Not cheap, but not terrible either:

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-ProSAFE-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-XS708T-100NES/dp/B01ELW0QM4

30 TB and 30 TB backup ?

eight 6TB drives is 48 TB. After RAID 6, that is 36 TB of usable storage.

QNAP TVS-872XT - $1799 each

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1446236-REG/qnap_tvs_872xt_i5_16g_us_tvs_872xt_ultra_high_speed_8_bay.html

8 drives plus 8 drives = 16 drives, plus one spare - all 6TB Seagate Ironwolf 7200 RPM

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1462721-REG/seagate_st6000vna033_6tb_ironwolf_7200_rpm.html

That is $140 per drive. 17 drives will cost you $2380 total.

You get a small 10G switch. This is an 8 bay Netgear XS708T, so 6 computers, and one port to each of the QNAP 10G ports - this is $620

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Gigabit-Ethernet-Lifetime-Protection/dp/B01ELW0QM4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=XS708T&qid=1578442658&sr=8-1

each computer requires a thunderbolt to 10G adaptor. If you are using Windows PC's the 10G PCIe card is under $100. For the Mac's, a thunderbolt 2 to 10G, or thunderbolt 3 to 10G is under $200 per computer.

This will do exactly what you want. Your cost for the QNAPs and drives and Netgear 10G switch is $6600.

This will work perfectly with 4K video with Adobe Premiere, FCP X, Davinci Resolve, or AVID Media Composer.

The QNAP comes with Hybrid Backup Sync 3. This will allow for automated, scheduled backup from QNAP #1 to QNAP #2. You can also place QNAP #2 in a remote location, and backup over the internet. You can also remote access the QNAP so that freelancers (and yourself) can remote into the QNAP to upload and download files. This can be done with their own internal program called CloudLink, or with standard OpenVPN, which is free for both Mac and PC.

I do this every day. This is what I do. If it shows "more on the way" at B&H, you can get all this stuff on Amazon.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

[bobzelin@icloud.com](mailto:bobzelin@icloud.com)