BlueArc Delivers High Performance, Centralized Storage for Digital Effects House.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002 Charlex Achieves Full Potential of Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. Network With Purchase of BlueArc's Si7500 SiliconServer BlueArc Corporation, developer of the SiliconServer Architecture and the world's only network attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) server designed to scale from 1 Gbps to tomorrow's 10 Gbps networks, today announced that Charlex, a digital design, effects and production house for the advertising, broadcast and entertainment industries, selected BlueArc's Si7500 SiliconServer to accelerate the company's 3D design and rendering processes. BlueArc's high performance and ease of management has enabled Charlex to increase the overall performance of the corporate network by more than 100 percent, avoiding traditional performance bottlenecks. Charlex's 3D department uses the Si7500 SiliconServer to store and share all of its data, from project information to texture files and scenes from graphically innovative pieces the company puts together for customers in a wide variety of industries, from entertainment to consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and and technology. BlueArc's unique SiliconServer(TM) Architecture provides Charlex with the throughput, scalability and ease of management necessary to thrive and grow in the fast-paced world of digital media. "What we like about BlueArc is that it's not just a traditional NAS system, but it's specifically designed to push data to and from the disk system," said Harry Skopas, vice president of engineering for Charlex. "The SiliconServer has one goal in life -- to get data to and from disk as fast as possible. We like that. We have always been innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. as users of cutting-edge technology in our industry, and BlueArc's Si7500 has definitely made a big change in our lives here." As the number of artists and size of files grew at the company, Charlex found its direct attached storage (DAS) solution a serious bottleneck A lessening of throughput. It often refers to networks that are overloaded, which is caused by the inability of the hardware and transmission lines to support the traffic. It can also refer to a mismatch inside the computer where slower-speed peripheral buses and devices prevent the CPU , impacting the artists' ability to complete tasks at optimal speed. The company chose BlueArc's high-performance NAS solution over competitive storage area network (SAN) offerings as the Si7500 SiliconServer delivered improved performance and scalability at a much lower total cost of ownership and with simpler storage management. "BlueArc is a particularly good fit for digital post-production companies such as Charlex, where back-end storage reliability and efficiency are vital to meeting tight deadlines with the highest resolution product possible," said Charles Joseph Charles Joseph is an American jazz trombone player from New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of trombonist Waldren "Frog" Joseph, he has played with the Majestic Band and Tornado Brass Band, and was one of the founding members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. , senior vice president of worldwide field operations for BlueArc. "The productivity gains and technical innovations our solution enables drive advancements for the industry as a whole and help companies such as Charlex push the envelope of what's possible." BlueArc centralizes storage for Charlex's multiple-vendor, multiple-platform environment. Charlex runs a number of systems and several sophisticated applications across Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh , Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. Irix platforms, requiring that file permissions and security be recognized across the mixed-mode environment. The Si7500 SiliconServer enables Charlex artists to utilize storage in new ways, including accessing storage over the network rather than on local machines, providing multiple clients access to the same file from disparate locations using different platforms without conflict, and reading and writing large graphic files without encountering version-control problems. Looking ahead, Charlex expects to further enhance its information technology infrastructure with BlueArc at its core. As Charlex's storage needs evolve, the BlueArc storage solution will continue to offer benefits, with the potential to scale to hundreds of terabytes behind a single system, accommodating thousands of concurrent users In computer science, the number of concurrent users for a resource in a location, with the location being a computing network or a single computer, refers to the total number of people using the resource at the same time. . About BlueArc BlueArc Corporation and its SiliconServer Architecture deliver the world's only file server designed to scale beyond today's 1 Gbps networks toward tomorrow's 10 Gbps networks. BlueArc's SiliconServer Architecture moves software into programmable hardware and removes the bottlenecks that limit performance in other NAS systems on the market today. BlueArc SiliconServers deliver groundbreaking speed and scalability, simplifying the way our customers design and build their storage infrastructures. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. with UK operations based in Bracknell, England. More information on BlueArc is available on the Internet at www.bluearc.com. About Charlex Charlex is a digital design, effects and postproduction post·pro·duc·tion n. A final stage in the production of a film or a television program, occurring after the action has been filmed or videotaped and typically involving editing and the addition of soundtracks. atelier dedicated to working with the advertising, broadcast and entertainment industries to deliver communications and branding solutions. Charlex has earned more than 100 industry awards and produced groundbreaking work for nearly half of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, including 8 of the top 10 and all the major broadcast and cable networks. Charlex is founded on the concept of a collaborative environment comprised of in-studio designers, editors, effects directors, Flame and Smoke artists, sound designers and producers. With this highly responsive creative team Charlex is able to provide an unparalleled range of services, from design, branding, editing, 3-D, animation and live-action supervision to the most technically advanced digital effects Synthetic sounds and animations created in the digital domain. Reverberation, morphing and transitions between video frames are examples. See digital video effects. and postproduction. More information on Charlex is available on the Internet at www.charlex.com. |
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