RedShoe

I've been bringing in so much damn footage and editing like a damn fool these past few weeks that my machines can't keep up.

I have 4 machines now. (all humming. I love that sound by the way)

1) P4 1.8, 512 Ram, and 2 HD's @ 160, and 120 gigs
2) P4 3.06, 1 gig ram and 2 HD's @ 120 & 250 gigs
3) P4 2.8, 1 gig ram, and 2 HD's @ 80 and 160 gigs
4) P4 3.0, 1 gig ram, and 3 HD's @ 80, 80, and 120 gigs
and a 160 external.

I'm not sure if this is how you calculate it but I have 1.3 terabytes of storage, and I'm out of room.

The problem isn't so much the room as is the file locations. When I bring in footage from one client, the machine I bring it into holds all the footage, the psd's, the veg files, the promo content, the trailers, and the special info that they request.

When, I'm done editing and I start to render the main movie, I jump on another machine, open the veg file and start cutting the trailer and promo content. The problem is now the files get saved to the new machine and before you know it I have files everywhere.

Every machine has the same set of clients and client files. What I want is ONE machine that can hold ALL the footage, and ALL the files and just use the 4 machines to edit and render and encode back to the server. I want it so that when I hit render the file doesn't get rendered to the machine that's working the project. I want it saved back to the new server machine. But will it take forever to send thru a network cable?

I relly don't know about servers or that type of stuff. Can anyone offer advice?
I wanna go to Pcclub or some other computer store and get one today as soon as I can.

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