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Avid Rolls with Next-Generation RAID Solutions
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Avid Technology has announced the next-generation of its
high-performance storage disk arrays -- Avid VideoRAID ST and Avid
VideoRAID SR solutions -- which the company said combine real-time
performance SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drive
technology, and the security of fail-safe data protection in the event
of a disk drive failure.
Unlike other RAID solutions that may be unusable during a drive
rebuild, the company noted, Avid VideoRAID solutions help customers
keep up with the fast pace of digital content creation by maintaining
full performance and data protection, while rebuilding the drives in
the background.
Avid said that customers will also be able to take advantage of
real-time playback of up to two streams of uncompressed HD on as few as
eight Avid VideoRAID drives. Additionally, Avid is offering all new
VideoRAID ST and SR customers a three year warranty on drive mechanisms
and enclosures, providing advanced exchange of replacements parts at no
additional cost.
"This is just another example of how Avid continues to drive
high-quality products to market that offer great performance and value
to our customers," said Kirk Arnold, executive vice president and
general manager of Avid Video. "By offering real-time parity with these
new solutions, Avid is able to help eliminate the headaches and loss of
valuable hours and money associated with downtime. This news, coupled
with the new editing lineup we announced last month, is just another
example of how Avid is continuing to innovate and deliver on its New
Thinking."
Available in a 5-drive tower (ST) or a 16-drive rack mount (SR)
configuration, Avid VideoRAID ST/SR disk arrays support a wide range of
Avid editing systems, including the recently announced Media Composer,
Symphony Nitris and NewsCutter family of products, as well as
third-party applications, via an industry-standard SAS (Serial Attached
SCSI) interconnect. The products provide the protection of parity
through the use of RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) which
can handle multiple streams of uncompressed SD and HD media with ease
and offer a capacity ranging from 2.5TB to 16TB per editing system, the
company noted in a release.
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((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd -
http://www.m2.com))
((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com))
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