EditShare XStream Series
High-performance storage broadcast and DI workflows
Engineered with the highest performance storage technology available, EditShare XStream supports any workflow with almost limitless scalability for both user numbers and storage size
A New Breed of High-Performance Shared Storage
Designed for the most extreme and demanding media sharing workflows, EditShare XStream combines the award-winning features of the flagship EditShare Storage Series with the highest performance hardware available. XStream is designed for all creative workgroups, from digital intermediate, news, sports, reality TV and education, to any high-resolution media sharing workflow where a large number of simultaneous users require real-time edit-in-place or true collaborative access to high-resolution video files and data.
EditShare XStream provides and open environment for creative teams to share media, regardless of application or platform. Apple, Adobe, Assimilate, Autodesk, Avid, Digidesign, Sony, Thomson and other users can connect via Gigabit or 10-Gigabit Ethernet and freely share media regardless of file size or format. EditShare XStream takes advantage of PCI-E infrastructure to combine a very high number of simultaneous video streams with almost limitless storage scalability.
A Full Suite of Media Sharing Workflow and Storage Solutions
EditShare XStream fully integrates with EditShare Flow, Storage Series and Ark, to deliver a complete end-to-end media sharing workflow. Multi-channel, multi-format ingest (three formats simultaneously), universal media format with media sharing across workgroups, backup and archiving create a flawless exchange of metadata. Increase your productivity, and unleash creativity with EditShare’s Complete Collaboration range.
Feature Highlights:
EXTREME PERFORMANCE
Industry leading stream counts supporting hundreds of simultaneous users.
EXTREME SCALABILITY
EditShare’s Extreme Scalable Architecture (ESA) means that expanding your storage hundreds of Terabytes is no more complicated than adding expansion servers and plugging them into the network.
EDITSHARE PROJECT SHARING
Lets editors draw on the same central pool of media and work in the same project simultaneously, freely and safely sharing raw material, bins and sequences.
SUPPORT FOR DI WORKFLOWS
Include optimizations for high-bandwidth, multi-user 2K and HD DPX media.
UNIVERSAL MEDIA FILES
When combined with any Flow product, EditShare storage gives you Universal Media File support, allowing Avid and Final Cut Pro editors to share and edit the exact same media files and exchange sequences between the two applications – without any transcoding, relinking, duplicating media or re-rendering.
POWERFUL, EASY CONNECTIVITY
Media-optimized Gigabit Ethernet connections gives you large stream counts and cost effectiveness. 10 Gigabit connections surpass the throughput of 8 Gb Fibre Channel for uncompressed HD and 2K work.
NO PER-SEAT LICENSE
Removes barriers to productivity and provides faster return on investment.
DELETION SECURITY
Controls who can delete files and when, includes: delete to “Trash” and “Undo.”
EditShare XStream Specifications:
- Unique Project Sharing for Avid, Final Cut Pro, and other NLE applications
- "Avid Media Space" creation with patent-pending virtualization allows multiple editors to share the same MXF and OMF media files
- "Managed Media Space" creation for sharing media with Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Edius, Sony Vegas, etc
- Powerful Media Space controls protect files from accidental and unauthorized deletion
- "Unmanaged Media Space" creation for workflows that require unrestricted rights to files
- Fine-grained User Access Controls
- Dynamic Quota Resizing of Media Spaces
- Unique “Trash “feature for restoring accidentally deleted files
- Maintenance Mode for safe and efficient media deletion
- Synchronization Tool for mirroring or archiving media spaces to another EditShare server
- Seamless integration with EditShare Flow and EditShare Ark
- Intuitive User Management tool for creating unlimited editor/artist accounts
- Limited Administration capabilities for specific trusted users
- Storage Usage Tool provides clear overview of space utilization
- Active Directory support for unified logins
- CSV File import for easy creation of large numbers of Users and Media Spaces
- “Clean Sweep” tool allows quick but controlled deletion by project, User, or media type
- Remote Support tool allows activation of live remote desktop for support by EditShare technicians
- Instant Email notification when Media Space Quota levels are being approached
- Daily Health Report shows key indicators of system status-- hard drive health, UPS health, space utilization, and more
- Stable Linux operating system
- Remote Administration from any Windows, Mac or Linux client
- Mac , PC, and Linux Client compatible.
- Supports SMB, AFP, NFS shares
- No per-seat client licenses
- File-level locking/protection for perfect video workflow and sharing
- EditShare Connect Tool: automatically mounts user’s authorized shares and iSCSI volumes,and manages limited administration tools
- EditShare Project Browser for managing Shared Projects
- Support for Windows-based Protools clients
- Optional iSCSI support for Mac-based Protools clients and other applications that require direct-attached storage
- System can be managed from any workstation on the network
- Each XStream server can support unlimited number of clients (subject to bandwidth limitations)
- 7,200 RPM, 3.5 inch enterprise-class Serial ATA (SATA) drives in 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB capacities
- Optional 15,000 RPM, 3.5 inch enterprise-class Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives in 73GB, 146GB, 300GB, and 450GB capacities
- XStream Workflow Directors and Expansion Chassis each house 16 drives
- One or more Expansion Chassis connect directly to Workflow Director via x8 PCIe for extreme performance and video stream counts
- Easily attach up to 10 Expansion Chassis to each Workflow Director for up to 176 drives
- Attach even more Expansion Chassis with use of external PCIe switches
- EditShare Extreme Scalable Architecture (ESA) enables seamless management of multiple XStream and Storage Series systems on the same network, allowing virtually unlimited chassis and drive numbers
- Dual 2.5 inch mirrored OS drives
- EditShare XStream Hardware Raid Controller with 16 SATA ports
- 3 Gb/s per port, 256MB DDR2 DRAM Cache
- RAID 5 standard (optionally capable of other hardware RAID standards including RAID 0, 1 and 6)
- Automatic and manual background rebuilding of drives after failure
- Notification of disk errors and alarms
- Remote event notification by email
- Rebuild and verification priority settings
- Gigabit Ethernet (1 GigE) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE) Support
- Server is supplied with 10 GigE HBA with CX4 connector and dual 1 GigE connections
- Optional 10 GigE Fibre connectivity: SR/LR/ER
- Dual universal input, 100-260 VAC, 50-60Hz
- Typical continuous power:
- 450W for XStream Workflow Director with 16 drives
- 200W for Expansion Chassis with 16 drives
- 800W high efficiency (>84%) 1+1 hot-swap redundant PFC;
- ROHAS compliant, cNRTLus (cTUVus), CE Mark, FCC Part 15, etc.
- Workflow Director with 16 drives = 1705 BTU/hr, typical
- Expansion Chassis with 16 drives = 1023 BTU/hr, typical
- Workflow Director: Three (1+2) hot-swappable 120mm x 38mm Dual Ball Bearing Fans
- Temperature: 0ºC(32ºF) ~ 40ºC(122ºF)
- Humidity: 5% ~ 95% Non-condensing.
- Workflow Director
- 3U standard rack mountable
- 19"w x 5.25"h x 27.5"d; (483 x 132.5 x 700 mm)
- Weight 65 lbs (29.5kg) without disk drives; 95 lbs (43kg) with all disk drives installed
- Expansion Chassis
- 3U standard rack mountable, short depth
- One year limited warranty on complete system
- Three to five year warranty on drives (depending on manufacturer)
- EditShare honors the original manufacturer's warranty on all other major hardware components (CPU, RAM, motherboard, etc)
- Ongoing technical support provided through optional yearly contract
- Extended hardware warranty service contracts available
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