HDCOLORS / 8K.ART / Open Studio

Home Server and Storage Plan

The server, DAS, mapped S:, and network backbone plan.

Performance-first architecture

The home studio is not a single computer. It is a distributed media lab: capture, storage, CUDA processing, network backbone, and publication should each have a clean role.

Canon R5C / dual fisheye / YoloBox / Blackmagic capture
  → ingest
  → office server/workstation
  → Thunderbolt DAS
  → 10GbE / 100GbE backbone
  → RTX 5090 laptop + RTX 5070 Ti workstation + RTX 4070 worker
  → archive, publish, multicast, and iterate

Hardware already identified in the conversation

Canon R5C for 8K capture.
Dual fisheye lens arriving for stereoscopic / VR180 development.
YoloBox workflow for rapid record / test / upload iteration.
RTX 5090 laptop for mobile CUDA and development work.
RTX 5070 Ti desktop workstation for main office AI/video work.
Spare RTX 4070 to become a CUDA / NVENC worker node.
Existing 4 × 16TB mechanical drives that should be moved away from the GPU workstation because of heat.
Large 10GbE / 2.5GbE switch already in the box.

Why the unopened gaming mini PC should go back

The G1 Pro gaming mini PC was powerful but wrong for the central-server role. The real requirements are:

Thunderbolt 4 10GbE minimum PCIe x16 expansion 100GbE path good airflow DAS compatibility

Storage rules

The AI/GPU workstation should not be a storage furnace.
Hot mechanical archive drives should move into a dedicated DAS/server zone with better airflow.
Mother’s damaged S: drive is evidence: do not boot it, do not repair it, do not write to it.
The future S: should be a mapped network share backed by server storage and duplicated to separate backup media.

CUDA home-lab model

RTX 5090 laptop       = fastest mobile CUDA / NVENC / test node
RTX 5070 Ti desktop   = main office production workstation
RTX 4070 spare        = dedicated worker / encoder / batch node
Central server        = storage, DAS, network, archive, automation

Office placement

Two walls in the office are occupied by desks, with the workstation at the intersection point. Removing at least one paper file cabinet that has not been touched in a decade creates a high-airflow server zone near power, network, and the workstation.