SNS and Ross Video Partner

Studio Network Solutions, LLC (SNS), a manufacturer of shared storage solutions for broadcast, film, video, VFX, graphic animation and audio workgroups, partners with Ross Video Ltd making SNS EVO the first certified SAN + NAS solution for Ross Video’s XPression.

EVO is a networked server solution that combines a performance storage array with connectivity options and a video-centric tool set including native Avid bin and project sharing, cloud integration, and asset management via EVO’s ShareBrowser application. EVO is available in 16-bay, 8-bay, and 4-bay configurations, with scalability up to nearly half a petabyte per node.

XPression is Ross Video’s premier line of real-time graphics systems, virtual reality rendering engines, production servers, and workflow tools. There is almost no limit to the graphics tasks that XPression solutions can handle. With multiple hardware platforms, software applications, and workflow tools, along with connectivity to many other products, XPression fits into almost any environment. It delivers solutions that are comprised of multiple components for a range of applications including: news, elections, sports, entertainment, branding, touchscreen, social media, virtual sets, and augmented reality.

This certified storage solution provides large-scale direct-attached GbE connections to XPression from SNS EVO with the bandwidth and performance that offers more streamlined workflows between creative service workgroups and playout, and can scale all the way to multi-channel enterprise environments.

The XPression + EVO combination is already being used by a major cable network with high-volume clips and graphics requirements, allowing them to leverage the strengths of this certified storage solution for real-time motion graphics.

“As we continue to diversify XPression solutions, finding a high quality storage partner was an important step to meet the needs of media organizations requiring real-time graphics,” said Brian Olson, director of marketing product management, XPression, Ross Video. “SNS storage systems and tools are a natural extension to production workflows by offering the necessary flexibility and performance for fast access and HA with media assets.“

“Ross Video is at the top of their game, producing the most high quality products for live production and motion graphics on the market today,” stated Ryan Stoutenborough, president, SNS. “Our partnership with Ross is a great fit – we share the same philosophy that creating content should be limited only by imagination, not by a limited workflow. Combining EVO and XPression, allows for complete and immediate access to media assets, something that could only be achieved prior by costly workarounds.“

EVO gives professional media creation teams flexibility with built-in NAS and SAN, more connectivity, more storage capacity, performance, and enhanced features like automatic project file locking, project/bin sharing, proxy previews, asset tagging, RAID-5/6, XML exports, LDAP, and cloud integration.