StorNext 4.0, announced on January 20, implements a number of new features that are particularly tailored to the media and post-production industries. Shawn Klein, director of software partner development and Chris Duffy, StorNext's product marketing manager, helped break down the key points of the new release for StudioBytes' readers.... »
Production company Creative Media Group (CMG; Orem, UT) switched to shared-storage as a self-defensive measure as the task of managing multiple FireWire drives among editors and graphic designers became ever more onerous.... »
Other companies have de-dupe offerings, but Ocarina says the depth of research it’s done into the specific needs of post-production users make its approach especially effective.... »
Philo Television, the post-production division of the marketing and direct-response production company Lieberman Productions, recently acquired an Archion Synergy HDu system to extend its existing Avid Unity MediaNetwork. StudioBytes asked him for a little more detail about the technology.... »
StudioBytes talked to Vincent Maza, Avid's worldwide marketing manager for post, about using Final Cut and Media Composer on the same shared-storage system.... »
When choosing a storage system, there are many aspects to consider, including capacity, speed, types of drives used, and data protection. All of these elements need to combine into one solution that meets the unique requirements of your application.... »
We built a new architecture where we power-manage all the disk drives internally. In other words, if the applications aren't accessing the data, we turn the system off. BY doing that, assuming that we're allowed to turn all the drives off, I can put more physical drives in a denser footprint than anyone else.... »
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