Harris Incorporates Dot Hill for Storage of Media Workflows

Dot Hill Systems Corporation announces that Harris Broadcast Communications
will incorporate Dot Hill midrange storage solutions into its line of NEXIO
Farad online storage systems for broadcasters and other media organizations.

Harris Broadcast Communications has driven innovations for digital
television and radio and fostered the rapid growth of HD television, offering
infrastructure, workflow and transmission solutions that support the entire
content delivery chain.

Broadcasters around the world choose Harris solutions to help them manage and
distribute their content and compete in an industry racing toward total media
convergence.

NEXIO Farad offers flexible storage that
delivers bandwidth and capacity to support
industry media workflows. This online storage system is designed for broadcast and production facilities, including
news, sports and live-event applications.

NEXIO Farad provides sharable and scalable storage throughout the content
lifecycle, while offering digital asset
protection.

"Broadcast and production
facilities rely on NEXIO Farad storage for fast-turnaround editorial and
shorter ingest-to-air time," said Andrew Warman, senior product
marketing manager for servers, editing and graphics, Harris Broadcast
Communications. "Dot Hill’s proven
storage architecture provides the reliable uptime and resiliency our customers
in broadcasting and media require for continuous operations."

"Dot Hill has been
gaining steady momentum in the Media & Entertainment space," said
Dana Kammersgard, president and CEO, Dot Hill. "Harris is a giant in broadcast and media creation and the selection of
Dot Hill as the foundation for future NEXIO Farad storage solutions is the
latest validation of Dot Hill’s powerful architecture and its ability to meet
the stringent performance requirements of the broadcast industry."

The Dot Hill storage portfolio offers up to 288TB of capacity in a
single system, and demonstrated 99.999% availability.
Dot Hill systems feature storage networking technologies such as 8Gb
FC, 6Gb SAS and 10Gb iSCSI. Arrays are available with Dot Hill AssuredRemote
data management software for remote replication, AssuredCopy, a volume
copy technology, and AssuredSnap snapshot capability for improved data
availability and BC.

Dot Hill’s SimulCache technology leverages redundant RAID
controllers, thus eliminating the performance degradation associated with
conventional cache mirroring. The implementation of a dedicated
PCIe bus streamlines write-performance resulting in overall
system responsiveness, driving faster application throughput. Dual redundant
RAID controllers, dual power supplies and dual fans ensure customers don’t
experience downtime or data loss.

Dot Hill storage systems feature energy-saving drive spin-down and
patented technologies such as SimulCache and EcoStor features to
help customers meet a growing set of environmental concerns. EcoStor
battery-free alternative for cache memory leverages a combination of super
capacitors and flash memory that outlasts traditional batteries nearly fivefold.
Benefits include lower maintenance and disposal costs and reduced server and
application down-time due to scheduled battery replacement and maintenance.