Archion Enhances Avid Unity Platform

Archion, a media and entertainment provider of intelligent storage for content creation, announced the introduction of its award winning product Synergy HD  in a 16 Terabyte (TB) configuration.  Archion’s  Synergy HD  line is the company storage solution for Avid Unity.

Archion Synergy HD

Archion, founded in 1999, introduced their first hardware RAID storage system for Unity in 2005, and has since become the de facto standard for many of the leading studios, broadcasters, post facilities and Avid equipment rental companies throughout North America. "Our goal has been to provide Unity users and owners with hardware RAID storage that is certified to work with all Unity versions from 3.x through 5.x," said Reuben Lima, Archion’s Chief Operating Officer. "Synergy HD eliminated the need to mirror, and since its introduction, our clients have enjoyed a compelling cost savings by utilizing our 8TB and 12TB chassis. We now have the ability to deliver an even greater value with our new 16TB system."
 
Jim Tucci, Archion’s Chief Technology Officer, adds, "Our new 16 terabyte Synergy HD raises our award winning product offerings to the next level. We have had several client requests for the larger capacity, and this will seamlessly integrate with Unity 3.x/5.x no differently than our other Hardware RAID models available in 4, 8, and 12 TB configurations. The HD line also offers full Ethernet GUI for monitoring, including the viewing of email notices. For any client, whether they work in the film, TV, corporate, educational or religious industry, who is seeking faster storage bandwidth, more protection without having to mirror, and truly unmatched service, Archion can provide the best possible solution."

About Archion’s Synergy HD Product Line:
Synergy HD is Archion’s storage solution for use with Avid Unity and the latest entry in Archion’s Multi Award-winning line of Synergy HD FC Raid storage products for digital video systems.

Several Archion Synergy HD systems were recently acquired by 20th Century Fox for four upcoming feature films, The Day The Earth Stood Still, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Night at the Museum: Escape from the Smithsonian, and They Came from Upstairs.

Synergy HD provides a full 400 MB/sec bandwidth with its dual FC ports and has increased its capacity to 16TB. According to Archion executives, its Avid Unity compatibility and abilities are unmatched. Keeping with Archion’s Synergy standard of legacy compatibility, Synergy HD is fully compatible with 1gig, 2gig and 4gig Unity, and also has loop-out capability, a removable controller and complete compatibility with all Avid Unity systems, including Avid MediaEngine, Avid 3x, and all the way up to Avid 5.x.