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NEXIO Servers Overview
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What’s new at IBC
SOLUTIONS
Storage
Editing
PRODUCTS OVERVIEW
Media Servers Playout News Studio
Volt (Gen 2)
NEXIO Player
NEW FOR NEXIO AT IBC 2013
AMP Share Velocity 3.0
Compact Fibre Channel
AVC Intra
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Nexio Server Product Range
Editing
Nexio Velocity ESX (turnkey or software only)
Nexio Velocity XNG
Nexio Velocity PRX (low-res)
NLE Gateway
Appliances SAN-based media servers
Nexio AMP HDX
Nexio Volt
Internal Storage media servers
Nexio AMP HDI
Nexio Volt HDI
Nexio mCAPTURE
Transport Stream Delay
Compressed Domain Servers Online Shared Storage
Adobe Premier Final Cut Pro
FTP Gateway
Proxy Transcoder
MOS Gateway
MOS Playlist
Ingest Control Manager
Production Playout Centre
Nexio Studio Suite
Nexio Farad 8 TB to 1 PB usable storage
10 TB – 15+ PB Usable NXIQ Nearline NAS
from Isilon
Nearline Shared Storage
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Nexio Server Scalability
Nexio AMP HDI
8 SD or 4 SD/HD ch’s
Nexio Volt HDI
8 SD or 4 SD/HD
Direct Connect
SAN Shared Storage
Up to 4 Nexio AMP/Volt
32 SD or 16 SD/HD ch’s
Switched Fibre Channel
SAN Shared Storage
Up to 22 Nexio AMP/Volt
176 SD or 88 SD/HD ch’s
Media Host Architecture
SAN Shared Storage
Over 100 Nexio AMP & Nexio VOLT
400+ SD/HD ch’s
Redundant MIOH Servers
Redundant Ethernet
Redundant FC
Standalone Server
Integrated Storage
Direct Connect
Integrated Shared Storage
Up to 4 Nexio AMP/Volt
32 SD or 16 SD/HD ch’s
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NEXIO servers
NEXIO Volt (gen 2)
Compressed domain enhancements
Codecs
4K Support
Compressed Audio Decoding
Video Formats
File Transfer
Reference File Support
Automatic Transfer During Ingest
Diagnostics
Magellan Network Logging Server
What’s new - overview
NEXIO Storage NEXIO AMP share
Farad 4 TB Drives
Farad NAS Gateway
Editing NEXIO Player
Velocity 3.0
Instant Online 3.0
NLE Gateway 3.0
MOS 3.9
Future Vision
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The Plant of the Future – From Imagine Communications
Magellan IP3 Control System
SignalFlow Management & System/Path Dashboard
Processing
Satellite RX
Contribution
Distribution
Transcoding
Integrated Channel
Integrated Channel
Integrated Channel
Multi-Channel
Ingest/Playout
Multi-Channel
Ingest/Playout
IP Multiviewer IP Multiviewer IP Multiviewer
Inte
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Multiv
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VM Setup-Teardown-
Redundancy-
Orchestration
Bulk
Application
Servers
Network Switches
back
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NEXIO Volt (Gen 2)
What’s New (vs. Gen 1)
4 HD/SD or 8 SD channels; 4 ingest channels
Option slot for Fibre Channel or AVC Intra card
RAID-6 internal storage (6 TB usable)
On-board IPMI Remote Server Management
Benefits
Higher channel density & storage capacity than Gen 1
More codec flexibility
Simpler system design
Easier system management
Availability
Shipping now
Optional Internal Media Storage 8 off 1TB drives
RAID 3 (7+1) or RAID 6 (6+2) 120GB SSD boot
Hot Swap Redundant PSU
Baseband I/O Ref in, 4 video in,
4 video out
2 x GigE Ext. SAN with MIOH
FTP , automation control
Option Slot Fibre Channel or
Advanced Codec Proc card for AVC-I
IPMI Port
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Compressed Domain Enhancements
What’s New
Single slot 4-in / 4-out DVB-ASI option with bypass
‘mCapture’ with 3.6 TB usable RAID5
‘Delay Server’ with 2.7 TB usable RAID10
(IPMI) Remote Server Management on all platforms
VDCP control of mCapture
Benefits
Increased I/O capacity in 1 RU form-factor
Increased bandwidth
RAID protected storage
Generic automation control of content capture
Availability
Shipping Now
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New Video Formats
What’s New
Support for non-traditional broadcast formats
Ingest and playout 1080p 24/23.98 video
(Note: Frame-rate conversion not supported)
Benefits
New applications for NEXIO video servers
Availability
Shipping now
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Compressed Audio Decoding
What’s New
AAC audio playback: up to 8 compressed channels per track
Dolby-D/D+ audio decoding on playout
Benefits
Only server on the market to support MP4 H.264+AAC!!!
Uncompressed audio simplifies facility audio management and routing
In-server decompression reduces need for external audio decoders
Availability
AAC: Shipping now
Dolby-D/D+: Coming Soon
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ULTRA HD (4K) Technology Demonstration
What’s New
Ultra HD demonstration
Benefits
Massive jump in picture quality
Converter HDMI
4 x1.5G 4 x1.5G
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Reference File Support
What’s New
Ingest and playout standard reference files
Includes MOV and MXF (OP1b)
Benefits
Enhanced interoperability with third-party video servers and editors
Import reference files from archive into NEXIO, in particular those files created by Omneon
Availability
Reference MOV: Now Shipping
Reference MXF (OP1b): Coming Soon
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Auto-Transfer During Ingest
What’s New
Fully automated (no user intervention required)
Target location can be NEXIO or nearline NAS
Transfer in same format as recording with pre-set wrapper
Facilitates playback of transferred material while still recording
Benefits
Helps automate file-based workflow
Included with NEXIO; No asset management required
Availability
Now Shipping
Farad SAN
NAS/IT Storage
Auto transfer
NEXIO FTP Server NEXIO Volt or AMP
NEXIO Volt or AMP with internal storage
HD/SD
CIFS/NFS/FTP
HD/SD
Auto transfer
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Magellan Network Logging Server
What’s New
Centralised collection of logs from multiple servers
Support for NEXIO, Versio, IP3, Connectus, IconMaster, InfoCaster & G-Scribe, with more coming!
Benefits
Fast & simple troubleshooting of single machines, or large networks of machines
Web-based interfaces allow access from anywhere
Streamlines log collection by gathering logs from many machines in a single step
Supports industry standard Syslogs
Availability
Coming Soon
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NEXIO AMP Share
What’s New
Share NEXIO AMP internal storage with a mix of 3 NEXIO clients
Attach 3 NEXIO AMP/Volt servers for a 16 HD/SD or 32 SD channels
Attach a Proxy Transcoder, & Instant Online
Attach VelocityESX, Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere editors
NEXIO AMP base unit specifications
14 TB of usable RAID-6 protected storage
3 Ethernet ports for connecting NEXIO clients, 1 port for FTP import/export
Benefits
Cost-effective, entry level shared storage system
Production workflows available from a standalone NEXIO AMP
Availability
Q4 2013 (details coming soon on supported performance and client configurations)
4 HD/SD
4 HD/SD
4 HD/SD
4 HD/SD
FTP
NEXIO Volt
NEXIO Volt
NEXIO Volt
NEXIO AMP base unit
380 hours capacity @ XDCAMHD 2,250 Mbps system b/w
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NEXIO AMP Share (cont.)
Target Markets
Price-sensitive multi-channel ingest or playout
Shared storage production systems requiring a smaller foot print
Workflows that would benefit from affordable shared storage
Value Proposition
Add channels and/or editors with little additional investment
Uses standard products that are fully compatible with Farad external storage
Exceeds performance of Harmonic MediaCenter
3rd party browse editor
News client browse
Velocity PRX
Instant Online
GPRX Transcoder
GPRX NAS
EDL to IOL
4 HD/SD
FTP
Velocity ESX
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NEXIO Farad – 4 TB Drives
What’s New
Support for 4 TB drive configurations; 32 TB usable storage capacity per 2RU enclosure
Doubles maximum NEXIO Farad RAID-601 capacity to 1024 TB Usable
Doubles maximum NEXIO Farad RAID-60 capacity to 96 TB Usable
Benefits
Adds flexibility to meet high-bandwidth and/or high-capacity requirements
Reduced storage footprint and $/TB
Availability
Now Shipping
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What’s New
1RU server attached to NEXIO Farad Storage
Supports allocating all or part of the Farad storage to be managed and presented as nearline NAS storage
Accessible with standard CIFS, NFS or FTP protocols
Benefits
Ideal for storing low-res proxy media or graphics files, or nearline archive storage
Add inexpensive nearline storage to NEXIO Farad online storage
Common storage components simplify maintenance
Standard IT-manageable NAS storage
Availability
Coming Soon Network
Drive
NEXIO Volt or AMP
NEXIO Volt or AMP
NAS Gateway
CIFS/NFS/FTP
NEXIO FARAD – NAS GATEWAY
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NEXIO Player
What’s New
Windows application for low or high-res playback
License available for Blackmagic baseband output
MediaBase search, filter and sort
Audio monitoring selection, sub clipping & locator marks
DNxHD and H.264 as licensed codec options
Benefits
High resolution preview without consuming a server port
Baseband output option suitable for QA monitoring
Software preview without the need for a low-res system
Sub-clipping for ‘topping & tailing’ or segmenting
Closed caption (OP47 and WST) viewing coming soon
Availability
Q4 2013
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Velocity 3.0
What’s New
Updated dockable framework and overall enhanced User Interface
Baseband capture of AVC-I (requires compatible PC specifications)
Baseband capture support in Velocity XNG through compatible hardware I/O devices
Generic MXF handling for importing or directly editing of MXF files
Optimized FTP capabilities
Inscriber TitleMotion stays open for quick interaction with Velocity
Velocity PRX user mode with Video FX
Audio node enhancements for easier default operation
XML interchange between Velocity and Apple FCP X or Adobe Premiere Pro
Benefits
User experience and system interoperability
Availability Q4 2013
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Instant Online 3.0
What’s New
Improved Project Manager with additional metadata and search capabilities
System defined MediaBase Kill Dates for different types of files
New MediaBase filters including Edit ID, Record Date, Kill Date, Type, and Family
Monitoring Queue drop folder for processing individual elements that don’t originate through API
User based restrictions to IOL Client queue management allow non-Admin users to only modify jobs submitted by that user
Full visibility in IOL Client of all jobs in the Queue as well as those in progress
Option to disable Smart Import to force transcoding of ingested media to set format
Benefits
Streamlined workflow with multiple IOLs
Availability
Q4 2013
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NLE Gateway 3.0
What’s New
Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro X On-SAN editing
MediaBase browsing with drag and drop integration
Export to NEXIO via FTP
Premiere export plug-in (Windows or OS X) with metadata
Growing clip support pending
Benefits
On-SAN editing with popular software editors
FCP XML EDL import from Velocity
Availability
Q4 2013
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MOS 3.9
What’s New
MPLM updated dockable framework and overall enhanced User Interface
Chain playback within single channel
Manual channel assignment inside of playlist
Status bar with individual channel countdown
Updated proxy player
ENPS v7 support
NMG optimizations
Benefits
More channel flexibility
Enhanced user experience
Availability
Q4 2013
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INGEST
Solutions – PLAYOUT
Hi-Res EDIT
Lo-Res EDIT
AUTOMATION AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT
ARCHIVE
SALES, SCEHEDULING AND BILLING
HD/SD SDI
PLAYOUT
VERSIO
FILE
FILE
HD/SD SDI
HD/SD SDI
PLAYOUT
NEXIO FARAD SAN
ASI/IP
FILE
HD/SD SDI
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NEXIO AMP– PREMIER Baseband Server
an easy to deploy 3RU baseband ingest and playout server
supports internal or shared storage configurations
software licensed for 1 to 4 bi-directional SD/HD channels
seamlessly plays clips of different formats and codec’s, back to back
standard features
optional features
Supports 3 Gbps I/O Redundant , hot swap power supplies
Auto sensing loop through inputs Discrete AES audio inputs and outputs
Automation control over RS422 and IP SSD boot drive
4 Gigabit Ethernet ports (IPMI) Remote Server Management
H264 proxy generation during ingest AVC-Intra, DNxHD & H264 (play) codec's
ChannelView Multiviewer Internal storage
4 AES/EBU Pairs Per Channel HD-BNC unbalanced
2 Hot Swap Redundant Power
Supplies
USB 2.0
Redundant 4Gb/s Fibre Channel
4x 1Gb Ethernet
8 x RS422 control ports Automation Control
Sony VTR control
GPI Control 8 In, Out
4 looping record inputs 4 outputs
looping reference
Two DVI outputs Desktop &
Multiviewer
RS232 NXUSBTC
IPMI
SSD boot drive
USB- Firewire Ports
Power, Reset and Alarm Cancel
LCD Status Monitoring
Optional Internal Storage 8TB or 16TB raw capacity
RAID 3 or RAID 6
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NEXIO VOLT- Compact Baseband Server (1)
a compact, easy to deploy 1 RU baseband ingest & playout server
supports internal or shared storage configurations
software licensed for 1 to 4 bi-directional SD/HD channels
seamlessly plays clips of different formats and codec’s, back to back
standard features
optional features
H264 proxy generation during ingest Internal storage
AVC-Intra, DNxHD & H264 (play) codec's Fibre Channel connectivity to shared storage
Optional Internal Media Storage 8 off 1TB drives
RAID 3 (7+1) or RAID 6 (6+2) 120GB SSD boot
Hot Swap Redundant Power Supplies
Baseband I/O Ref in, 4 video in,
4 video out
2 x GigE Ext. SAN with MIOH
FTP , automation control
Option Slot Fibre Channel or
Advanced Codec Proc card for AVC-I
Supports 3 Gbps I/O Redundant , hot swap power supplies
Auto sensing loop through inputs (IPMI) Remote Server Management
Automation control over RS422 and IP SSD boot drive
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NEXIO FTP SERVER
NEXIO FTP server delivers high speed file copying
• Runs on dedicated 1RU server or on NEXIO AMP & Volt
• Copy whilst record & play whilst copy
• 15 simultaneous copies on a 1RU FTP server
For flexibility NEXIO stores ‘raw’ video and audio essence
• Wraps and unwraps on the fly
• Supports MXF, MOV, AVI, GXF, MPG, MP4,LXF
• Transwrapping (no transcoding) – no quality loss
Automatic transfer during ingest
• No other workflow applications required
• CIFS/NFS mapped NAS, generic FTP or NEXIO as target locations
• MXF, GXF or LXF wrappers
FTP
2,500Mbps
10G/1G
FTP
200 Mbps
5 copies
Farad SAN
NAS/IT Storage
Auto transfer
Auto transfer
NEXIO FTP Server NEXIO Volt or AMP
NEXIO Volt or AMP with internal storage
HD/SD
HD/SD
CIFS/NFS
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mCAPTURE
Record individual satellite downlink programs without decoding
Write to NAS or direct to NEXIO (over network link)
Supports H.264 and MPEG2 essence (4:2:2 & 4:2:0)
Edit with Velocity or playout from NEXIO
Automation control through VDCP or API
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NEXIO Codec‘s
HD encoding & decoding
SD encoding and decoding
MPEG-2 I-frame 4:2:0 (50, 80 & 100 Mb/s) MPEG-2 I-frame 4:2:2 (50, 70, 80, 100, 120 & 150 Mb/s)
MPEG-2 long-GOP 4:2:0 (18, 25, 35, 50, 60, 70 & 80 Mb/s) MPEG-2 long-GOP 4:2:2 (25, 35, 50, 70 & 80 Mb/s)
XDCAM HD422, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD DVCPRO HD 100 Mb/s
AVC Intra 50 and 100 (optional codec processor card) DNxHD (optional software license)
H264 decode (optional software license)
MPEG-2 I-frame 4:2:0 (4-15 Mb/s), 4:2:2 (10-50 Mb/s) MPEG-2 long-GOP 4:2:0 (4-15 Mb/s), 4:2:2 (10-50 Mb/s)
IMX 30, 40 & 50 DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCAM
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HIGH RESOLUTION EDITING
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A Family of Velocity EDITORS
High res on-SAN, low res proxy and field editors
Simple and consistent user interfaces
Ideal for news and sports editing
Growing file support for edit while recording
User configurable interface & shortcuts
NRCS tool allows viewing of rundown and scripts
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Velocity ESX
Full-featured, multi-layer, On-SAN, HD/SD editor
Available as software only or as a turnkey system
Supports Blackmagic Decklink and Studio I/O cards
Invenio Motion search and restore integrated workflow
Search all available storage systems, including archive
Execute transfers from accessible storage, and restore/partial restore from archive
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Velocity XNG
Software running on PC or Laptop
Same editing features as VelocityESX
Supports Blackmagic Decklink and Studio I/O cards
Edit from local PC storage or,
Removable Media (Native P2 and XDCAM)
Pull or edit directly from NEXIO SAN when back at base
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Velocity PRX
Editing UI optimised for simplicity, ideal for journalist news editing
VelocityPRX client PC’s connect to facility LAN
Editing features include
2 video tracks with cuts, wipes and dissolves
16 audio tracks; voice over, level adjust, splits and cross fades
VelocityPRX outputs EDL’s that can be
auto-conformed by InstantOnline into multiple formats
or opened in VelocityESX or 3rd party editors for further editing
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NEXIO Global PROXY
Created at time of ingest
GPRX is MP4 wrapped H.264
Supports growing files during record
UMID links low & high resolution clips
Generic storage support
Transcoders for file imported or conformed content
GPRX Encoder for Velocity editor & IOL conform
Farad SAN
HD/SD & FTP Ingest NEXIO Volt or AMP
Instant Online
VelocityESX
GPRX Transcoder
HD/SD & FTP Ingest
3rd party browse editor
News client browse
Velocity PRX
GPRX NAS
EDL to IOL
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GPRX Format
Video Codec Colour Space Data Rate Resolution GOP Profile FPS
HD H.264 4:2:0 384, 768, 1500, 3,000 Kbps 640 x 360 960 x 540
15 (IPPB) Baseline 25
SD H.264 4:2:0 384, 768, 1500, 3,000 Kbps 350 x 288
(4 :3 & 16:9) 15 (IPPB) Baseline 25
SD H.264 4:2:0 384, 768, 1500, 3,000 Kbps 640 x 360 (16:9) 480 x 360 (4:3)
15 (IPPB) Baseline 25
Audio Codec Channels Data Rate Format
AAC 16 max. 16, 32, 64, 128, 196 Kbps 24 KHz, 16 bit
Wrapper Index User Data Read whilst record
MP4 Yes MediaBase Yes
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Instant Online
EDL auto-conform into finished high-resolution ID
IOL removes burden of processing final output from editing workstation
Accepts EDL’s from Velocity and generic FCP XML
IOL Manager balances jobs across multiple IOL engines
Multiple codec support including GPRX
Multi-format output OTT (web, mobile, etc.)
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Adobe Premiere Pro
Premiere Pro 6.0 PC & Mac
Edit directly on-SAN through NLE Gateway
Media Browser with metadata
Full sharing of content
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Final Cut pro
FCP X & FCP 7
Edit directly on-SAN through NLE Gateway
Media Browser with metadata
Full sharing of content & timelines
Edit during ingest
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AVID MEDIA Composer
AVID Integration through NEXIO FTP Server & MXFOP1a
Codec Support:
DV25 DVCPRO, DV25 DVCAM, DVCPRO50
IMX30, IMX40, IMX50
XDCAMHD 422
DNxHD 120 & 185
AVC-Intra 50 & 100
Farad SAN
FTP
AVID client with Transfer Manager
NEXIO FTP SERVER
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NEXIO FARAD SHARED STORAGE
High availability, online shared storage for NEXIO systems
SAS-based storage that delivers cost-effective assured performance
Scales to meet any shared storage broadcast workflow
Optional RAID-601 with patented Intrinsic Mirroring technology
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NEXIO FARAD 60 and farad 601
Available in two configurations
• Farad 60 with RAID 60 drive protection
– Resilient (five 9’s up-time)
– Scales up to 96TB usable capacity & 9,000 Mbps system bandwidth
– On-line upgrade to Farad 601
• Farad 601 with RAID 601 storage protection
– High availability (seven 9’s up-time)
– High capacity up to 1PB & 48,000 Mbps system bandwidth
– On-line storage expansion
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Storage Scalability
~600
4 4
~1,600
150
9,000
800
48,000
Hours @ XDCAMHD422
38,000h 1PB TB
96TB
14TB
7TB NEXIO Volt HDI
NEXIO AMP HDI
NEXIO Farad 60
NEXIO Farad 601
Bandwidth (Mbps)
# ch’s (XDCAMHD)
3,500h
Hours @ DNxHD185
520h
260h
9,900h
927h
134h
67h
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NEXIO FARAD 60
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NEXIO FARAD 601
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NEXIO FARAD VALUE PROPOSITION
Flexible capacity & bandwidth – Allows scaling of storage & bandwidth as business needs grow, without affecting existing media or interrupting on-air operations
High availability – Enables continuous broadcast operations, with no performance degradation in the event of multiple and simultaneous failures
Facilitates collaboration – True shared storage access eliminates file copying, providing a fast-turnaround editorial environment and a shorter time to air
Reduces capital expenditures – Provides an economical entry-level storage yet allows pay-as-you-go expansion
Easy to manage – Allows unattended drive rebuilds, supports remote monitoring and diagnostics, and includes an informative web user interface
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= 3000 Mbps
How FARAD 601 Works Design systems to suit your bandwidth needs
Media security for the most demanding environments
Simple to manage
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Bandwidth = 3,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 6,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 9,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 12,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 15,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 18,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 21,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 24,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 27,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 30,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 33,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 36,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 39,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 42,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 45,000 Mbps Bandwidth = 48,000 Mbps
Data Data
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Data Data
Parity
Data Data
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Intrinsic Mirroring
RAID-601
RAID-6 Parity Protection + Striping + Mirroring Optional Spare Drive Provisioning
One set of 6 drives in each storage stack
Drives rebuild automatically. No operator intervention needed
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VERSIO INTEGRATED CHANNEL PLAYOUT
Ultimate storage and automation flexibility
Best of breed solutions
Short learning curve
Raise the bar in on air quality
Versio provides a highly reliable, scalable solution delivering the finest quality. Impactful video and branding as well as the worlds leading automation system, delivered as an easy to deploy, cost effective package
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VERSIO CAPABILITIES
Versio supports key broadcast capabilities,
Automation
2D & 3D graphics, compressed or uncompressed
Internal or external storage
File based ingest tools
Baseband live and record inputs
Audio channel management
Closed subtitles
Dynamic Branding
Branding layout design tool
Integration with After Effects
4x 1 TB HDD Media Drives (RAID-3)
6x 120 GB SSD Drives (RAID-5) 120GB boot partition
480GB graphics partition
Hot Swap Redundant Power Supplies
RS422/GPI Module 4 RS422 ports
under internal automation
GPU DVI + 2 Display Ports Multiviewer output
Baseband I/O Ref in, Live in, Record in
Branded Out, Non Branded Out
2 x GigE MIOH when Ext. SAN FTP when Int. storage
Ext. automation control Graphics import
IPMI
RS232 NXUSBTC
Video GFX Media File Import GFX in
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Solutions – STUDIO (2)
Hi-Res EDIT
Lo-Res EDIT
AUTOMATION AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT
SALES, SCEHEDULING AND BILLING
NEXIO FARAD SAN
INGEST & PLAYOUT
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NEXIO Studio Suite enables tapeless studio production and multi-channel, synchronized playout
NEXIO Studio Suite is ideal for:
Recording of clips and editing of clip marks
Synchronized (gang) recording and playout
Manual playout of rundowns to air
Playout loops and trailers in addition to a rundown
Editing of sequences and assembling TV shows in
AddOn mode to simulate VTR recording
Ingesting clips from tape using EDL’s
Archiving clips to tapes
Studio Production Tool
NEXIO Studio Suite (2)
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NEXIO Studio Suite Operating Modes
Newsroom live playlist Up to 4 channels: ABCD Drag and drop clips from NEXIO MediaBase
clip inventory into playlist Receive rundown from MOS enabled NRCS Save or load playlists as XML files Control application through GUI, Keyboard
or panel Synchronized playout and record Create placeholders GPI option for mixer control
Multi-cam Mode Rundown Mode Add-on Mode
Unique feature for TV show production Synchronize 2 players and 2 recorders Assemble and Insert Editing Restart at any take/edit Simulate E-E monitoring via GPI router control Conform to a new clip via NEXIO Instant on Line Export to NLE: Velocity and Final Cut Pro 7
Frame accurate record & playback Control up to 12 channels Automatic clip naming assistant Drag and drop playlist creation A playlist available for each port Optional FCP project export
plug-in
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NEXIO AMP– PREMIER Baseband Server (2)
an easy to deploy 3RU baseband ingest and playout server
supports internal or shared storage configurations
software licensed for 1 to 4 bi-directional SD/HD channels
seamlessly plays clips of different formats and codec’s, back to back
standard features
optional features
4 AES/EBU Pairs Per Channel HD-BNC unbalanced
2 Hot Swap Redundant Power
Supplies
USB 2.0
Redundant 4Gb/s Fibre Channel
4x 1Gb Ethernet
8 x RS422 control ports Automation Control
Sony VTR control
GPI Control 8 In, Out
4 looping record inputs 4 outputs
looping reference
Two DVI outputs Desktop &
Multiviewer
RS232 NXUSBTC
IPMI
SSD boot drive
USB- Firewire Ports
Power, Reset and Alarm Cancel
LCD Status Monitoring
Optional Internal Storage 8TB or 16TB raw capacity
RAID 3 or RAID 6
Supports 3 Gbps I/O Redundant , hot swap power supplies
Auto sensing loop through inputs Discrete AES audio inputs and outputs
Automation control over RS422 and IP SSD boot drive
4 Gigabit Ethernet ports (IPMI) Remote Server Management
H264 proxy generation during ingest AVC-Intra, DNxHD & H264 (play) codec's
ChannelView Multiviewer Internal storage
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NEXIO VOLT- Compact Baseband Server (2)
a compact, easy to deploy 1 RU baseband ingest & playout server
supports internal or shared storage configurations
software licensed for 1 to 4 bi-directional SD/HD channels
seamlessly plays clips of different formats and codec’s, back to back
standard features
optional features
Optional Internal Media Storage 8 off 1TB drives
RAID 3 (7+1) or RAID 6 (4+2) 120GB SSD boot
Hot Swap Redundant Power Supplies
Baseband I/O Ref in, 4 video in,
4 video out
2 x GigE Ext. SAN with MIOH
FTP , automation control
Option Slot Fibre Channel or
Advanced Codec Proc card for AVC-I
H264 proxy generation during ingest Internal storage
AVC-Intra, DNxHD & H264 (play) codec's Fibre Channel connectivity to shared storage
Supports 3 Gbps I/O Redundant , hot swap power supplies
Auto sensing loop through inputs (IPMI) Remote Server Management
Automation control over RS422 and IP SSD boot drive
proprietary and confidential | 55
NEXIO FTP SERVER (2)
NEXIO FTP server delivers high speed file copying
• Runs on dedicated 1RU server or on NEXIO AMP & Volt
• Copy whilst record & play whilst copy
• 15 simultaneous copies on a 1RU FTP server
For flexibility NEXIO stores ‘raw’ video and audio essence
• Wraps and unwraps on the fly
• Supports MXF, MOV, AVI, GXF, MPG, MP4,LXF
• Transwrapping (no transcoding) – no quality loss
Automatic transfer during ingest
• No other workflow applications required
• CIFS/NFS mapped NAS, generic FTP or NEXIO as target locations
• MXF, GXF or LXF wrappers
FTP
2,500Mbps
10G/1G
FTP
200 Mbps
5 copies
Farad SAN
NAS/IT Storage
Auto transfer
Auto transfer
NEXIO FTP Server NEXIO Volt or AMP
NEXIO Volt or AMP with internal storage
HD/SD
HD/SD
CIFS/NFS
proprietary and confidential | 56
NEXIO Codec's (2)
HD encoding & decoding
SD encoding and decoding
MPEG-2 I-frame 4:2:0 (50, 80 & 100 Mb/s) MPEG-2 I-frame 4:2:2 (50, 70, 80, 100, 120 & 150 Mb/s)
MPEG-2 long-GOP 4:2:0 (18, 25, 35, 50, 60, 70 & 80 Mb/s) MPEG-2 long-GOP 4:2:2 (25, 35, 50, 70 & 80 Mb/s)
XDCAM HD422, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD DVCPRO HD 100 Mb/s
AVC Intra 50 and 100 (optional codec processor card) DNxHD (optional software license)
H264 decode (optional software license)
MPEG-2 I-frame 4:2:0 (4-15 Mb/s), 4:2:2 (10-50 Mb/s) MPEG-2 long-GOP 4:2:0 (4-15 Mb/s), 4:2:2 (10-50 Mb/s)
IMX 30, 40 & 50 DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCAM
proprietary and confidential | 57
HIGH RESOLUTION EDITING (2)
proprietary and confidential | 58
A Family of Velocity EDITORS (2)
High res on-SAN, low res proxy and field editors
Simple and consistent user interfaces
Ideal for news and sports editing
Growing file support for edit while recording
User configurable interface & shortcuts
NRCS tool allows viewing of rundown and scripts
proprietary and confidential | 59
Velocity ESX (2)
Full-featured, multi-layer, On-SAN, HD/SD editor
Available as software only or as a turnkey system
Supports Blackmagic Decklink and Studio I/O cards
Invenio Motion search and restore integrated workflow
Search all available storage systems, including archive
Execute transfers from accessible storage, and restore/partial restore from archive
proprietary and confidential | 60
Velocity XNG (2)
Software running on PC or Laptop
Same editing features as VelocityESX
Supports Blackmagic Decklink and Studio I/O cards
Edit from local PC storage or,
Removable Media (Native P2 and XDCAM)
Pull or edit directly from NEXIO SAN when back at base
proprietary and confidential | 61
Velocity PRX (2)
Editing UI optimised for simplicity, ideal for journalist news editing
VelocityPRX client PC’s connect to facility LAN
Editing features include
2 video tracks with cuts, wipes and dissolves
16 audio tracks; voice over, level adjust, splits and cross fades
VelocityPRX outputs EDL’s that can be
auto-conformed by InstantOnline into multiple formats
or opened in VelocityESX or 3rd party editors for further editing
proprietary and confidential | 62
NEXIO Global PROXY (2)
Created at time of ingest
GPRX is MP4 wrapped H.264
Supports growing files during record
UMID links low & high resolution clips
Generic storage support
Transcoders for file imported or conformed content
GPRX Encoder for Velocity editor & IOL conform
Farad SAN
HD/SD & FTP Ingest NEXIO Volt or AMP
Instant Online
VelocityESX
GPRX Transcoder
HD/SD & FTP Ingest
3rd party browse editor
News client browse
Velocity PRX
GPRX NAS
EDL to IOL
proprietary and confidential | 63
GPRX Format (2)
Video Codec Colour Space Data Rate Resolution GOP Profile FPS
HD H.264 4:2:0 384, 768, 1500, 3,000 Kbps 640 x 360 960 x 540
15 (IPPB) Baseline 25
SD H.264 4:2:0 384, 768, 1500, 3,000 Kbps 350 x 288
(4 :3 & 16:9) 15 (IPPB) Baseline 25
SD H.264 4:2:0 384, 768, 1500, 3,000 Kbps 640 x 360 (16:9) 480 x 360 (4:3)
15 (IPPB) Baseline 25
Audio Codec Channels Data Rate Format
AAC 16 max. 16, 32, 64, 128, 196 Kbps 24 KHz, 16 bit
Wrapper Index User Data Read whilst record
MP4 Yes MediaBase Yes
proprietary and confidential | 64
Instant Online (2)
EDL auto-conform into finished high-resolution ID
IOL removes burden of processing final output from editing workstation
Accepts EDL’s from Velocity and generic FCP XML
IOL Manager balances jobs across multiple IOL engines
Multiple codec support including GPRX
Multi-format output OTT (web, mobile, etc.)
proprietary and confidential | 65
Adobe Premiere Pro (2)
Premiere Pro 6.0 PC & Mac
Edit directly on-SAN through NLE Gateway
Media Browser with metadata
Full sharing of content
proprietary and confidential | 66
Final Cut pro (2)
FCP X & FCP 7
Edit directly on-SAN through NLE Gateway
Media Browser with metadata
Full sharing of content & timelines
Edit during ingest
proprietary and confidential | 67
AVID MEDIA Composer (2)
AVID Integration through NEXIO FTP Server & MXFOP1a
Codec Support:
DV25 DVCPRO, DV25 DVCAM, DVCPRO50
IMX30, IMX40, IMX50
XDCAMHD 422
DNxHD 120 & 185
AVC-Intra 50 & 100
Farad SAN
FTP
AVID client with Transfer Manager
NEXIO FTP SERVER
proprietary and confidential | 68
NEXIO FARAD SHARED STORAGE (2)
High availability, online shared storage for NEXIO systems
SAS-based storage that delivers cost-effective assured performance
Scales to meet any shared storage broadcast workflow
Optional RAID-601 with patented Intrinsic Mirroring technology
proprietary and confidential | 69
NEXIO FARAD 60 and farad 601 (2)
Available in two configurations
• Farad 60 with RAID 60 drive protection
– Resilient (five 9’s up-time)
– Scales up to 96TB usable capacity & 9,000 Mbps system bandwidth
– On-line upgrade to Farad 601
• Farad 601 with RAID 601 storage protection
– High availability (seven 9’s up-time)
– High capacity up to 1PB & 48,000 Mbps system bandwidth
– On-line storage expansion
proprietary and confidential | 70
Storage Scalability (2)
~600
4 4
~1,600
150
9,000
800
48,000
Hours @ XDCAMHD422
38,000h 1PB TB
96TB
14TB
7TB NEXIO Volt HDI
NEXIO AMP HDI
NEXIO Farad 60
NEXIO Farad 601
Bandwidth (Mbps)
# ch’s (XDCAMHD)
3,500h
Hours @ DNxHD185
520h
260h
9,900h
927h
134h
67h
proprietary and confidential | 71
NEXIO FARAD 60 (2)
proprietary and confidential | 72
NEXIO FARAD 601 (2)
proprietary and confidential | 73
NEXIO FARAD VALUE PROPOSITION (2)
Flexible capacity & bandwidth – Allows scaling of storage & bandwidth as business needs grow, without affecting existing media or interrupting on-air operations
High availability – Enables continuous broadcast operations, with no performance degradation in the event of multiple and simultaneous failures
Facilitates collaboration – True shared storage access eliminates file copying, providing a fast-turnaround editorial environment and a shorter time to air
Reduces capital expenditures – Provides an economical entry-level storage yet allows pay-as-you-go expansion
Easy to manage – Allows unattended drive rebuilds, supports remote monitoring and diagnostics, and includes an informative web user interface
proprietary and confidential | 74
INGEST
Solutions – NEWS (3)
Hi-Res EDIT
Lo-Res EDIT
ARCHIVE
SALES, SCEHEDULING AND BILLING
HD/SD SDI
FILE
FILE
HD/SD SDI
PLAYOUT
NEXIO FARAD SAN
FILE
Newsroom Computer System (MOS)
FILE
proprietary and confidential | 75
Ingest Control Manager (ICM) (3)
Device management and scheduling
Crash & Scheduled Ingest
Full NEXIO and VTR control
Gang record up to 16 channels
External controller support
Remote client applications
Frame sync controls
proprietary and confidential | 76
NEXIO AMP– PREMIER Baseband Server (3)
an easy to deploy 3RU baseband ingest and playout server
supports internal or shared storage configurations
software licensed for 1 to 4 bi-directional SD/HD channels
seamlessly plays clips of different formats and codec’s, back to back
standard features
optional features
4 AES/EBU Pairs Per Channel HD-BNC unbalanced
2 Hot Swap Redundant Power
Supplies
USB 2.0
Redundant 4Gb/s Fibre Channel
4x 1Gb Ethernet
8 x RS422 control ports Automation Control
Sony VTR control
GPI Control 8 In, Out
4 looping record inputs 4 outputs
looping reference
Two DVI outputs Desktop &
Multiviewer
RS232 NXUSBTC
IPMI
SSD boot drive
USB- Firewire Ports
Power, Reset and Alarm Cancel
LCD Status Monitoring
Optional Internal Storage 8TB or 16TB raw capacity
RAID 3 or RAID 6
Supports 3 Gbps I/O Redundant , hot swap power supplies
Auto sensing loop through inputs Discrete AES audio inputs and outputs
Automation control over RS422 and IP SSD boot drive
4 Gigabit Ethernet ports (IPMI) Remote Server Management
H264 proxy generation during ingest AVC-Intra, DNxHD & H264 (play) codec's
ChannelView Multiviewer Internal storage
proprietary and confidential | 77
NEXIO VOLT- Compact Baseband Server (3)
a compact, easy to deploy 1 RU baseband ingest & playout server
supports internal or shared storage configurations
software licensed for 1 to 4 bi-directional SD/HD channels
seamlessly plays clips of different formats and codec’s, back to back
standard features
optional features
Optional Internal Media Storage 8 off 1TB drives
RAID 3 (7+1) or RAID 6 (4+2) 120GB SSD boot
Hot Swap Redundant Power Supplies
Baseband I/O Ref in, 4 video in,
4 video out
2 x GigE Ext. SAN with MIOH
FTP , automation control
Option Slot Fibre Channel or
Advanced Codec Proc card for AVC-I
H264 proxy generation during ingest Internal storage
AVC-Intra, DNxHD & H264 (play) codec's Fibre Channel connectivity to shared storage
Supports 3 Gbps I/O Redundant , hot swap power supplies
Auto sensing loop through inputs (IPMI) Remote Server Management
Automation control over RS422 and IP SSD boot drive
proprietary and confidential | 78
NEXIO FTP SERVER (3)
NEXIO FTP server delivers high speed file copying
• Runs on dedicated 1RU server or on NEXIO AMP & Volt
• Copy whilst record & play whilst copy
• 15 simultaneous copies on a 1RU FTP server
For flexibility NEXIO stores ‘raw’ video and audio essence
• Wraps and unwraps on the fly
• Supports MXF, MOV, AVI, GXF, MPG, MP4,LXF
• Transwrapping (no transcoding) – no quality loss
Automatic transfer during ingest
• No other workflow applications required
• CIFS/NFS mapped NAS, generic FTP or NEXIO as target locations
• MXF, GXF or LXF wrappers
FTP
2,500Mbps
10G/1G
FTP
200 Mbps
5 copies
Farad SAN
NAS/IT Storage
Auto transfer
Auto transfer
NEXIO FTP Server NEXIO Volt or AMP
NEXIO Volt or AMP with internal storage
HD/SD
HD/SD
CIFS/NFS
proprietary and confidential | 79
NEXIO Codec's (3)
HD encoding & decoding
SD encoding and decoding
MPEG-2 I-frame 4:2:0 (50, 80 & 100 Mb/s) MPEG-2 I-frame 4:2:2 (50, 70, 80, 100, 120 & 150 Mb/s)
MPEG-2 long-GOP 4:2:0 (18, 25, 35, 50, 60, 70 & 80 Mb/s) MPEG-2 long-GOP 4:2:2 (25, 35, 50, 70 & 80 Mb/s)
XDCAM HD422, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD DVCPRO HD 100 Mb/s
AVC Intra 50 and 100 (optional codec processor card) DNxHD (optional software license)
H264 decode (optional software license)
MPEG-2 I-frame 4:2:0 (4-15 Mb/s), 4:2:2 (10-50 Mb/s) MPEG-2 long-GOP 4:2:0 (4-15 Mb/s), 4:2:2 (10-50 Mb/s)
IMX 30, 40 & 50 DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCAM
proprietary and confidential | 80
Playout (3)
MOS Playlist Manager
Synced to NRCS rundown
NEXIO control for up to 8 channels
Redundant playback configurations
Dedicated control panel
Thumbnails & proxy preview
proprietary and confidential | 81
Archive/NAS (3)
Archive & NAS integration
Motion workflows for file export & restore
Wide 3rd party support for LTO and drive based devices including Front Porch Digital, SGL, Masstech, etc.
proprietary and confidential | 82
HIGH RESOLUTION EDITING (3)
proprietary and confidential | 83
A Family of Velocity EDITORS (3)
High res on-SAN, low res proxy and field editors
Simple and consistent user interfaces
Ideal for news and sports editing
Growing file support for edit while recording
User configurable interface & shortcuts
NRCS tool allows viewing of rundown and scripts
proprietary and confidential | 84
Velocity ESX (3)
Full-featured, multi-layer, On-SAN, HD/SD editor
Available as software only or as a turnkey system
Supports Blackmagic Decklink and Studio I/O cards
Invenio Motion search and restore integrated workflow
Search all available storage systems, including archive
Execute transfers from accessible storage, and restore/partial restore from archive
proprietary and confidential | 85
Velocity XNG (3)
Software running on PC or Laptop
Same editing features as VelocityESX
Supports Blackmagic Decklink and Studio I/O cards
Edit from local PC storage or,
Removable Media (Native P2 and XDCAM)
Pull or edit directly from NEXIO SAN when back at base
proprietary and confidential | 86
Velocity PRX (3)
Editing UI optimised for simplicity, ideal for journalist news editing
VelocityPRX client PC’s connect to facility LAN
Editing features include
2 video tracks with cuts, wipes and dissolves
16 audio tracks; voice over, level adjust, splits and cross fades
VelocityPRX outputs EDL’s that can be
auto-conformed by InstantOnline into multiple formats
or opened in VelocityESX or 3rd party editors for further editing
proprietary and confidential | 87
NEXIO Global PROXY (3)
Created at time of ingest
GPRX is MP4 wrapped H.264
Supports growing files during record
UMID links low & high resolution clips
Generic storage support
Transcoders for file imported or conformed content
GPRX Encoder for Velocity editor & IOL conform
Farad SAN
HD/SD & FTP Ingest NEXIO Volt or AMP
Instant Online
VelocityESX
GPRX Transcoder
HD/SD & FTP Ingest
3rd party browse editor
News client browse
Velocity PRX
GPRX NAS
EDL to IOL
proprietary and confidential | 88
GPRX Format (3)
Video Codec Colour Space Data Rate Resolution GOP Profile FPS
HD H.264 4:2:0 384, 768, 1500, 3,000 Kbps 640 x 360 960 x 540
15 (IPPB) Baseline 25
SD H.264 4:2:0 384, 768, 1500, 3,000 Kbps 350 x 288
(4 :3 & 16:9) 15 (IPPB) Baseline 25
SD H.264 4:2:0 384, 768, 1500, 3,000 Kbps 640 x 360 (16:9) 480 x 360 (4:3)
15 (IPPB) Baseline 25
Audio Codec Channels Data Rate Format
AAC 16 max. 16, 32, 64, 128, 196 Kbps 24 KHz, 16 bit
Wrapper Index User Data Read whilst record
MP4 Yes MediaBase Yes
proprietary and confidential | 89
Instant Online (3)
EDL auto-conform into finished high-resolution ID
IOL removes burden of processing final output from editing workstation
Accepts EDL’s from Velocity and generic FCP XML
IOL Manager balances jobs across multiple IOL engines
Multiple codec support including GPRX
Multi-format output OTT (web, mobile, etc.)
proprietary and confidential | 90
Adobe Premiere Pro (3)
Premiere Pro 6.0 PC & Mac
Edit directly on-SAN through NLE Gateway
Media Browser with metadata
Full sharing of content
proprietary and confidential | 91
Final Cut pro (3)
FCP X & FCP 7
Edit directly on-SAN through NLE Gateway
Media Browser with metadata
Full sharing of content & timelines
Edit during ingest
proprietary and confidential | 92
AVID MEDIA Composer (3)
AVID Integration through NEXIO FTP Server & MXFOP1a
Codec Support:
DV25 DVCPRO, DV25 DVCAM, DVCPRO50
IMX30, IMX40, IMX50
XDCAMHD 422
DNxHD 120 & 185
AVC-Intra 50 & 100
Farad SAN
FTP
AVID client with Transfer Manager
NEXIO FTP SERVER
proprietary and confidential | 93
NEXIO FARAD SHARED STORAGE (3)
High availability, online shared storage for NEXIO systems
SAS-based storage that delivers cost-effective assured performance
Scales to meet any shared storage broadcast workflow
Optional RAID-601 with patented Intrinsic Mirroring technology
proprietary and confidential | 94
NEXIO FARAD 60 and farad 601 (3)
Available in two configurations
• Farad 60 with RAID 60 drive protection
– Resilient (five 9’s up-time)
– Scales up to 96TB usable capacity & 9,000 Mbps system bandwidth
– On-line upgrade to Farad 601
• Farad 601 with RAID 601 storage protection
– High availability (seven 9’s up-time)
– High capacity up to 1PB & 48,000 Mbps system bandwidth
– On-line storage expansion
proprietary and confidential | 95
Storage Scalability (3)
~600
4 4
~1,600
150
9,000
800
48,000
Hours @ XDCAMHD422
38,000h 1PB TB
96TB
14TB
7TB NEXIO Volt HDI
NEXIO AMP HDI
NEXIO Farad 60
NEXIO Farad 601
Bandwidth (Mbps)
# ch’s (XDCAMHD)
3,500h
Hours @ DNxHD185
520h
260h
9,900h
927h
134h
67h
proprietary and confidential | 96
NEXIO FARAD 60 (3)
back
proprietary and confidential | 97
NEXIO FARAD 601 (3)
proprietary and confidential | 98
NEXIO FARAD VALUE PROPOSITION (3)
Flexible capacity & bandwidth – Allows scaling of storage & bandwidth as business needs grow, without affecting existing media or interrupting on-air operations
High availability – Enables continuous broadcast operations, with no performance degradation in the event of multiple and simultaneous failures
Facilitates collaboration – True shared storage access eliminates file copying, providing a fast-turnaround editorial environment and a shorter time to air
Reduces capital expenditures – Provides an economical entry-level storage yet allows pay-as-you-go expansion
Easy to manage – Allows unattended drive rebuilds, supports remote monitoring and diagnostics, and includes an informative web user interface