
The award-winning ThunderBay Flex 8 is a groundbreaking 3-in-1 solution that accelerates performance, capacity, and efficiency in digital imaging, VFX, video production, and video editing workflows. Bringing unrivaled potential and convenience, ThunderBay Flex 8 trailblazes through the biggest projects and deadlines. Its eight drive bays support a mix of SATA/SAS1 and U.2/M.22 NVMe drives for up to 128TB of storage capacity, and that’s only the beginning. You can saturate the Thunderbolt 3 speed threshold with real-world read/write speeds up to 2750MB/s. Connect A/V mixers, digital cameras, and desktop essentials, while charging mobile devices via Thunderbolt 3, USB-C and USB-A ports. Ingest hi-res video and photo files at speeds up to 985MB/s with front-side SD 4.0 and CFexpress card readers. Or add a video or audio card to the PCIe slot to ingest multi-stream large format footage or record high-quality tracks.
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You can also enjoy the performance boosting benefits of Accelsior 4M2 with your Thunderbolt 3-equipped notebook computer, iMac workstation, or slot filled gaming rig. It’s plug and play easy with a PCIe expansion chassis like the OWC Mercury Helios 3s (sold separately).4 Helios 3S lets the Accelsior 4M2 flow with your workflow by offering up to 2,500MB/s real-world read/write performance in the field on your notebook.5 Once back at your desk, the choice is yours…keep Accelsior 4M2 in the Helios 3S or install it into your Mac Pro 2019 to enjoy its blistering fast 6,000MB/s capabilities.
Accelsior 4M2 was designed with a PCIe switch to let your computer address each of the M.2 NVMe drives at full x4 PCIe speeds instead of hard-limiting each drive to x2 PCIe speeds. When running in JBOD, where all four drives are typically not accessed at the same time, each drive has the unlocked capability to run at full speed.
When over 6,000MB/s real world speed and 8.0TB of capacity isn’t enough to satisfy your needs, you can RAID two Accelsior 4M2 cards together to experience out of this world performance.
Accelsior 4M2 includes SoftRAID Pro to ensure you get the maximum, steady performance, protection and monitoring against drive failure, and plug and play simplicity. SoftRAID is the only solution with robust drive health monitoring and reporting capabilities and full TRIM support for attached external and PCIe slot NVMe drives under MacOS. SoftRAID's easy setup makes it customize storage to the RAID volume(s) your applications need by helping you through the entire process. Ready to go plug and play or just decide what you're use requirements are for desired RAIDs and how much space to allocate to it. It's that simple to create your preference of speed and/or redundancy attributes of your data volume.
Envoy Pro EX USB-C
Built tough for mobile jobs and on-set challenges, the Envoy Pro EX with USB-C has an IP67 rating. It's dust tight and can even withstand an unexpected plunge in water1. So relax, knowing your data is protected, and refocus your energy on your creative flow.
The Envoy Pro EX with USB-C packs production-level performance in a palm-size package. Inside the finely-crafted shell sits a high performance NVMe M.2 SSD that delivers quick access to your data and doesn’t interrupt your workflow. One try, and you’ll wonder how you ever worked without one.
- Transfer speeds up to 980MB/s
- Capacity up to 2TB
- IP67 Rated (dust tight + water resistant for up to 30 minutes in 1 meter of water)
- NVMe M.2 SSD
- Compatible with both Mac & PC
- Direct-connect to devices like the latest USB-C cameras from Blackmagic Design
- Bus powered
- Quiet fanless operation
- Ultra-portable
Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3
Whether you’re capturing your travels on the road, grabbing amazing aerial shots, on a photo safari, making digital dupes in the desert, or rocking some killer designs in the urban jungle — the OWC Envoy Pro EX is ready to be your companion wherever your digital adventures take you.
The OWC Envoy Pro EX has the power and performance to do everything from daily tasks such as storing photos, videos and documents to importing and editing photography and audio. This high-performance portable blends the latest technologies with multiple capacity options to push the price vs performance envelope to meet nearly any need or budget.
The OWC Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3 is extremely fast and provides up to 2800MB/s1 of sheer performance. The secret is the perfect combination of phenomenal 40Gb/s bandwidth offered by the Thunderbolt 3 interface and an ultra high-performance M.2 NVMe SSD. Available in a range of capacities, there’s an OWC Envoy Pro EX that’s perfect for your workflow.
Mercury Elite Pro Dock
With multi-drive media dumps, controllers, A/V outputs, and a mess of device cables, it can be hard enough to find space for your notebook let alone room to work. The Mercury Elite Pro Dock fights the clutter with a single-cable connection that delivers storage, ethernet sharing, charging power, and 4K display support while neatly consolidating all your peripheral device cables. Reclaim your workspace and reduce your stress.
With the built-in hardware-based RAID controller, you get speed and security without being dependent on what operating system you are running. If you work in a cross-platform world, you can easily connect the Mercury Elite Pro Dock to Mac and PC using OWC's MacDrive software (sold separately).
You can customize the Mercury Elite Pro Dock to quickly adapt to project changes and help you stay ahead of deadlines. Install your choice of 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch HDDs or SSDs and even combine the speed of a SSD with the cost-effective storage capacity of a HDD. With built-in hardware RAID, you have four drive set-up choices:
- Non-RAID to keep the drives as independent volumes
- RAID 1 (mirror) for backup reliability
- RAID 0 (stripe) for optimal performance and maximum speed or use
- Span to combine the drive capacities into one huge volume for extra-large storage capacities
Done with the drives but need the connectivity? Use OWC's free Dock Ejector utility to quickly and safely eject the RAID or any other disks attached to the Mercury Elite Pro Dock.
Mercury Helios 3S Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Expansion Solution
With dual 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 ports, the Mercury Helios 3S offers the bandwidth needed to support data-intensive 4K capture cards to speed up diverse video workflows such as vlogging. Boost your DAW with external DSP acceleration and run larger mixes with multiple plug-ins. Live stream the action in your gaming sessions or share files over a 10GbE or Fibre Channel network without any speed throttling.
Mercury Helios 3S supports a wide variety of half-length, full-height, single or double-width, pro-level PCIe cards from leading brands like AJA, Apogee, ATTO, Avid Pro Tools, Blackmagic Design, CalDigit, HighPoint, Intel, Solid State Logic, Universal Audio, and OWC.
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Mercury Helios 3S Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Expansion Solution
With dual 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 ports, the Mercury Helios 3S offers the bandwidth needed to support data-intensive 4K capture cards to speed up diverse video workflows such as vlogging. Boost your DAW with external DSP acceleration and run larger mixes with multiple plug-ins. Live stream the action in your gaming sessions or share files over a 10GbE or Fibre Channel network without any speed throttling.
Mercury Helios 3S supports a wide variety of half-length, full-height, single or double-width, pro-level PCIe cards from leading brands like AJA, Apogee, ATTO, Avid Pro Tools, Blackmagic Design, CalDigit, HighPoint, Intel, Solid State Logic, Universal Audio, and OWC.
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OWC Aura Pro X2
When it’s go time, getting off the line and maintaining a high level of performance are equally important. Aura Pro X2 is engineered with advanced SLC caching, providing instant full-speed write acceleration, meaning those media projects and games stream fluidly and respond without lag time. You might even forget what that beachball looks like.
Aura Pro X2 is designed for the latest macOS versions (macOS High Sierra 10.13 and later), taking full advantage of the advanced features of APFS including: strong encryption, copy-on-write metadata, space sharing, cloning for files and directories, snapshots, fast directory sizing, atomic safe-save primitives, and improved file system fundamentals.
The smaller stock SSDs for Mac can fill up quickly, especially with photo and video files, games, or even your email. Aura Pro X2 SSDs are available in capacities up to 2TB, giving you more space to work and play. Newly calibrated to use less power and run cooler, Aura Pro X2 is the best way to upgrade your PCIe equipped Mac.
Aura Pro X2 SSD upgrades are precisely engineered for your Mac, so you'll never need to compromise your data by relying on complicated software hacks or TRIM-enablers to get the most from your upgrade. Just install, migrate your data, and enjoy the great performance of flash storage with up to 16x the capacity of the original drive.
- Performance that thrills: Up to twice as fast as the original SSD
- Up to 3200MB/s1 read
- Up to 2400MB/s1 write
- Room to spare: Up to 2TB, 16x greater capacity than original SSD
- Less is more: Consumes less power and runs cooler than earlier models
- Feels like home: Same Mac, faster SSD, your keyboard, your stickers and the ports you need
- Revival of the fittest: Speed and stamina for years to come
OWC Envoy Express
Build the Envoy Express with a brand-new drive for a fast boot drive. Retask an existing drive replaced during an upgrade for added storage and backup capacity. Or, use Envoy Express to regain access to files on a drive removed from an inoperable machine. Whatever the reason for building a bus-powered Thunderbolt™ enclosure, Envoy Express has the power to make it happen.
Designed to support any 2280 M.2 NVMe SSD, the Envoy Express gives users the freedom of flexibility to use any drive today - including OWC Aura SSDs up to 4.0TB capacity - as well as being ready for tomorrow’s 8.0TB, 16TB and future capacities without limit.
Whether you want to backup your growing photo and music libraries, share files, play your favorite games and movies anywhere, or even want to capture and edit up to 8K video, the Envoy Express can do it all. And it’s built to support super-fast sustained data transfer rates up to 1553MB/s…often faster than a machine’s internal drive performance!
When working space is limited, the Envoy Express mounting system is the solution. Today’s office is where you make it - a cramped airplane seat, a tiny coffeeshop table, on your lap in a remote location. There’s no power outlet and not enough room for an external drive. Besides being the industry’s first Thunderbolt™ 3 bus-powered (no power adapter required) enclosure, the Envoy Express is the first to include a laptop mounting system.
Super-strong, removable adhesive gel and a lightweight yet durable plastic holder secure the Envoy Express to the back of a Thunderbolt™ 3-equipped Mac or PC laptop screen.
OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual – USB-C
The Mercury Elite Pro Dual - USB-C gives you nearly infinite options for your workspace. Dual hardware RAID controlled drive bays utilize 2.5-inch SSDs and/or 3.5-inch HDDs for up to 32TB of storage capacity. Two USB-C ports with real world speed up to 1026MB/s* rip through full system and Time Machine backups, archive projects, and transfers of HD photos and large format video footage. Two USB Type-A ports let you connect a universe of USB 3.0/2.0 peripherals plus provide charging power for your phone, camera, and tablet. And a whisper-quiet fan, front panel drive status LEDs, and included USB-C and USB-A cables make the Pro Dual the convenient do-it-all desktop solution.
You can configure the Mercury Elite Pro Dual - USB-C to seamlessly integrate with any work environment, from your home office up to high-demand production studios. Install your choice of 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SSDs or HDDs, even combine the speed of an SSD with the cost-effective storage capacity of an HDD. With built-in hardware RAID, you have four drive set-up choices:
*Independent (JBOD) keeps the drives as two separate and independent volumes
*RAID 0 (stripe) for optimal performance and maximum speed use
*RAID 1 (mirror) for the security and peace of mind of mirrored data
*Span combines the drive capacities to create one extra-large storage volume
Done with the drives but need the hub connectivity? Eject the Mercury Elite Pro Dual’s drives and any additional external drives connected to it from your computer in a single click with OWC’s free Dock Ejector app. You’ll be certain that all data has been written before any drive is unmounted, protecting against data loss.
At 5.8” high x 3.3” wide and weighing under four pounds with two SSDs installed, the Mercury Elite Pro Dual - USB-C can be taken anywhere you need an all-in-one storage and connectivity solution. It connects to USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 computers and can work cross-platform with Macs and PCs using OWC's MacDrive software (sold separately).
OWC Rover Pro
The OWC Rover Pro is the innovative mobility solution for the 2019 Mac Pro. The patent-pending design enables your Mac Pro to go “wheels on/wheels off” in under two minutes while saving time and money vs the factory wheel kit.
No tools, no hassle, no worry: simply place your Mac Pro’s factory feet into the Rover Pro’s polished stainless-steel housings and secure with a few hand twists. When you’re done moving your Mac Pro around, the Rover Pro allows quick and easy conversion back to the factory feet for stationary use.
Industrial-strength soft rubber tread wheels with 360-degree articulating rotation and low friction bearings let you move your 2019 Mac Pro silently and effortlessly on any surface. Pull it across the studio, rotate it under your desk for convenient port access… the Rover Pro lets you easily put your Mac Pro where you want it while safely preserving your floor’s finish.
The Rover Pro includes wheel stops that prevent any unintended movement. When not in use, the stops conveniently clip to the casters so they’re immediately ready to help get the job done wherever you need to with a wheel kit built for rolling and securing a 2019 Mac Pro on any surface.
The OWC Rover Pro is available to order now .
OWC ThunderBay Flex 8
The award-winning ThunderBay Flex 8 is a groundbreaking 3-in-1 solution that accelerates performance, capacity, and efficiency in digital imaging, VFX, video production, and video editing workflows. Bringing unrivaled potential and convenience, ThunderBay Flex 8 trailblazes through the biggest projects and deadlines. Its eight drive bays support a mix of SATA/SAS1 and U.2/M.22 NVMe drives for up to 128TB of storage capacity, and that’s only the beginning. You can saturate the Thunderbolt 3 speed threshold with real-world read/write speeds up to 2750MB/s. Connect A/V mixers, digital cameras, and desktop essentials, while charging mobile devices via Thunderbolt 3, USB-C and USB-A ports. Ingest hi-res video and photo files at speeds up to 985MB/s with front-side SD 4.0 and CFexpress card readers. Or add a video or audio card to the PCIe slot to ingest multi-stream large format footage or record high-quality tracks.
OWC Thunderbolt™ 3 mini Dock
The OWC Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock harnesses the full potential of your Mac or PC’s Thunderbolt 3 port, with fast data transfers, dual 4K display support, and small device charging power creating a hub of powerful connections. Built by the world’s largest producer of Thunderbolt devices, OWC follows the highest standards in engineering and manufacturing, so you can use the Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock with full confidence in its compatibility and precision performance.
The OWC Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock effectively utilizes your computer’s Thunderbolt 3 40Gb/s capability to provide support for two displays up to 4096 x 2160 4K @ 60Hz without impacting performance. Transform your notebook’s single display into a three-screen viewing space or instantly support two displays on your desktop and increase work productivity with extended or mirrored modes. Experience crystal-clear, vibrant 4K video and high-fidelity audio in gaming and uncompressed video streaming of high action sports and movies. Whatever your display desire, the OWC Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock helps you see what you’ve been missing.
On-the-go or on a desktop, the OWC Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock is the ultimate all-in-one portable dock. Compact-sized like a smartphone and with no AC adapter needed, this “kitchen sink of connectivity” expands port-limited Thunderbolt 3 Macs and PCs with five additional ports.
A must-have for the mobile professional, the OWC Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock offers a Gigabit Ethernet port for a faster and more reliable internet connection. Users will relish a speedy server connection, uninterrupted downloads, and reliable file transfers while saying goodbye to aggravating, low-quality public Wi-Fi connections.
The OWC Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock is available to order now.
SoftRAID RAID Utility Software
Data-center software on your desktop
Using RAID to store and manage data offers unparalleled performance and data security. OWC SoftRAID protects your life’s work with redundant storage options and disk failure monitoring. SoftRAID from OWC delivers the best of safety and speed, far outperforming hardware-only solutions.
The best of access speeds and data safety with countless disk configurations is a game-changer. With the ease of creating RAID volumes, the flexibility to use multiple enclosures and the foresight to prevent disk failure, SoftRAID helps you manage your data like a pro at a fraction of the cost.
- Create and/or delete raid volumes easily
- New disk? Test it first with certify
- Check your data or volume at any time
- Five raid levels for all uses
- RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 1+0 (10)
- 24/7 Disk failure warning via email
When it comes to protection, SoftRAID stays steps ahead of data loss. SoftRAID checks new disks before you use them, warns you when a disk is about to fail, and keeps working after a disk fails.
If speed is what you’re after, SoftRAID leads the race. SoftRAID enables the use of up to 16 disks in a single volume or the ability to spread volumes over two or more enclosures for unprecedented speeds.
For optimal speed and safety, SoftRAID is in a class by itself.
SoftRAID checks new disks before you use them. New disk? SoftRAID's certify feature will tell you if your disk is bad, before you save precious data to it—protecting you against using a disk that is faulty or about to fail.
Always on and never in the way. SoftRAID Monitor runs scans in the background—even when you're not logged in—making it ideal for use on servers. And when you're logged in and working, it uses a minimum of CPU power, so you won't even notice it's there.
Keep working after a disk fails. If you use a SoftRAID mirror (RAID 1), RAID 4, RAID 5 or RAID 1+0 volume, your work is protected against disk failure. Even if one of your disks fails, you can keep right on working and make your deadline. None of your files will be lost. How great is that?
SoftRAID supports five levels of RAID optimized for speed, safety, or both. Any SoftRAID volume can have up to 16 disks.
- RAID 0 – Stripes
- Fastest
- RAID 1 – Mirrors
- Safest RAID
- RAID 4 – Dedicated Parity
- Fast and safe
- RAID 5 – Distributed Parity
- Fast and safe
- RAID 1+0 (10) – Stripes + Mirrors
- Fastest and safest
ThunderBay 4 mini
With four drive bays, you can mix or match different brand and capacity 2.5-inch SSDs and HDDs. Use mixed drives independently or combine drives as a RAID with the included SoftRAID setup and management software. Available in a variety of pre-configured capacity solutions to achieve your desired balance of storage, performance, and data redundancy.
Whatever the day or project demands, the ThunderBay 4 mini is the perfect workflow solution:
- Expand production capabilities in industry-leading creative platforms like Final Cut X, Avid Pro Tools, Apple Pro Logic, and Adobe Lightroom
- Edit large images
- Manage massive photo and audio libraries
- Store drone videos
- Use it as a transport drive
With the ability to daisy-chain you can add up to five additional ThunderBay 4 mini solutions to create massive storage capacities. Merge them with SoftRAID for even more flexibility, capacity, and capability. Or if speed is what you’re after, connect multiple ThunderBay 4 mini solutions to multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports on your Mac or PC to achieve exponential speed capabilities. Beyond storage, the sky is the limit for what you can connect. Attach a 5K Thunderbolt display or two 4K displays. Place a USB 3.1 device at the end of the chain. With an extra Thunderbolt 3 port, you have the flexibility to add to your daisy-chain and master any task at hand.
Thunderbolt 3 Dock 14-port
With its 14 ports of connectivity thoughtfully placed, the OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock delivers convenience while keeping desktops clutter-free. The dock’s front is designed for the easy connection of your portable devices, headphones and media cards, while the rear features a multitude of ports for your static devices so cables stay out of sight.
Leave your power adapters in your bag! The OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock provides 85 watts of power to your computer via the Thunderbolt 3 connection and has multiple, high-power USB ports to charge your mobile devices. The days of searching for your power adapter are officially over.
OWC Dock Ejector safely disconnects all connected drives in a single click. Designed by OWC hardware and software engineers, Dock Ejector ensures all data is written before disconnection, saving time and protecting against data loss. Use it to move quickly between workstations and get the most out of your Thunderbolt 3 Dock.
Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock
Pro-level docking stations should be ready to handle any situation that you encounter in a production workflow. The Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock is your on-location and post production “mission control” with an unrivaled combination of super-fast 10Gb Ethernet, CFast and SD card readers, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, three USB 3.1 ports, and full support for eSATA devices and drives.
When you’re on location, your cart needs the power of versatility. With conveniently accessible front-side CFast and SD 4.0 card readers, the Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock helps you manage multiple card uploads efficiently. It’s a huge asset when you’re covering events like conferences, festivals, and concerts where you’re working with multiple videographers and photographers.
Need more work view space? Need to access a large on-location DAS (Direct Attached Storage) drive? No problem. The Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock offers a DisplayPort for adding another 4K display, plus additional ports including an eSATA port with port multiplier support, so you can access multiple drives within a multi-bay RAID.
Sized similarly to a single external drive enclosure, the Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock’s aluminum case helps keep cart weight streamlined while easily fitting into a cart drawer or small box during cart breakdown.
With two Thunderbolt 3 (Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt backward compatible)1, the Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock offers incredible potential to connect multiple devices to take on the biggest projects. You can daisy-chain up to 5 additional Thunderbolt devices to the Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock for studio-level storage, RAID arrays, eGPUs for graphics processing, or all of these combined and connected at 40Gb/s bandwidth.
USB-C Travel Dock
It’s important to make your work – not technical issues — the focus of your meetings. The USB-C Travel Dock features an HDMI port for easy display connections up to 4K resolution, so you can plug in and focus on delivering a memorable presentation.
When you're on the go, having power and charging options can help keep your work flowing. The USB-C Travel Dock can be used via bus power when you don't have access to a power outlet. Or use your notebook USB-C adapter to deliver up to 100W of pass-through power and use the open port on your computer to connect another device.
Whether it’s time-lapse photography, live events, or urban exploring, the USB-C Travel Dock helps lighten your load of adapters and dongles while expanding your connectivity options. With minimal gear, you can find inspiration anywhere, download your SD card quickly, and keep capturing the moment.
- 5 ports of connectivity: (2) USB-A 3.1 Gen 1, (1) HDMI, (1) SD card, (1) USB-C power pass through
- Power options: bus powered or use existing USB-C power adapter
- Charge while working: up to 100W pass-through power for a notebook or other devices1
- Neat and tidy: Built-in cable storage
- Compatibility: notebooks, tablets, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows and Chrome
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With EVO, you can connect and share everything — you’ll spend less and still get better performance. EVO is purpose-built for digital media workflows and demanding use with the leading pro apps like Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro/FCP X, Adobe Premiere Pro/CC, and DaVinci Resolve. When it comes to projectsharing, you can use Avid’s native Project and Bin sharing functions, and take advantage of EVO’s unique project sharing features for FCPX and Adobe Premiere Pro. EVO unlocks the sharing capabilities of Media Composer — with several editors in the same Avid project, teams can easily collaborate by using shared Bins, exchanging access to Media and Sequences directly within Media Composer. You also can Enjoy the flexibility and performance of both file and volume sharing. EVO enables you to use file sharing, volume sharing, or a combination of the two — providing multi-user write workspaces for sharing projects and bins, in addition to high performance SAN volumes for multi-cam and uncompressed workflows.
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MS Windows 10 compatible.
Tiger Pool
Add smart storage pooling to your shared storage workflows with the Tiger Pool add-on for Tiger Store. This enables you to pool multiple NTFS volumes in a non-destructive way to perform live storage expansion, decommission aging hardware without incurring downtime, and optimize the use of free space available. To users and applications, the pool looks and behaves like a normal volume while each pool volume member preserves its original folder structure. If any pool member fails, you only need to worry about restoring a fraction of your dataset while the rest of your data remains available. You can freely add and remove pool volume members of different manufacturers, LUN size and performance characteristics without ever putting data at risk.
Tiger Store
Tiger Store is a cross-platform shared file system solution which enables you to build the most scalable NAS and/or SAN platforms. Tiger Store includes a metadata controller to enable high-performance collaborative workflows, as well as Windows, Mac and Linux SAN and/or LAN client connectivity, delivering the performance that teams of editors, artists, and colorists using Avid, Adobe, Autodesk, Blackmagic and other software need to ingest, edit, transcode and deliver content. Productivity and uptime are maintained with optional High Availability configurations. The Tiger Pool add-on for Tiger Store offers smart storage pooling for simplified data management. Tiger Store is available as a software-only solution or an integrated appliance.
EditShare’s EFS 2020
EFS 2020 powers faster EditShare storage nodes and networks on-premise, in the cloud and in hybrid configurations. The media-optimized file system features security improvements at every layer and enhanced throughput performance gains across the board. Fully compatible with Flow 2020, EFS 2020 enables media organizations to build extensive collaborative workflows, shielding creative personnel from the underlying technical complexity while equipping technical teams with a comprehensive set of media management tools. In addition to the powerful storage management tools built into EFS, the extensive set of RESTful APIs opens the door for customers and technology partners to automate advanced storage management workflows in a secure environment.
The latest EFS 2020 file system is built on all of EditShare’s storage nodes including:
EFS 200: For smaller boutique creative facilities
EFS 300: For medium sized facilities looking to grow to 1PB and beyond
EFS 450: For mission critical enterprise environments offering unlimited scalability
EFS SSD: For high data rate finishing environments
EFS 40NL: For parking of content and projects/Disaster recovery solution
EFSv: For clients looking to spin up an entire facility in the cloud
EditShare EFS SSD
EditShare EFS 450 Enterprise class Scale Out storage platform
EditShare XStream EFS 450 is a powerful distributed scale-out storage platform developed for the most intensive media workflows. It's designed from the ground up to support resilient large-scale workgroups requiring high-bandwidth, high-volume media ingest, transcoding, online collaborative editing and multiplatform distribution of HD, 2k, 4k and beyond.
Performance and resiliency
The XStream EFS 450 system is the original storage platform of the EditShare File System (EFS) family. EFS is uniquely tailored for intensive media environments with key benefits including one namespace that eliminates management of multiple storage volumes, Native Client drivers for improved bandwidth performance, plus ‘SwiftRead’ data contention management
EditShare EFS 300
EditShare EFS 200
EVO DPX Shared Storage
Qualified for 16-bit 4K DPX
- EVO DPX supports 16-bit 4K (4096 x 2160) DPX at 30fps right out of the box.
- A system with only 8 disks can handle real-world workloads of ~3,000 megabytes/s aggregate.
Powered by enterprise-class SSDs
- EVO DPX includes ultra high performance, high write endurance SSDs that help to deliver incredible throughput to colorists, VFX artists, and editors.
Supports Windows, Linux, and Mac
- EVO DPX enables your team to work and collaborate across multiple OSes. You can have a VFX artist on Linux, a DaVinci Resolve colorist on Windows, and Premiere Pro editors on Mac all working from the same storage system.
- Built-in 25Gb Ethernet connectivity
- Stream DPX/EXR and multiple streams of ProRes or other media over 25Gb Ethernet. In many cases you can even directly connect your workstations to EVO, no switch required.
Netflix deliverables? No problem.
- EVO DPX is qualified for up to 16-bit 4K DCI DPX and EXR @ 30fps. Perfect for handling demanding workflows like the ones required by Netflix.
- EVO DPX can be custom configured for even higher workloads, and options for 50Gb Ethernet connectivity are available.
- Effortlessly handle high-resolution 10, 12, and 16-bit image sequences.
Workflow harmony.
It’s now easier than ever to incorporate your DPX and OpenEXR workflows into a shared environment, alongside motion graphics and edit suites running Premiere Pro, Avid, or FCP X.
Focus on productivity.
By enabling real-time editing directly over the storage network, EVO eliminates the need for standalone RAIDs or individual drives for multiple workstations. This, in turn, eliminates the need to endlessly shuffle huge files. Editors, colorists, and other artists spend less time waiting and more time getting things done.
Qumulo’s file data platform
Qumulo's cloud-native file system enables creative teams to easily shift active workloads to the cloud (AWS, Google Cloud), without application changes, to enhance collaboration across multiple locations, or burst rendering to the cloud, when needed.
See how our customers benefit with Qumulo:
https://qumulo.com/customers/cinesite/
https://qumulo.com/customers/msg-networks/
https://qumulo.com/customers/fusefx/
https://qumulo.com/customers/marz/
WARP
WARP is a linearly scalable, clustered storage and computing platform to support real-time workflows in the most demanding environments.
Its high-performance software-based file-management platform allows you to dramatically increase your workflow productivity by running applications directly on WARP where needed.
The WARP cluster creates a unified pool of efficient storage, with a proven 100% of storage utilization and a guaranteed and predictable performance. So you’ll need less physical storage for your data - reducing your capital and operating costs.
MediaKind Video Storage and Processing Platform (VSPP)
For cable companies, multiple service operators (MSOs), telcos and content providers who need a cost efficient, reliable solution for massively scalable video storage and recording that exceeds stringent performance requirements, the MediaKind Video Storage and Processing Platform (VSPP) is the only field proven, large scale software-based solution that provides resiliency, very high throughput, and virtually hands-off maintenance. This platform is highly optimized to minimize hardware footprint and provide the best possible TCO.
Supported use cases
Cloud DVR
Cloud based DVR applications enable service providers to offer a DVR service without the need todeploy or upgrade to expensive DVR boxes at the subscriber site. By locating the storage and streaming at the network operation center and running an RS-DVR client software at the subscriber site, operators can offer a full DVR service without the need of hardware upgrades at the subscriber.
Dynamic origin server
The origin server is a scale out media storage system that can also perform content transformation, and streaming. The origin ingests MPEG-TS CBR and ABR, and transforms them on-the-fly to RTSP and different OTT formats, thus eliminating the need to store multiple formats.
VSPP tiered architecture
Supports different tiers to address specific streaming patterns as well as content popularity.
Edge pumps
With an ongoing transformation to the full-blown Media Edge for the legacy and OTT delivery.
MediaGrid
The MediaGrid system is purpose-built from the ground up to deliver high bandwidth and consistent low latency for video. Media operations can start with smaller MediaGrid systems — as little as 24 TB of usable capacity — and seamlessly scale to petabytes of capacity and tens of gigabytes per second of throughput. An industry-leading, high-density storage option — up to 504 TB of raw capacity in 5 RU — can reduce rack space by up to 60% and lower storage-related costs by up to 30%, minimizing total cost of ownership (TCO) through its exceptional price/performance capabilities.
MediaGrid features include:
High Scalability
The MediaGrid system is based on a fully distributed scale-out architecture, resulting in increased performance as additional storage nodes are added. As the system is expanded, bandwidth and capacity increase linearly, actually improving access speed to content already on the system.
Simple and Cost-Effective
Based on standard hardware components and cost-effective Ethernet technology, MediaGrid system is economical to purchase and maintain. There’s no need for file system reconfiguration as you scale, or for file system defragmentation as the file system ages.
Optimized for Media Workflow
The MediaGrid shared storage works with dozens of leading media systems, including Harmonic Spectrum media servers and ProMedia™ X Origin multiscreen media servers. It also enables collaborative editing workflows with nonlinear editors, such as Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Avid® Media Composer® and Adobe® Premiere® Pro.
Reliability and Availability
MediaGrid systems have no single point of failure, and leverage features such as dual active-active controllers with transparent failover, redundant data paths to protect against storage node failures, and transparent client failover to protect against controller failures. No down time is required even for activities such as software and firmware upgrades or adding storage nodes.
CODEX Media Vault
At the centre of your workflow, Media Vault delivers what you demand - performance that is sustained, shared, and scalable across different production departments.
With four 10GbE ports as standard, and options to add four more or even additional 25/50/100GbE ports, Media Vault can be configured to fit seamlessly into any network infrastructure.
Available as a stand alone NAS configuration with 12 drives providing a maximum 168TB or in a 2RU and 4RU rack mount design scaling up to 504TB with optional expansion capabilities. Learn more at https://mediavault.codex.online/
MoSMB
MoSMB is an enterprise-grade SMB (Server Message Protocol) NAS file server on Linux for running demanding workloads on modern storage systems. MoSMB supports high performance, high scalability and high availability in heterogeneous environments that include Windows, macOS and Linux computers. With a 64-bit architecture and no hard limits, MoSMB can store tens of billions of files and scale to multiple petabytes.
MoSMB feature list includes:
1) SMB v2 & SMB v3 protocol compliance2) Enterprise grade authentication via Active Directory and Kerberos.3) Support for NTLMv2-based authentication when authenticating local users.4) SMB v3 Encryption and Signing for ensuring safety and security of data.5) Supports VFS filesystems6) Supports S3 Object Store interface7) Choice of Windows ACLs and basic POSIX ACLs for authorization.8) User-ID mapping to map SMB identities to UNIX identities.9) Support for heterogeneous environment consisting of Windows, macOS and Linux clients.10) Single Global Name Space11) Durable & Persistent handles v1/v2 Transparent failover & continuous availability using Witness Protocol Scale-up architecture12) Active-Active Scale-out architecture13) Performance scaling by scaling up CPU and/or RAM.14) Supports RDMA or SMB Direct for high bandwidth and low latency use cases
MoSMB AdvantageMoSMB is a secure, feature-rich SMB file server. Its high performance and scalability can be leveraged for varied solutions including but not limited to:- High Speed File Server- NAS gateway for HPC/AI Storage- NAS gateway for Big Data Analytics- 2K/4K Media and Entertainment Workflows- Backup and Archival
MoSMB-S3 Gateway
MoSMB-S3 combines the features and ease-of-use of file systems with the scale and economics of object storage to deliver a powerful combination which caters to a range of data-intensive use cases such as Collaborative Media & Entertainment Workflows, Genomic Analytics for Life Sciences, Financial & Business Strategy Simulations, etc.
MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway key features:
- Enforces native file system semantics including open mode flags and locks for read and write operations.
- Supports enterprise grade authentication via Kerberos in Active Directory environments.
- Inherits the powerful security features of the SMB 3 protocol for ensuring safety and security of data.
- Support for Windows, MacOS and Linux clients.
- Allows use of Mac Finder and Windows Explorer to browse buckets as standard SMB shares.
- Supports logical directory structure while maintaining compatibility with object store dash boards.
- Local data caching providing low latency & high throughput for the most active data.
- Caching of directory tree structure and metadata for faster response to metadata requests.
- Multi-threaded architecture allowing parallel uploads and downloads for faster read & write operations.
- High performance data transfer enabled by reads and writes over RDMA transport.
As enterprises increasingly opt to manage, store and process data in the cloud instead of doing it on-premises, being able to have a standards-based, secure, high performance POSIX file system interface to object storage is invaluable for HPC, AI/ML/DL, Big Data workloads in the cloud.
MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway also has applicability in the Backup and Archiving applications and is particularly useful in Cloud Tiering, Cloud Active Archive, Cloud Burst and Cloud Migration scenarios.
MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway supports top S3 compatible object storage providers out of the box. With hundreds of vendors in the cloud storage space customers can now pick and choose their cloud provider and can easily switch between vendors using MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway thus saving operating costs.
MediaScaleX // Storage
MediaScaleX // Storage is a software-defined, object storage platform that unifies online, nearline and archive storage into a single, shared, scalable cluster. It enables Media businesses to simplify and cost-reduce storage operations.
With a single UI into an exabyte-ready environment, and the ability to simultaneously store multiple pools of data in file (NFS, SMB) and object (S3, Rados, Swift) formats, MediaScaleX // Storage is one of a kind. Critical data protection functions like erasure-coding and data scrubbing are standard features to support data integrity and long-term retention. While in-built support for NVMe, SSD and HDD technologies enables clusters to respond to multiple performance requirements. Using the open Ceph storage engine at its core, MediaScaleX // Storage is hardened, robust, flexible and above-all built for scale.
Launched in 2015 to address Multi Service Operators' requirements for cloud DVR storage, MediaScaleX // Storage was designed from the ground up to combine high intensity ingest, record and playout processes with the need for deep archiving of VOD and customer-recorded content. This same solution supports any Media business to unify islands of storage into simpler, more scalable systems. And with high-performance integration with the MediaScaleX // Origin platform, content can be streamed on demand from any part of the storage cluster.
As Broadcasters and Post-Production operations target storage simplification, more workflow agility and cloud-compatibility, object storage is becoming more important. MediaScaleX // Storage provides cloud capabilities in an on-premise platform to allow Media businesses to easily scale and manage storage as requirements evolve.
R&S®SpycerNode
R&S SpycerNode represents the first in a new breed of storage systems that harness the latest advances in High Performance Computing (HPC), a term that refers to the system’s performance, scalability and redundancy. HPC is a combination of hardware, file system and RAID approach. HPC employs redundancy using software “RAID” technologies called erasure coding in combination with declustering to increase overall performance and reduce rebuild times. Also, system scalability is almost infinite and expansion is possible during operation.
The most compelling aspect of R&S SpycerNode is its building-block characteristics. It provides the ability to build a single global name space with different speeds of storage node.
In developing R&S SpycerNode, Rohde & Schwarz engineers have looked at many of the key issues that impact on media storage systems within high-performance video editing environments from annoying maintenance requirements – such as defraging – to much more serious system failures including dying disk drives, which can have catastrophic consequences to a project that is being worked on.
R&S SpycerNode features Rohde & Schwarz‘s device manager web application which makes it much easier to set up and use Rohde & Schwarz solutions in an integrated fashion. Device manager helps to reduce setup times and simplifies maintenance and service due to its intuitive web-based UI operated through a single client.
A critical requirement of any high-performance video storage system is proven data security. In developing R&S SpycerNode, Rohde & Schwarz has introduced data protection systems based on erasure coding and declustering. Erasure coding means that a data block is always written including parity.
Declustering is a part of the data protection approach of HPC setups (formerly known as RAID). It is software based and in comparison to a traditional RAID setup the spare disk is spread over all other disks and is not a dedicated disk. This will decrease rebuild times and reduce performance impact. Also, there are no limitations with the RAID controller, which results in much higher IOPS (Input/Output operations per second). Importantly, there is no impact on system performance over time due to declustering.
R&S SpycerNode comes in multiple 2U and 5U chassis designs, which are available with NL-SAS HDD and SAS SSDs in different capacities. An additional 2u24 chassis design is a pure flash system. There are main processor units and JBOD units. A main unit is always redundant, equipped with two appliance controllers (AP). Each AP features two 100 Gbit interfaces resulting in four 100 Gbit interfaces per main unit.
The combination of different chassis systems makes R&S SpycerNode applicable to a very broad range of applications. The 2u system represents a compact, lightweight unit that is ideal for application within mobile productions as well as offering a very dense, high speed storage device for on-premise applications. A larger 5u system offers sophisticated large-scale storage facilities on-premise within broadcast production centres and Post facilities.