Rorke Data Europe, a subsidiary of Rorke Data U.S. announced today that the company's StudioNet-FC, a high bandwidth Fibre Channel work group solution, has been selected for purchase by LES FILMS DU SOLEIL, designed for use in Storage Area Network (SAN) film production environments.
The StudioNet-FC storage solution from Rorke Data (Parent Company Bell Microproducts, Inc. NASDAQ: BELM) allows multiple LES FILMS DigiSuite-equipped workstations to share a unified storage system in a SAN environment, permitting multiple DigiSuite systems to concurrently share the same media assets and projects over a high-speed Fibre Channel network. "We also benefit from simultaneously streaming three MEDIA 100 systems through our studio, which enhances our productivity and results," says Jacques Hubinet, Managing Director.
"With a SAN, digital video can be simultaneously recorded and played back by multiple DigiSuite-equipped stations, with no need for local storage. Instead of having to make a copy of a video file to get it from one side of a facility to another, a SAN allows multiple users on opposite sides of the facility to use the same video file, at the same time, without the need to make additional copies," says Quinton Maloney, Director of AV Sales for Rorke Europe.
"We've been working diligently with Rorke due to their professional service and product performance. We have benefited tremendously from tested and validated networked DigiSuite solutions, said Hubinet. "Also, the greatest advantage is directly connecting the system to our hub which digitizes every kind of VTSs including SP, SX, Digi Beta, DVC PRO, DV CAM and others."
When working with less bandwidth-intensive compression technologies such as the DV, DV50, or MPEG-2 formats supported by DigiSuite DTV, even more systems can potentially be networked together — all playing back dual-stream broadcast-quality video.
"Successfully developing a stable Fibre Channel storage solution for film/video applications takes years of experience and knowledge," says Joe Rorke, Vice President of Marketing, Rorke Data. "Rorke Data's 15 years in the audio/video industry and direct relationship with LES FILMS and other leading manufacturers' core development teams is a base line for our success. In addition to these close working relationships with strategic partners, our formula for success includes a global network of offices that allow us to provide full service and support for our products."
"Proof of Bell Microproducts strategy in acquiring companies like Rorke and their European subsidiaries is demonstrated by such successful cutting edge deployments of SAN technology and related professional services," said Phil Roussey, Sr. Vice President of Marketing at Bell.
About Rorke Data. Rorke Data, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell Microproducts, Inc., is a full digital storage solutions provider with expertise in Fibre Channel RAID, SAN, DVD, tape and optical libraries, Unix, NT and Mac environments, high bandwidth networks, digital asset and document management, and engineering and maintenance services. Founded in 1985, Rorke Data Europe, located in Emmen, The Netherlands, is composed of six divisions: Medical Archive Applications, Audio/Video, Prepress, Imaging, Document Management, Engineering and Installation Services. More information about Rorke Data can be found at www.rorke.com.
About Bell Microproducts
Bell Microproducts is an international value added provider of a wide range of high technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial marketplace. The company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems, fibre channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems and back-up products. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors.
The company's products are available at any level of integration from components, to subsystem assemblies, to fully integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The company adds value with a broad range of services including testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9002 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 100 brand name product lines, as well as its own BellStor storage and TrademarkÒ computer brands, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas and Europe. More information can be found in SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts Web site at www.bellmicro.com.
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