Avid Unveils ISIS 5000
July 29, 2010
Source: Avid
Shared Storage for Local and Regional Broadcasters
and Post Production Facilities at a Lower Cost
Avid has unveiled the Avid ISIS 5000—a new, real-time, open shared storage solution for ocal and regional broadcasters
and post production facilities at a lower cost.
The ISIS 5000 is built upon ISIS technology used in
more than 700 major media enterprises to store, share and
manage large quantities of digital media assets.
Customers can improve allocation of creative resources and
support changing project needs with an open shared storage
platform that offers access to high-performance ISIS File
System technology on lower cost hardware, support for 3rd
party applications and streamlined administration to create
more content more affordably.
Ian Burling, head of technical services, at Films at 59 Ltd.,
a post production house in Bristol, England, beta tested the
new Avid ISIS 5000. “Our clients use a variety of editing
systems, so in order to meet their needs, flexibility is a
number one priority for us. We were looking for a solution
that would allow us to consolidate high and low resolution
clients and move media with greater agility and ease. We are
extremely impressed by how well the ISIS 5000 has tested.
It’s proven to be a flexible, easy-to-use, high-performance
standard-bearer—great for post production houses like
us that need to integrate third-party editing systems such
as Apple Final Cut Pro to handle a variety of workflows.”
ISIS 5000 Features
Designed to address the specific needs of workgroups requiring
40 or fewer client connections and looking for greater flexibility
to accommodate ongoing changes and new business opportunities,
the ISIS 5000 shared storage solution is fully tested and
qualified with Apple Final Cut Pro, as well as support for
an end-to-end Avid workflow.
Major features include:
•The ISIS file system: Enhances collaborative workflows
by delivering centralized media access with guaranteed real-time
performance—optimized for digital media file sharing.
As a result of Avid’s industry-leading ISIS File System
running on lower cost hardware, an enterprise-class, workflow-enabling
shared storage technology is now available to organizations
for which this level of capability was previously out of reach.
•The ISIS 5000 engine: Offers the ability to cost-effectively
create compelling content by increasing the capacity to handle
more projects and content in both SD and HD.
•Support for Avid and Apple Final Cut Pro editing systems:
Enables customers to work with a variety of project workflows
and leverage existing investments--as a result of an open
architecture.
•Ethernet connectivity: Delivers high-performance networking
that is more cost-effective to acquire, scale and support.
•FlexDrive: Enables customers to respond to changing
project requirements and new business opportunities by allowing
storage to be resized in real time without interrupting operations.
•Streamlined administration: Reduces overhead with easy
set-up, user and storage management, monitoring and diagnostics
powered by the intuitive ISIS Management console. Customers
can also support a growing business by easily incorporating
additional switches and clients without sacrificing performance.
Availability
Avid ISIS 5000 will be available on July 30, 2010 in a 32TB
or 64TB switched configuration, or a 32TB Direct Connect configuration
that offers four direct client connections and the ability
to add a third party switch.
All configurations support Mac or PC clients and include 40
seat licenses with either one or three years of Avid Priority
or Avid Uptime Support.
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