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Nexis Software-Defined Storage Platform Introduced by Avid

20TB to 1.4PB in single system for storing and managing media

Avid Technology, Inc. introduced the Nexis, a software-defined storage platform specifically designed for storing and managing media.

Avid_NEXIS_Horizontal_Group_2_WhiteThe Nexis enables virtualized storage so media organizations can adjust storage capacity mid-project, without disrupting workflows. Powered by the firm’s MediaCentral Platform, it delivers media storage flexibility, scalability, and control for both Avid-based and third-party workflows. It has been designed to serve the smallest production teams as powerfully as the largest media enterprises and is the only storage platform built with the flexibility to grow with customers at every stage of their business – fulfilling a key tenet of Avid Everywhere.

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Avid created the category of real-time collaborative shared storage and media networking with Avid ISIS and Unity, and now with Avid Nexis, we have reimagined the possibilities of shared storage for media production,” said Louis Hernandez, Jr, chairman, president and CEO, Avid. “Avid Nexis provides dynamic virtualization, adaptive protection, and media-savvy collaboration so media professionals and creative teams can share and access media assets reliably from anywhere without overinvesting in infrastructure. Leveraging the power of the Avid MediaCentral Platform, Avid Nexis provides customers the reliability they need today, the scalability for tomorrow, and the technology to take media production to the next level.

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Thanks to the openness of Everywhere, Nexis works with all top media creation applications, including Media Composer, Pro Tools, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Grass Valley EDIUS. Production teams can access a shared pool of virtualized storage resources, which increases their efficiency.

The software-defined storage architecture of Nexis is what allows customers to select components that meet their current needs, and easily expand storage capacity and bandwidth as their business grows. Nexis is also an scale-out storage solution that enables customers to dynamically tune the system to ensure that high-priority workflows always have the capacity, performance and data protection levels they require. Customers can give critical projects maximum performance, while throttling back on less critical workflows. This ability lets teams react quickly to changes, adjusting performance and protection levels to match the needs of a project at any stage in the workflow.

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The modularity of Nexis enables teams to mix and match storage engines and elastically scale capacity from as little as 20TB to over 1.4PB in a single system, without any interruption in service or down time. All Nexis systems are powered by the Nexis | FS file system, so customers experience consistent performance, reliability, and protection, regardless of configuration size.

The Nexis family includes several storage engine options, designed to meet any scalability and density requirement. As the newest company’s shared storage solution, it provides an easy transition path for existing users of ISIS and Unity shared storage solutions.

  • Nexis | E4 – High-density integrated storage engine

  • Nexis | E2 – Small-footprint integrated storage engine

  • System Director appliance -Increases Nexis scale and redundancy

  • Media Pack – Pack options of 10 drives with 20TB or 60TB of storage

  • Redundant controller – HA option for Avid Nexis systems

  • Nexis | PRO – Professional-class integrated storage engine (successor to ISIS|1000, providing an easy upgrade path for ISIS|1000 customers.

The Nexis family is expected to be available in Q2 2016.

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