ADIC AND HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS DEMO FASTEST SAN SOLUTION FOR THE RICH MEDIA MARKET.Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) and Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. , a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Hitachi Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HIT), present the fastest and largest capacity SAN-based video file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. solution for the video production and digital broadcasting Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital data rather than analogue waveforms to carry broadcasts over television channels or assigned radio frequency bands. It is becoming increasingly popular for television usage (especially satellite television) but is having a industry. The new solution demonstrates to customers the ability to successfully manage both anticipated and unanticipated rapid increases in requirements to access stored files 24 hours a day. This directly addresses the problem of performance and capacity shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
NFS - Network File System and CIFS (Common Internet File System) The file sharing protocol used in Windows. It evolved out of the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol in DOS, which is why the terms CIFS/SMB and SMB/CIFS are sometimes seen. The word "Internet" in the CIFS name has little relevance. solutions The solution combines ADIC's high speed file sharing system, CentraVision, and Hitachi Freedom Storage to deliver an extremely high throughput video engine. ADIC's CentraVision sharing layer connects the video production team's individual heterogeneous workstations to the centrally stored video footage, enabling them to work on files at the source. This eliminates the cumbersome task of individuals having to manually copy the piece of video that they want to work on from the central archive and then copy it back once they have completed their work. Furthermore, this degree of enhanced access allows video production and broadcasting companies to greatly improve workflow for applications such as video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. , streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. over IP, and digital broadcasting. The technology also provides dramatic performance gains for other high data volume industries, including pre-press, seismic analysis, and high performance computing. Hitachi Freedom Storage provides this solution with powerful performance and scalability, speed and reliability, and brings data-center levels of resilience to the studio environment. The Hitachi Freedom Storage Thunder 9200 is well suited for studio environments while larger broadcaster centers will enjoy the Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9960. The Lightning 9960 is an intelligent data storage system that delivers up to 88 terabytes of non-disruptive scalability. The unique Hi-Star switched architecture of the Lightning 9960 combines with up to 32 Fibre Channel ports to deliver bottleneck-free performance in SAN environments. This connectivity and performance level enables the whole production team to access video files at the same time. In addition, the CentraVision environment allows the stored video to be striped across all ports to create an extremely wide funnel for fast, high volume throughput. "Hitachi Data Systems provides an ideal storage infrastructure for data-intensive, rich media applications," said Glenn Brackenridge, Performance Consultant, Hitachi Data Systems. "By working closely with ADIC, we have clearly demonstrated the power of Hitachi Freedom storage for high performance video file sharing environments. This demonstration clearly shows that the combination of Hitachi Freedom Storage and ADIC CentraVision can meet the requirements of the largest rich media applications. This is especially important with the inevitable move toward digitization of more business processes." Paul Rutherford, ADIC Vice President of Technology and Software, added: "We are excited about our latest, 2.0 version of CentraVision. It has expanded our platform support to include Linux and Sun, included an enhanced, journaled 64-bit file system, and added High Availability capabilities. CentraVision can now support mission-critical applications common in most broadcast and corporate environments. We chose to work with Hitachi Data Systems as we felt the unique performance and storage capacity of their Freedom Storage deliver a superior storage foundation for the intensive application demands of broadcast and video production." |
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