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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY


Designed to Perform

When working with video you need more than just bandwidth, and not just any file server will do the job. Streaming raw footage from modern high resolution cameras requires very low latency, high throughput connectivity and extremely fast disk arrays that need to be specially tuned to provide the right kind of bandwidth. Once you begin streaming that footage to multiple editors simultaneously you need yet to achieve yet another level of optimization and speed to ensure each stream arrives on demand and plays uninterrupted. The Platform Series was designed from the ground up to deliver concurrent streaming video footage to your entire creative team, all while allowing you to monitor and control storage, permissions, and bandwidth limits in an easy to use interface…and that’s just the storage system. While most shared storage devices focus on their singular task, Platform leverages the most high-end CPU power available to provide optional Transcoding, Asset Management, and Archival services to enhance and centralize your most important data management tasks in one easy to use system.

Performance Highlights

  • 2.4GB/s Available Disk Bandwidth Per Platform Online System
  • Share 6 concurrent 4k streams, 39 Streams of ProRes422, or over 60 Concurrent Stream of DNxHD36 per Platform Online system.
  • 10GbE connectivity via Copper Cat6A or Fiber.
  • Use up to 24 cores of processing power per Platform and move transcoding and rendering jobs off of your workstations.
  • Archive up to 2TB/Hour with available Multi-drive LTO Tape Libraries.
  • Easily move data at speeds over 1GB/s from Platform Online systems to Platform Nearline Tier 2 systems with our optimized file migration tools.

Scalable Performance

Designed to scale to the size of any workflow, Platform allows you to scale increase storage and performance as required by adding additional expansion units and Platform Servers, all controlled and managed by our Platform software to present one easy to use interface to your end-users. A single 12RU Platform Node can support up to 18 streams of Uncompressed 10-bit footage, or 156 streams of ProRes422 24p while providing 200TB of usable, RAID protected storage.

 

PLATFORM ONLINE SERIES


Video Streaming
Stream high bandwidth media to your entire production team using a Platform Online system. Capable of pushing XX streams of ProResHQ 1080p30 or DNxHD 220 to multiple edit/effects systems simultaneously, you can enable your entire studio to work from one centralized, RAID protected Platform.
T1-Streaming
Archive
The Platform Archive module allows 8, 24, or 48 bay tape libraries to direct connect to a Platform Online or Nearline and move data to LTO tape for long term preservation and offsite storage without saturating your network. Utilizing larger multi-drive libraries allows more than 15TB to be moved to LTO during a single overnight backup.
T1-Archive
Transcoding
Offload the most time intensive transcoding operations to your Platform Online server and free up your editing machines. Allow up to 48-logical cores to handle your ingest and delivery transcode jobs, including the creation of ProRes and Avid DNxHD files ready to drop into your NLE of choice.
T1-Transcode

PLATFORM NEARLINE SERIES


Data Management
Platform Nearline is designed to be your reliable second layer of storage for data that doesn’t need to occupy higher performance Platform Online systems. Optimized for file transfers, data integrity, and raw storage space the Nearline can move data to and from a properly configured Platform Online system at over 1GB/s.
T2-DataMgmt

PLATFORM STUDIO SERIES


Video Streaming
Capable of sending streaming media to smaller workgroups of 2-6 users, the Studio can provide XX streams of DNX36 or ProResLT. The entire system is portable enough to be used on set for immediate ingest and editing of time sensitive projects
StudioStreaming
Transcoding
Studio allows you to transcode media files to your preferred editing codec immediately or send your final outputs to be transcoded into multiple delivery formats without tying up your workstation for hours at a time.
StudioTranscode
Archive
The Platform Studio LTO option allows you to move your finished projects or raw footage to tape immediately after completion or ingest. The portability of the system enables on-set archival and an inexpensive solution for a studio that doesn’t require a full enterprise level LTO solution.
StudioArchive