Aurora
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Galaxy® Aurora RAIDThe Galaxy Aurora is a purpose-built, feature rich RAID or SAN appliance that is a natural addition to Rorke’s open architecture philosophy. Aurora’s unique adaptable design integrates our patent pending RAID 6 engine technology (EOS™) with the latest industry-standard hardware components. We have developed a unique set of features designed specifically for the M&E market . Aurora’s engine is powerful enough to support today’s most demanding video and film applications including; 2k & 4k film, color correction and 3D Stereoscopic.
Click here to see a video of a functional overview of the Aurora's User Interface |
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Using industry standard server components allows Aurora to “leap-frog” other manufacturers’ RAID roadmaps and eliminates the bottleneck of traditional hardware ASICs.
- Aurora can be configured with up to 8 host connections
- Compatible with StorNext, CommandSoft, MetaSAN and Xsan
- 6x Faster rebuild than traditional hardware RAID controllers while maintaining peak performance
- Rigorous application testing in our Interoperability Lab
| Streams Supported |
Aurora LS* |
Aurora** |
| 4K film |
|
1 |
| 2K film |
1 |
2 |
| HD 1080p 444 |
2 |
4 |
| HD 10-bit Uncompressed |
2 |
6 |
| HD 8-bit Uncompressed |
3 |
8 |
| HD 720p 10bit |
6 |
12 |
| HD 720p 8bit |
8 |
14 |
| ProRes HQ 220 |
16 |
24 |
| SD 10-bit Uncompressed |
16 |
24 |
| SD 8-bit Uncompressed |
20 |
30 |
| DVCproHD |
23 |
32 |
| DVCpro |
35 |
45 |
*Galaxy Aurora LS is our 12 Bay RAID SAN-ready 8Gbit FC Appliance
**Galaxy Aurora is our 24 Bay RAID SAN-ready 8Gbit FC Appliance