. RAID sirf disk fail hone se bachata hai. Aag, chori, ransomware ya galti se delete — in sab me RAID kuch nahi karta, kyunki data ki ek hi copy hai. Hum har quote me backup alag se likhte hain. Customer na chahe to theek hai, par hum wo baat likhit me rakhte hain — dono ki suraksha ke liye.
Zaroori nahi — ye kaam par depend karta hai. 1080p editing ya aam office file sharing me saadha 1G port kaafi hai. 4K video, bade dataset ya bahut se log ek saath — tab 10G banta hai. Hum pehle ganit lagate hain, phir batate hain. Bina zaroorat 10G bech dena aasan hai, par wo paisa customer ka bekaar jaata hai.
Isi wajah se. Aise project me aadha kharcha storage ka hota hai aur aadha network ka — switch, cabling, patching, uplink. Zyadatar storage dealer network nahi karte, aur network wale storage nahi samajhte. Hum dono karte hain, aur zaroorat pade to leased line aur static IP bhi — taaki bahar se access bhi chale.
Haan, par imaandari se — 100 Mbps upload par 4K file seedha edit nahi hoti. Practical raste do hain: proxy workflow, ya symmetric leased line. Aur NAS ko kabhi seedha internet par mat kholiye — VPN ke peeche rakhiye. Ransomware zyadatar wahin se aata hai.
Kitna data, kitne log, kaunsa kaam — bas itna bata dijiye. Hum ganit lagakar batayenge ki kya chahiye aur kya nahi. Site Delhi NCR me ho to survey par aa jaate hain.