AJA Video Systems, Inc. Qualifies Medea's Fail-Safe 2-Gbit Fibre Channel VideoRaid FCR2/FCR2X Disk Arrays for Use with Kona-HD.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2004 Medea Corporation, the leading manufacturer of ATA-based RAID solutions for digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. , nearline and streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. applications, today announced that the company's new VideoRaid FCR FCR feed conversion rate. 2 and VideoRaid FCR2X 2-Gbit fibre channel disk arrays have been qualified by AJA AJA Adjacent AJA Aj Auxerre (French soccer club) AJA American Jail Association AJA American Journal of Archaeology AJA American Judges Association AJA Americans of Japanese Ancestry for use with their Kona-HD video capture cards. "Editors are no longer required to spend over $10,000 for a fail-safe 2-Gbit fibre channel storage solution to support 10-bit, 1080/60i workflows with Kona-HD," said Roger Mabon, VP of Channel Marketing at Medea. "Medea is happy to announce that our new VideoRaid FCR2X disk arrays have been qualified by AJA for use with Kona-HD and support 10-bit, 1080/60i HD editing at US list prices starting at $6,999." "Fibre channel is the storage interface of choice for the G5 platform," said Ted Schliowitz, Product Manager at AJA. "Medea's latest generation of fail-safe fibre channel arrays support 10-bit uncompressed HD editing with Kona-HD and do so at a very attractive price point." About VideoRaid FCR2/FCR2X VideoRaid FCR2 is a 5-drive desktop disk array with a high performance 2-Gbit fibre channel interface and useable storage capacities to 1 TB. A single VideoRaid FCR2 supports the capture and playback of 10-bit, 1080/24p HD footage with Kona-HD. Two FCR2 units striped together support 10-bit, 1080/60i HD. VideoRaid FCR2X is a 10-drive rack mountable disk array with a dual-channel 2-Gbit fibre channel interface and useable storage capacities up to 2 TB. A single VideoRaid FCR2X supports all Kona-HD resolutions including 10-bit, 1080/60i. Common features of VideoRaid FCR2/FCR2X include: -- High-Performance, SAN-Ready 2-Gbit fibre channel interface -- Built-in 4 or 8-port fibre channel hub -- Fail-Safe operation (Hardware RAID 3) -- Full performance with a "downed" drive -- Background data reconstruction -- Removable disk A disk or disk cartridge that is inserted into the drive for reading and writing and removed when not required. Using optical technologies, CDs and DVDs are the most common examples. drives, RAID controllers and power supplies -- Mac OS X, IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. and Windows compatibility Pricing and Availability VideoRaid FCR2 is available in capacities up to 1TB with US list prices starting at $3,669 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . VideoRaid FCR2X is available in capacities up to 2TB with US list prices starting at $6,999 USD. VideoRaid FCR2 and FCR2X are available now from Medea's authorized dealers and distributors. Call Medea toll-free at (888) BY-MEDEA or visit www.medea.com to find a reseller near you. About Medea Corporation Medea Corporation, headquartered in Calabasas, California, designs and manufactures high-performance, low-cost storage subsystems optimized for rich media, nearline and streaming applications. Corporate headquarters is located at 26707 W. Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302. Telephone: (818) 880-0303. Fax: (818) 880-6906. Internet: www.medea.com About Kona-HD Kona-HD supports most HDTV formats, including 1080i50/59.94/60. For the film industry, Kona-HD includes 1080psf23.98/24. Kona-HD's full 64 bit/66Mhz PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). capability allows robust operation for all HD formats in full 10-bit resolution. Kona-HD, when configured in an Apple G5 with the Apple fibre channel host adapter and VideoRaid FCR2/FCR2X, provides rock solid performance free of disk transfer rate issues. Kona-HD is also backwards compatible with 33Mhz PCI and 8-bit HD formats. Additionally, Kona-HD features a robust audio system with 6-channel AES I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output at 48 or 96Khz. AES inputs have hardware sample rate converters allowing the easy connection of non-sync or off-speed digital audio without annoying digital clicks and pops. Kona-HD also features Genlock for synchronization to an external reference. About AJA Video Systems, Inc. Since 1993, AJA Video has been a leading manufacturer of professional digital video solutions for the professional broadcast and post-production markets. AJA offers SDI (1) (Serial Digital Interface) A physical interface widely used for transmitting digital video in various formats. For electrical transmission, it uses a high grade of coaxial cable and a single BNC connector with Teflon insulation. and HD-SDI QuickTime PCI capture cards, miniature stand-alone converters, and a complete line of rack mount interface and conversion cards and frames. With headquarters located in Grass Valley, California Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 10,922 at the 2000 census. Geography Grass Valley is located at (39.219215, -121.058414)GR1. , AJA Video designs and manufactures all of its products in the USA, with an extensive sales channel of dealers and systems integrators around the world. For further information, please see our website at www.aja.com. |
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