Broadcast & Post Production : Storage Area Networks



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Storage Area Networks : SAN

Rorke Data and Commandsoft have joined forces to create Galaxy®NET, a turnkey SAN based on Rorke's award-winning Galaxy RAID and Commandsoft's powerful new Fibrejet 3.0 SAN software, delivering shared, scalable and high performance storage for an unlimited amount of users.

Galaxy®NET is based on proven Galaxy RAID technology and the powerful new features of Fibrejet 3.0, to provide a reliable, efficient, and easy to implement SAN, without the usual per seat SAN client charges.

Galaxy®NET is optimized to work with most NLEs like Final Cut, ProTools and Avid, empowering digital post professionals to collaborate like never before.

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Want a truly affordable SAN? FibreJet enterprise-class storage network gives multiple computers concurrent access to terabytes of storage using just about anyone's storage over Fibre Channel. Apple’s Xsan costs $23,383 more than a 6-node FibreJet solution using identical equipment!

Higher-performance Storage Networking
FibreJet is sometimes 500% the performance of Xsan for the equivalent file-copy operation! FibreJet finds a file in 5 seconds compared to taking over 4 minutes with the same operation in Xsan!

Don’t get sucked into the Xsan-hype. FibreJet is the proven choice for storage and server consolidation, higher performance, lower cost, easy scalability and higher availability.

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SANXtream enables systems to share a high speed pool of images, media,
content, analytical data, and other key digital assets so files can be processed and distributed quicker. Even in heterogeneous environments such as Windows, OSX, Linux, Solaris, AIX and IRIX, all files are easily accessible to all hosts – SAN or LAN.

When performance is key, SANXtream recommends Fibre Connectivity to achieve throughput that extends over 10 GBps. For cost efficiency and fan-out, SANXtream offers LAN based access using clustered gateway systems with resiliency and throughput that outperforms traditional network sharing methods. This shared platform fabric allows all editors, effects artists, designers, animators, and colorists to access the same file and freely collaborate across the board. All of this occurs instantaneously and simultaneously.

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metaSAN enables multiple users to share access to common data files in workgroups where heavy bandwidth requirements are the norm. With metaSAN, film and video editors, digital artists, healthcare specialists, and corporate users can simultaneously access a common pool of data files such as video clips, databases, satellite imagery, medical archives, or CAD files - as easily and transparently as if the content was stored on their local drive.

metaSAN's user-friendly file-level sharing capability offers far more flexibility than the more common volume-level based sharing that imposes serious workflow restrictions.

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HIGH SPEED, HIGH BANDWIDTH FIBRE CHANNEL STORAGE
Featuring Quantum SDLT 600A & Superloader 3A

Superior Manageability – Communicates status to the user through DLTSage™, Quantum’s industry-unique drive management system

DLTSage™ WORM (Write Once, Read Many) – The first Super drive to utilize standard media for both traditional backup and archiving as well as for regulatory compliance.

Complete Solution - drive includes Backup Exec™ QuickStart backup software plus a data and cleaninG cartridge for a total backup package Superior Reliability – Tested to 250,000 hours MTBF at 100% duty cycle

Rorke Data’s Galaxy® HDX2 is designed to exceed the high-bandwidth/high-capacity data storage requirements for today’s film, broadcast and video post production professionals. The Galaxy® HDX2 is 5th generation technology based on Rorke’s award winning Galaxy® HDX2 SATA II RAID series of highly scalable, high speed RAID solutions.

Galaxy HDX2 applications include:

• HDTV
• HDTV
• 4K Film
• Digital Cinema
• Near line digital content
• Broadcast Server Archive
• Video surveillance
• Diagnostic imaging
• Printing & Publishing
• Backup & Disaster Recovery
• Rich Media Content Creation and Distribution

Rorke Galaxy LX4 NAS:

  • Integrated Storage/Server design
  • Modular for Hot-swap accessible components
  • Range of Enclosure capacities 4-24 data drives
  • Simplified OEM-specific software image management
  • Embedded Microsoft OS or Linux OS
  • OEM options for UL/CE certification

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