How To Store LOTS of Footage Without Google Drive - Building an Editing NAS/Server

[@Senpai]

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[@naoltitude9516]

NO!!!!

[@gixore]

include , . : in your passwords to screw with CSV files...

[@SlomoOfficial]

I wouldn't recommend putting consumer grade SSDs in a NAS tho. They're not suitable for that kind of 24/7 runtimes. Pls look at enterprise SSDs or the ones from Synology that are especially made for that use-case.

[@BTMCLive]

Literally in the middle of building my own NAS setup. I can definitely share that excitement because having to wait for long transfer times and dealing with cloud storage with remote editors SUCK

[@JohhnooTheBeast]

I don't often watch these videos because I'm enthusiastic about hard drives, but I REALLY enjoy your personality, the way you present and deliver information. You're a creator I aspire to be like.

[@massaBeard]

@Senpai, you should do a video helping your editor finish and clean up his basement! That'd be dope. Homie working in a mess!

[@andrewtucker2014]

This is the fourth time over the last three years that I’ve had a roadblock issue and you’ve given a blueprint to solve it. I sincerely appreciate it!

[@Senpai]

hell yeah

[@CameraTim]

I've been editing for people who use Synology and it revolutionizes workflow. Also worth mentioning is this makes DaVinci Resolve Cloud Editing mindbogglingly efficient.

[@unlockthepicture]

How does it work on davinci? Can you add that nas as a Black magic cloud?

[@CameraTim]

@@unlockthepicture Footage is already synced with the NAS, so if you’re using Network or Cloud libraries, multiuser editing becomes basically automatic without needing to adjust folder structures, creating new proxies, and uploading/downloading in-software.

[@JoltingZ]

He finally built an Editing NAS/Server. LMG did crush it first. But hell yeah Harris, congrats. A long time coming. (Context Linus Tech Tips has multiple Petabyte storage servers) and I hate making comparisons between creators. As both are extremely accomplished in their fields.

[@Senpai]

Linus whoooooo?

[@ToriksLV]

Last year i did extensive research about NAS myself but this is also a great additional resource. Aprreciate it.

[@sylvainalain6637]

At 9:55 Me too , I have a NAS because of Will from Spacerex , Frank from Wundertech and Robbie from Nascompare :)

[@nadtz]

Rebuilding my whole homelab. Proxmox server was first, NAS is coming next. Somewhere in there going to install a 40gb switch to use for even speedier transfers off NVME drives. It's been fun going through lots of KZbin videos on the subject to see how people handle things like homelab servers, and nice setup!

[@eointhomas2914]

Great vid, I work in IT and setup 2 Synology's for Photo Editors and they could not believe what was possible

[@rushdarkshadow]

Love the slender giant arms shot at Dustins. I remember when you and Kenzie did big arms/small arms shot a few years back. It made my wife Amanda and I laugh super hard. 😂

[@bLYYYPLAYS]

Yeah, this is awesome! A dream for every content creator and editor!:D Good job Harris! Now let's enjoy the freedom!

[@reddeyegaming]

I have a good few bands and regulalry record video from different angles in 4k and then have the multitrack audo files to mix as well as some game recording ive been trying to get into lately. Been thinking about getting a small home NAS to store everything and this sealed the deal. Thanks!

[@seantaig1356]

I have the El Gato Wave 3 and it has been amazing. Got it on sale for $120 a year ago. Highly recommend .

[@FredySantoss]

We all know LMG doesn’t count. This is an incredible solution for smaller companies and creators who don’t have a huge team of editors.

[@Rook-Sensei]

As a systems team manager I agree with how amazing this stuff is. We use it to sync our engineering models and drafting documents across multiple sites and factories, it is a game changer.

[@zacharyryan_art]

He said "you don't care... uh..." hahaha. Also just finished so adding more. I'm a super small creator, doing art stuff and inspirational artistic videos from time to time. Love seeing this stuff even if it isn't super important for me right now. But, also following a lot of your stuff it's exciting for me to watch you succeed and see all the cool stuff you're making!

[@KiraHerdman]

I'm not a video person, I do a radio show so my data volume is no where as big. I use an old SFF office PC (Core i5 4590T, 8Gb RAM, 256Gb SSD) as a Ubuntu Server running Nextcloud AIO, WireGuard (VPN) and a Plex server in Docker (Media for plex stored on my TrueNAS Server) and Webmin for Admin. This automatically backs itself up every night to my TrueNAS server in a different room at 2am every morning. The TrueNAS server (Core i5 4440S, 16Gb Ram) has 2x 500Gb Seagate, 2x 2TB WD RED and 2x 3TB WD RED hard drives in it. These are mirrored. The 500Gb drives are the boot drives, the 3TB drives are where my Plex media is stored and the 2TB drives are where the backup of Nextcloud goes, along with my software archive. The TrueNAS then gets backed up to 2 external HDD for a 3rd copy. This cost me about £3-400 all in, including the HDDs and I have had no problems with it what so ever.

[@legi0n99]

TN

[@smokebreak6904]

lol, im migrating a 40 TB right now watching this, been running for 18 hrs or so already and showing 12-21 hrs to go still :) Big boy data sets :)

[@Rosannatxt]

Now this is what I call SMART time management 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Senpai]

helllll yeahhhhhh

[@TimProVision]

I've been thinking about getting a NAS for a couple years now. Simply so I can edit at my desk orrrr on my couch 😅

[@shadowr2d2]

I enjoy watching your videos. You are a funny guy, & happy man. As you get your point across. Thank you for your amazing Tech Content.

[@LordThaddius]

We have a Synology at my office and I ABSOLUTELY love it. And I really want one for my home, but man .. dream. Why do kids eat so much!? Daddy needs a NAS!

[@Senpai]

Actually, did you know that, biologically, kids can go completely without food? Just not for very long.

[@LordThaddius]

@@Senpai Well, well, well ... sorry boys. Senpai said NO SOUP FOR YOU!!! BWAHAHA!!!

[@minifig404]

Ways to Level Up Above and Beyond this video: - TEST YOUR BACKUPS. Try to restore a file from backup every now and then. Untested backups are wishful thinking. Yes, I 100% wish this were automated. - Synology NASes often support an expansion bay or two, often doubling the number of drives that can be supported by a single NAS. Check the specs for your specific model. - Evaluate your risk profile before using RAID 0. Yes, it is the fastest. But if one drive fails while you're writing data to it, there goes anything not synced. Given that magic NVMe/10g networking card, I'd rather RAID1 two NVMe drives. Yes, it costs more. For me, the peace of mind is worth it.

[@IrishZOMBIE117]

This video is actually super useful. Glad you shared this!

[@ExperimentalKana]

bro is just uploading flexes at this point and i love it

[@EricaVainTV]

This is so perfect! Im ready to ditch dropbox because its not as user friendly as it claims and doesnt sync across harddrives as I hoped and synology is top of my list for where im going to next. The 8 bay is what I was looking at but now im looking at your new setup... so cool! Thanks Harris!

[@DBr0wN7]

honestly one of my favorite videos bc no one really makes good info on storage that is also relatable. Might have to look into this.

[@teapotjim]

I seriously needed this video! I'm shocked you covered this random topic lol, but so glad you did!

[@EightRad_]

12:10 - Just a note that 2 SSD's 1TB each in RAID 0, would give you 1TB of space with the speed of the 2 SSD's combined.

[@itskraz3yivanhere850]

I use the 8 bay synology unit - I don't like your decision to go RAID 5 I would have preferred RAID 6 since you get 2 drive redundancy but you do have an external backup. I have had to do a rebuild before and its stressful as it thrashes disks as they rebuild - 1 drive redundancy without another NAS backup offsite = Your data is going bye bye at some point

[@771racing]

Yeah, once spinning rust got to be larger than 2TB, dual redundancy is really a requirement. With single redundancy and 22TB drives, the odds of an error cropping up just doing the reads required to rebuild after a failed drive is swapped is rather high. Also, remember that syncing isn't backup. If you sync a delete and don't catch it in time... Or worse malware decides to hit your shares... I'd repurpose that older NAS for actual backup drops instead of just being another sync'd clone and then look at an external option as well ala Backblaze, etc.

[@UltratecJS]

As a System Admin, great video!

[@moretoknowshow1887]

Ive been using a NAS setup for years, its solid tech that can flex with your needs.

[@ishepard2]

I was gonna come over and clown on this, but then I saw it was Synology. I have a 100tb synology nas that we have all of our stuff, our backlog of our re-encoded videos, all our family files, and my giant Plex media cache (from my own files - I own all the blurays and cds, calm down Karen). 100% I support this option. Mine isn't as fancy as all this (4x1gbe, and 1tb of NVMe cache), but it still works great.

[@therealbaratheon578]

Love it, Will 100% use this. will def be on a smaller scale haha. but fkn legendary idea and appreciate the awesome vid as always. my setup and gear looks like it does because of your videos. keep up the good work sir.

[@finnish8flash]

thats awesome he got naaackers in the promo lol and thanks this really is awesome great video and def gonna look into one since i was the guy with multiple hd drives laying around my desk so again thank you guys

[@DorfyBoi]

also helps that finalcut automatically makes proxies. If you were editing direct compressed mov files over ethernet, you have a whole different story. Shouldve disclosed this because most people edit on adobe, and will try this and realize it doesnt work unless youre using proxies (OR) you have a 10gbps connection to the synology.

[@ErikPelyukhno]

I built a Synology NAS, but for some reason I was not getting near the expected gigabit speeds with my NAS connected directly to the Ethernet and my laptop connected to another Ethernet port. I tried troubleshooting it for a while and ended up just building a DAS (direct attached storage) instead with the Thunderbay 8. That thing is soooo fast, and 112TB of RAID 6 has served me well over the years. I’m going to have to get more storage very soon and I’m considering trying to set up a NAS again!

[@jdlarrimo]

You're a braver man than I for storing something on a raid 0'd array.

[@sleeplesson]

The stuff you're working off of a RAID 0 is a duplicate of what's on your archival array. So at the end of an editing session you also save a copy to the storage with redundancy.

[@yeahmanitsmurph]

People stink on Synology for charging a premium for older hardware, but their ecosystem just works. Even though, I do like running TrueNAS Scale in my home lab, it’s not quite plug and play like DSM.

[@BenjaminWagener]

Fight you? No, Linus Media Group already solved that...

[@MrJBA79]

I boycott Linus Media Group as should we all.

[@MythionVR]

SIMPSONS DID IT! SIMPSONS DID IT!

[@goldernie]

​@@MrJBA79why??

[@MrJBA79]

Linus worked his staff like slaves forcing massive workloads and arbitrary deadlines to keep up a ridiculous pace.... for years and years. This resulted in them basically fabricating data just to keep their heads above water with Linus' pace. So people were making purchase decisions based on inaccurate data or purely fabricated data. Turns out he is a real premadonna and the verbal and mental abuse that he inflicted on his staff can't be justified. @@goldernie

[@jgooch99]

@@MrJBA79? Why?

[@CHEFPKR]

Can this be a replacement for editors that can't have the same hardware? I have a Nas synology set up at home, but my editor is in the UK. I wonder if he can just access my server instead of paying $150/month for frame.

[@shephusted2714]

great you leveled up and learned some things - i could see you moving to 4tb raid0 and raid 10 with 6 drives to further increase sync speeds? you may be able to goto 40g from your ws to nas and get fiber so there could be some more headroom for perf boosts now or in the near future - good solution and insight - great enthusiasm and praxis - it was earned

[@JerridFoiles]

9:31 more UNINTENTIONAL foreshadowing... Can't wait to see that video.

[@tlwhitlow93]

Even tho this sounds like a foreign language to me now, I've been wondering how would I store things like call of duty clips and skate videos etc.... so I'm idk how helpful this video is to me yet but I'm sure once I get into it ima love the hell out this vid 😂 🙏🏽 "...and as always... happy streaming."

[@YankeeBenny]

Thank you for always sharing the stuff that matters. Not anywhere where I need this yet.... But I know where to find this info when I do.

[@Elaoz]

8:51 - "let me be struck by... a flying ice cream truck. AND LIVE!"

[@seanmartinflix]

Love this kind of stuff . $$$ is a thing... Still fun to watch.

[@ZWOGs]

The things I would do to have this for my house…..I’ve been needing this for 15 years 😢

[@The_Quand]

Thanks for this video really timely for me I was wondering what raid means though not really sure how that works but I am definitely going to be building a NAS system

[@CreativeExcusesGaming]

I can see your microphone…. the shotgun mic setup was iconically clean!

[@PerlStalker]

For those if you who aren't storage gurus, remember, it's called RAID0 because zero is the amount of data you'll have left when one of the disks in the RAID fails. Make sure you're backing up the RAID0.

[@Senpai]

The RAID 0 is auto-backed up the other matching NAS, plus auto-copied to the HDD array of both machines, plus backed up to the old NAS for archive. Think we're good over here ;)

[@Killakris]

Awesome video 👌 should check some of the unraid stuff lmg have done

[@gryftkin]

I would LOVE to have that much storage :D

[@simtsa]

I have one snap and keeping my photos my backups of my 5 pcs in 3 different places I have also I keep a small iCloud and the extra goes to Nas. Now I am trying to build a free Nas custom build not going very well with the remote access but I will fix it😂

[@gamemeh]

Great video.. I liked your setup. Now... can you achieve the same with... off-the-shelf tech which shall we say is now on the aging side of things, that might be slightly more.. affordable to those at the start of their videology journey? That's a video I'd watch.

[@VoskoWTF]

Its the first time I see this in details, so I dont understand everything, but it is very interesting 👀

[@ShayHart]

The type of nerd I am: I got emotional watching those Read/Write speeds when you transferred files remotely.... 😭

[@Sean.Baxter]

Question: And I might have missed it, but did you mention the VPN connection and the UL/DL speeds of your ISP connections at the offsite editing NAS and the NAS at your location?

[@calvinborden43]

I would have installed 2 NVME drives ( 3ish+ GB/s write, much faster read) to the 10gig nic as they are way faster than SSD's (500ish MB/s write 1000ish+ MB/s read).

[@Senpai]

I did. We saw no difference, mostly because we saw zero bottleneck with the SSDs. We ended up attaching them to the HDD volume instead so when we pull data off those drives it's just a fast as the SSDs. It's dope.

[@MichaelVash7886]

Im curious what 10 GB card he is using.i am wsnting to update the home network to 10 gb

[@itsdarkos]

Hey guys, if anyone of you wants a nas and has a old system laying around you dont have to buy a nas from Synology or qnap or whatever. You can build your own :)

[@TechDuke]

10/10 would buy 0.00001/10 when it comes to the pricing. NAS + drives at least 2-3k where I live.

[@sanderdelft]

Maybe i missed it, but it doesn't look like you are using snapshots. Let's suppose you are infected with ransomware. Without snapshots you are simply syncing your encrypted files across three platforms. In addition to protection from ransomware you can also use it for regular version history (Apple time machine???). Unless mistaken, i believe you still have some room for improvement in your current setup.

[@guihamelYT]

@Senpai Gaming I think you missed some of Linus' videos on this exact topic. Your setup looks dope, but it would habr been great to have some sort of collab on this.

[@derekszyszka]

I'm thinking of doing something similar. Could someone simple buy 2 of the Synology Disk Stations over buying 2 of the rack mounted NAS? I'm trying to understand why the rack mounted option is superior. Love the content!

[@sylvainalain6637]

At 5:18 , why did you choose raid5 since you have a lot of drives ? Yeah long term storage but that much data with only one safety net , you should use Raid6

[@yellow_id]

Completely off topic, but can you possibly do a review on the roland bridgecast/ bridgecast X?❤

[@MichaelScrip]

Great video! How fast are your internet connections to be syncing two NAS's across town? I'm guessing you both have fiber?

[@martyxm]

A 4Gb file in 54 seconds is close to 70Mbytes/sec or 560Mbps. So I'd guess they both have 1Gig fiber allowing for external factors.

[@DasWoobie]

Storage is ❤‍🔥

[@Warmaster2143]

You still need a fast internet connect for it to sync that fast between 2 locations

[@iamsuemitraa]

I'm a simple person. I see Harris upload a video, I hit the like button before I watch it.

[@Senpai]

You may not like it, but this is what peak viewer performance looks like

[@iamsuemitraa]

@@Senpai the video has got me thinking about my own storage, so I'm really thankful that you posted it 🙏🏽

[@vardagsteknik6576]

Spacerex is awesome.

[@funkmky]

More of these videos!

[@sawyercustom]

What Mic stand is that? the swivel is sooo cool!

[@OldwingGUY]

Why did you not use the rsync to do the copy it also great to use as offsite backup

[@JackPS9]

10 gig-nics cool. However do either of you have internet speeds that even hit 2gigs? As your gonna be limited by both yours and your editor's ISP speeds.

[@SimplyMerlin]

wish this video focussed a bit more on the file/folder organisation!

[@JustCruzOn]

Great video, anyway you can go into another one with a budget friendly build of a NAS system, I time something like this would be amazing, but just starting what would be good options?

[@Extinguisher10]

Upgrading to 2 blade style NAS? Damn

[@MrGooseTTV]

As Always 👍

[@chrisnolan4048]

your right spacerex rules

[@coisadealemao2565]

if the other storage unit is on his editors house I dont understand how this could possible make the process of load the files faster for his editor I would think that he has to transfer the files using the internet regardless..... could someone clarify that for me, feeling real dummy here for not understanding it

[@ckwi2245]

They are ditching a middle man that could be a long ways away on hardware not optimized for the transfers. The server for their Google Drive could be hundreds of miles away, changing ISPs etc. In this case, they're pretty much both likely using the same IP a few miles down the road.'

[@martyxm]

I agree with ckwi2245. Plus he also mentioned that alot of the transfer was manual so they'd be copying files to/from Google Drive onto local storage. This is no longer needed. They can both access the files directly of the NAS.

[@sawyercustom]

I'm filling a box with 4tb external drives of footage probably never to be sed again.

[@annoholics]

I am still confused where the backup is going. Is the backup on the same disks as the two production machines? I am also wondering if there are any hot spare disks assigned. This seems like a very risky system. I would think again about this setup because it seems very unsecure.

[@Turbojugend27]

I think it's going to the local one and immediately syncing to the one in the other location. So the local one is raid5 so if drives fail it can be restored. If there is a catastrophic failure, Dustin has all the information at his site as well. EDIT - he also explained it towards the end of the video.

[@annoholics]

@@Turbojugend27 And what about malware (crypto ware)? If one side gets infected then the malware is copied automatically over to the other side where everything is also infected and everything will be encrypted. So, where is the backup in that situation?

[@1tzelG_]

how can i get build a little NAS setup for a starting channel and small business at cheapest as possible? mainly editor will be me but i would like has someone on remote to work from his house to don't came at the office/workshop. my internet speed is 1Gbps upload/download.

[@shaz2911]

Love the Daijoubu deskpad

[@Senpai]

daijoubu as helllllll

[@miraojamo]

8:53 Is that Belgian Shepherd Groenendael? The best breed in the whole world 💜Please give them extra scratches from me :3

[@unquestionabletv]

14:00 so since it’s syncing, if someone deletes a file from one, it will delete from all, no? How does that keep the files safe?

[@ipodboy43]

This is all great, assuming the ISP internet speed is 1gb upload / 1gb download speed

[@pslaathaug]

What was your total price for that? I think you should have included that.

[@at76103]

do you have any previous videos on how you organize your files all the way from raw footage to what gets used in videos?

[@DigitalHi5]

Careful using a standalone system like synology or Qnap, they're prone to Ransomware attacks. Keep the firmware up to date and never expose to the internet....though in your instance you want that feature. Make sure you have a VPN between you and the editor!!! NAS should NEVER touch the internet! Internal networking only.

[@bmac2u]

Storage is always a huge issue for me. I definitely need to look into this when I can work on getting more. I backup all my streams until I get that dreaded output storage error message..

[@solokain]

I still dont know why keep used footage from 5 years ago. I mean, sure you used less than 2 secs footage from old videos but, is it worth keeping them? ALL of them?

[@Matthew.Ball.]

I just don't think 6k and 8k are necessary. The vast majority of people can't even watch content at 4k. Most of KZbin is watched on phones. I know 6k gives you some cropping wiggle room editing at 4k, but the amount of storage it takes up isn't worth it

[@AndrewClement]

Question: Are the files on the SSD backup up on anywhere? With rad 0, if one drive fails, you loose EVERYTHING on that raid I guess the remote site is a backup, but just curious.

[@andreasthomsen852]

from what i gathered he said in the last part that they mirror to the HDD's aswell basically as a backup other than the long term storrage.

[@vesmoper]

Yes I use external hard drive for every thing

[@parkerowenashton]

I like that mic stand what is it?