200TB for UNDER $50K! The low low price of $49995.95!Just make it an even number, yeesh.
That's what I said earlier, I don't get these prices either, make them like 20,000-50.000 or 19.500-49.500.
That $4,50 is about 0.01% of $49995.95
200TB for UNDER $50K! The low low price of $49995.95!Just make it an even number, yeesh.
These prices seem exorbitant.
I've built a similar home backup server for $1700, Dual 10core Xeon, 32gb ECC ram, 32TB + Parity Protected Array and throw in a 10gbe or SFP+ port for $100 more.
If these are WD Blacks (7200rpm) they are $179 for 4TB*8 = 32TB, $1,432.
For $12,000 I would expect an all-ssd machine.
Individual SSDs this past black friday are now below $150 per 1TB. $150*32 = 4,800.
Throw in an optane 905P for $1,200 for a cache disk and you've got an insane local SAN.
Then again is the software worth doubling the margin?
I mean I get that these are not for consumers, but they’re charging $375 per terabyte. That’s a bit excessive.
Why is this even news...
Very...VERY few people here on MR are in the market for this if any at those prices.
This is nowhere near what should be called "enterprise".$50k is peanuts for enterprise storage.
Apple moving into the server market?! What have we come to ...
Also, time. If you have budget and time there's plenty of cheaper off the shelf solutions. But in media, a lot of times you don't have the time to spec out a proper server for a project, you have tight deadlines to meet. That's why a product like this exists. Media people can run out, expense it, and be up and running in no time flat. That's harder to do with Enterprise server offerings if server administration isn't in your wheelhouse.
Its kinda fun that LumaForge employees registered on MacRumors just to upvote comments that praised their "off-the-shelf-components-botched-togheter-with-500%-markup-for-software"-box. If you make the effort to register, atleast write a comment or two while you're at it
This is nowhere near what should be called "enterprise".
Exactly! We installed an enterprise SAN in our facility a few years ago and paid about $40k for 48TB. These are not consumer level, sure you could build your own for cheaper but no support or replacement on second hand hardware. I would say this is about right price range.$50k is peanuts for enterprise storage. It’s cute sometimes seeing stories like these and looking at the comments. If people only knew ... $500k and up is a lot more common that you think for an enterprise grade shared storage solution. 200TB is also relatively small these days. The “wow!” factor for that size left town many years ago.
Software and support is where the money is with stuff like this, Drobo, Synology, etc. Although in comparison to the other two this is an expensive solution. It appears to be purpose-built for video work which explains the premium.
Apple moving into the server market?! What have we come to ...
You guys need better sarcasm detection methods. My comment was genuine surprise, because Apple had seemingly abandoned the server market. The exasperated exclamation is mocking Apple's lag into what should otherwise have been an obvious move for a hardware provider for a very long time.Clearly you weren't around when Apple still had the Xserve Servers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve
"32GB for $11,995.95"
That has to be incorrect.
Please, let's have more comments from members who have absolutely no clue as to what this product is and what function it serves. It is not a data server, it is a video server built specifically to manage shared video production. It supports sharing in DaVinci Resolve without a separate server. The idea is that multiple people can connect to this one video server and edit the same clips simultaneously and it will manage access to that playback is consistent across all machines. Compare this to actually equivalent products such as an Avid Nexis, QNAP, Faclis, Smalltree and you will appreciate the competitive cost. Lumaforge is, as well, a company of filmmakers who have produced a video server to suit the needs of filmmakers. In all of the demonstrations I have seen set up is insanely easy, which is not something any of the others can claim.Pointless for enterprise, just buy the PowerEdge R740xd2 for half the price, or the Apollo 4200 and use it exactly the same as one would with this overprices device, and you get a better SLA deal. Or just buy a tower with 3.5" drives if you really would need a tower.
And for small SMB:s and highend hobbyist just build it yourself for cheap.
Why would anyone buy this over any other offering on the market?
The hardware is nothing unique, all hardware can be setup to serve content and workflow like these, there is no special hardware in what LumaForge offers, they use hardware that anyone can buy from any computer retailer.Please, let's have more comments from members who have absolutely no clue as to what this product is and what function it serves. It is not a data server, it is a video server built specifically to manage shared video production.
Again, nothing unique for LumaForge (or anyone who claim to sell hardware tailormaid for NLE workflows), DaVinci Resolve Project Server, Open Storage and bin locking can be installed on any hardware/server/storage system, takes 1 second, no need to pay a 30'000USD markup for something that is included in the software that "you" use anyway.It supports sharing in DaVinci Resolve without a separate server. The idea is that multiple people can connect to this one video server and edit the same clips simultaneously and it will manage access to that playback is consistent across all machines.
Why do i only have a choice of comparing LumaForge with other overpriced solution instead of real enterprise offering with actual SLA offerings for half or the price? Which also have higher performance.Compare this to actually equivalent products such as an Avid Nexis, QNAP, Faclis, Smalltree and you will appreciate the competitive cost.
If you can't setup DaVinci (which is what you exemplified) yourself you should probably not handle storage anyway, not even the LumaForge boxes.Lumaforge is, as well, a company of filmmakers who have produced a video server to suit the needs of filmmakers. In all of the demonstrations I have seen set up is insanely easy, which is not something any of the others can claim.
People who make film and movies for television and for studios use actual enterprise products with real SLA, but yeah, good luck with your LumaForge tower that will render "your" whole business useless if the one and only PSU (a consumer oriented Cooler Master PSU that isn't even rated for 24/7 use) stops workingSo, from someone who actually uses products like this to make film and television let me assure members of this forum who don't that this is a good product made by great people at a very competitive price.