Active Storage    Broadcast    Post Production     Education    Apple Creatives    ActiveRAID

POST-PRODUCTION

Storage for Collaborative Video Production and Editing

    Whether it’s video or film, editing, audio, effects or motion graphics, the need for high throughput and reliable content storage is an absolute must. Active Storage was created to provide easy to use, media-friendly data storage you can rely on.

    Post-Production efficiency is most often derived from making the process more collaborative. From capture to final output, adding more hands to a project ensures you’ve got the experts you need handling each step, but often adds layers of workflow complexity. Apple Xserve and Xserve RAID set the standard for collaborative workflows. Active Storage is bringing Xsan to the next level.

    Today, most workflows are completely digital which puts even more pressure on your storage solution; content must be handled correctly. As the saying goes “content is king.” The files must be easy to find, access and use. And nowhere across the workflow can a slow down or dropped frames be tolerated.

    Another challenge to the multi-user workflow is the simple fact that one the over all system goes down – EVERYBODY is affected. You have multiple users working on multiple projects, with intense deadlines. There’s no time for interruption of service. But as with anything mechanical, failures can occur and when they do, it’s usually at the most inopportune times.

    Active Storage understands this, so our systems are designed to perform in degraded and rebuild drive states to keep you operation running. Fast failover of our redundant Active/Active RAID controllers, and full support for Xsan multi-path load balancing ensure consistent operation.

    Many solutions exist today for building a collaborative workflow (or SAN), and the majority are open systems. The two most popular and highly interoperable solutions are built around shared file systems from Apple and Quantum, the Xsan and StorNext filesystems respectively. Both work well with Active Storage products.

    Xsan and StorNext filesystems deliver reliable consistent high-bandwidth operation when paired with the right storage solution—a storage provider like Active Storage, designed from the ground up to work in media-centric environment.

    Some systems say they are compatible, and others seem to work, but the most critical test of any storage solution is the proven ability to deliver high-throughput and the lowest possible latency under demanding, 365/24/7 circumstances. Many systems can deliver passable results under ideal circumstances when the systems are new and the users are learning the boundaries of their SANs capabilities. However, Active Storage has continually provided flawless operation for a wide array of post-production companies and facilities in both ideal and adverse conditions alike.

Request a Quote or Information

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Home    How to reach us!    Request a Quote or Information    Site Map   News    Forms    Policies   Education  Search

Please contact us at 800-663-5523 or click here  for Pricing, Inventory or to Request additional information on any product .