There are many things to consider when purchasing a storage
system that will support your multi-editor workflow. Given the rapid
development of technology and competitive products, there are many options to
consider. One of the best developed and backed brands in our industry is AVID.
This week, we decided to go a little deeper into the ISIS 5000 offering to provide
you a better look at the features and capabilities.
Online Real-time Team Collaboration
Do all of your content creators have fast access to the
assets they need? In most shops the answer is no. If our goal is to squeeze the
production timeline and simultaneously produce the best quality content we can,
having everything at your fingertips quickly is key, and having that available for all
team members can't be over emphasized. With the ISIS 5000 installed in your
facility, each member of your team will have simultaneous, real-time access to all
your footage, whether you're working in Media Composer, Final Cut Pro 7, or Adobe
Premiere. And yes, even if you're using all NLE's together.
Efficient use of Space
Considering that high quality fast speed storage space gets
expensive, you need to make sure you use your space wisely. To that end, AVID has
developed FlexDrive a feature that dynamically adds workspaces or grows or shrinks
workspace capacities so that storage is used most efficiently.
Backed and Supported by AVID
Let's not forget that one of the most important considerations
is not what happens when it's working, but what happens when it goes down. And
although we haven't seen these things go down much if at all, the ISIS 5000
comes standard with 24X7 support contract with AVID*. This gives you the peace of
mind that if there is a problem, a qualified AVID technical representative will be
there to walk you thru a solution.
Reliability
The ISIS 5000 has been designed for online environments and
boasts a number of features specifically created to maintain uptime. These
include:
• RAID-5 protected
storage: If a physical drive fails, the system can still operate off the other
drives - no data is lost.
• Hot Spare - The
system comes with a dedicated drive installed and spinning which just waits until another drive has failed and then
starts rebuilding automatically.
• Resilient System
Director - Should an internal primary
ISIS Engine fail, the System Director will enable a secondary ISIS Engine to take
over operation and alert the system administrator to required maintenance.
• Mirrored System
Drives - Because the ISIS 5000 is a server and runs an operating system, the OS
needs to be protected from failure, so AVID built in a mirrored OS boot drive
into every system. In case of OS drive failure, the system automatically takes
over on the other boot drive allowing you to hot swap the bad device.
Management Control & Security
With the ability to connect to Network security systems
including LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory, management user permissions and security has
never been easier. The ISIS 5000 understands the security mechanisms you already have in
place so transitions are simple. As an administrator you have direct access to all status and
management control functions of the ISIS thru a web browser.
Efficient use of Space
Considering that high quality fast speed storage space gets
expensive, you need to make sure you use your space wisely. To that end, AVID has developed
FlexDrive a feature that dynamically adds workspaces or grows or shrinks workspace capacities so
that storage is used most efficiently.
Simple Installation
With near plug and play design, the ISIS 5000 can be up and
running in your facility with little to no effort. It comes set up by ProMAX, pre-configured and
burned in so that when it arrives, it’s ready to go. In addition, MediaNetwork customers can
easily migrate their data with an available data migration utility.
Growing with your Facility
Because the ISIS 5000 can scale up to 192TB of storage
space, rest assured that your
investment can grow with your facility. Starting with 16TB
or 32TB of storage is not a temporary solution as ISIS 5000 is built to expand with your needs. Speed and Connection and Capacity
Connect up to 90 client computers to an ISIS 5000 platform.
Here is the breakdown:
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