Facilis TerraBlock 6.0 Synchronises Work Groups & Archiving

Facilis TerraBlock 6.0 Synchronises Work Groups & Archiving | Storage:
Facilis TerraBlock 6.0 shared storage, previewing at IBC 2013, will soon be updated with more integration for third-party application workflows, automated archive management with LTO 6 support and support for Adobe Anywhere.

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How to get SAN Storage for Video Production (Part Three): Comparison of Vendors

How to get SAN Storage for Video Production (Part Three): Comparison of Vendors | wolfcrow:
In Part One and Part Two we listed the components of a SAN storage system. In this final part we’ll look at the cost of putting together a DIY SAN, and then compare some of the well-known names that provide SAN solutions that are video-centric.

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NAS or SAN? Part Two: When to use which for Video?

NAS or SAN? Part Two: When to use which for Video? | wolfcrow:
As we saw in Part One, a SAN is built for speed and reliability. To make the SAN behave like your hard drive, you’ll have to eliminate the middle man – the Operating System/File System. A SAN actually lets you reach and take what you want from a hard drive directly. The technical word for this is: having block-level access – the ability to read files directly in blocks (many at a time) to get the fastest data transfer possible.

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NAS or SAN? Part One: How to tell which is which?

NAS or SAN? Part One: How to tell which is which? | wolfcrow:
If you’re in the video world you might have heard about a NAS (Network Attached Storage) and a SAN (Storage Area Network). This article tries to help you answer the question: SAN or NAS? Which one’s right for you?

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News: Tiger Technology Introduces cluStore TLE – Affordable Hierarchical Storage Management Solution Leverages IBM Linear Tape File System For Windows Workflows

News: Tiger Technology Introduces cluStore TLE – Affordable Hierarchical Storage Management Solution Leverages IBM Linear Tape File System For Windows Workflows : NAB Expo:
Tiger Technology, the leading developer of high performance storage area networking (SAN), software management tools and integrated appliances, today announced cluStore TLE, a new server-based hierarchical storage management (HSM) software solution that leverages the universal IBM® Linear Tape File System™ (LTFS) tapes and tape libraries for the Windows operating system. Aimed at the rich-media and entertainment industry and other communities challenged to store, access and archive petabytes of data, the tiered HSM structure represents a paradigm shift in the way users interact with their storage resources, as it allows archived data to be seamlessly integrated as part of the main storage pool for unmatched ease-of-use and interoperability in day-to-day operations.

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TVTechnology: Selecting An Xsan Replacement

TVTechnology: Selecting An Xsan Replacement:
Many companies who have deployed Apple Xsan as a storage system are interested in selecting a new storage solution that is consistent with their longer-term requirements. In this paper we will discuss the key criteria to consider when selecting an Xsan replacement.

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Small Tree Showcases Expanded GraniteSTOR Titanium Video Editing Shared Storage System Family at Infocomm 2012

Small Tree Showcases Expanded GraniteSTOR Titanium Video Editing Shared Storage System Family at Infocomm 2012: Titanium Systems Deliver Unprecedented Scalability, Performance and Affordability (Las Vegas, Nevada--May 22, 2012) Small Tree, the video editing shared storage experts, will be showcasing its expanded GraniteSTOR TITANIUM line up at Infocomm 2012 (Booth C5654 – Technologies for Worship pavilion). TITANIUM is a high performance, capacity dense, dedicated video editing shared storage appliance with advanced file sharing capabilities enabling simple, real-time collaboration.

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Openfiler and XSAN

Openfiler and XSAN:
It’s been many months since I have written a update on the SAN build.
Basically, the Openfiler box is running 16 x 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001 6G SATA drives (no these are not enterprise class drives… I know that), with a QLA2562 dual port 8Gb HBA and has been rock solid as a FC target. It runs 24/7 and so far has a longest up-time of 43 days, and I only restarted it then for a check-up, but there was really no need.

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Studio Network Solutions Announces Evo v4 Shared Storage System at NAB 2012

Studio Network Solutions Announces Evo v4 Shared Storage System at NAB 2012: New features include bin sharing, unlimited SAN/NAS client licensing, file/folder locking (Las Vegas: NAB 2012--April 17, 2012) Studio Network Solutions (SNS), a premier provider of post-production storage products for video and audio workgroups, today announced a major OS update to its popular Evo SAN + NAS shared storage server.

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Enhance Technology Introduces Powerful Shared Storage Platform for File-based Media Workflows

Enhance Technology Introduces Powerful Shared Storage Platform for File-based Media Workflows:
Enhance Technology, a leading developer of professional storage solutions for digital content creation, announces the release of UltraShare™ NS, a powerful network storage platform that offers both file and block-level storage capabilities in one system. UltraShare™ NS Series, a new breed of performance-driven unified network storage solutions for collaborative Mac, Windows and Linux workgroups. UltraStor NS features a dual, mirrored 64-bit embedded environment for Enterprise-class, fail-safe system reliability and uninterrupted media availability. UltraShare™ offers industry leading features such as device-to-device data replication, volume encryption, snapshots, high availability (HA) clustering and powerful built-in backup services. UltraShare™ NS is the ideal network storage solution for distributed computing environments, file sharing, broadcasting, video surveillance, disk based backup and cloud storage applications.

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Facilis TerraBlock 5.5 Adds Support for Linux

Facilis TerraBlock 5.5 Adds Support for Linux:

Facilis Technology’s version 5.5 of its TerraBlock Shared Storage System, a new software release, has the Facilis Shared File System for Linux including integrated server spanning and mirroring and Adobe Premiere Pro project sharing.

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Final Cut Pro X: Xsan Best Practices

Final Cut Pro X: Xsan Best Practices:

This document is designed to help you determine the best way of working with a SAN, such as Xsan, to speed up creative work and eliminate copying files across networks or hand-carrying hard drives on multiuser projects.

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SAN build almost complete… Openfiler, SANmp and fibre channel network all operational

SAN build almost complete… Openfiler, SANmp and fibre channel network all operational:
Complicated is the word that comes to mind. This is the single most challenging IT related project I have undertaken to date. Building a open-source, low-cost, high-performance SAN from scratch is not for the timid, and certainly not for anyone without a working knowledge of the hardware involved or a fear of the command line. Linux knowledge is a prerequisite as many of the guides and helpful step by step how-to’s I will refer to were not totally self sufficient.

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Why StorNext? A brief version of my investigations into heterogeneous file systems and SANs.

Why StorNext? A brief version of my investigations into heterogeneous file systems and SANs.:
Why StorNext? A brief version of my investigations into heterogeneous file systems and SANs.
Our criteria for choosing a SAN solution had some very specific needs. But these needs don’t nessisariy just apply to our situation:
 1) Multiple Avid NLE’s connected to a single storage pool
 2) Non-proprietary disk hardware
 3) Very scalable in both connections and storage size
 4) A pay as you expand pricing model
 5) Sufficient bandwidth for multicam HD editing 6) Would work over and existing fibre-channel infrastructure.

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