Object Matrix Launches Nearline Storage Products

Object Matrix Limited
will be present at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC)
Amsterdam from 7th to 11th of September to launch its new product MatrixStore Quattro and to demonstrate enhancements to MatrixStore Server and MatrixStore hardware.

Object Matrix has once again chosen IBC to launch a new product:
MatrixStore Quattro. It is a resilient nearline storage platform that is
delivered in a compact form factor.

Designed mainly for small production facilities, on-site rushes
protection and OB (Outside Broadcast) workflows, it provides for those
organisations that need a cost effective solution with the option of
adding new capacity as a simply plug and play operation.

MatrixStore Quattro provides between 24 and 32TB of raw disk storage in four compact MatrixStore nodes. Up to four Quattro chassis can be combined to scale to 128TB of nearline storage. Each node has SSD metadata controllers
and provides the option to have one of the four nodes in MatrixStore
Quattro converted to a client PC or server to combine applications and
resilient storage in the same form factor.

Jon Morgan, CEO of Object Matrix said: "We designed MatrixStore
Quattro because our customers expressed the need for a small form factor
highly-reliable solution for the on-site protection of rushes and to
use in the outside broadcast environment. The Quattro provides the
functionality and workflows of the enterprise MatrixStore in a
cost-effective and easy to install and use solution. It has a compact
size so it is excellent for small production facilities. It enables you
to store and use data securely wherever and however you are creating
that footage."
 
With two stands at IBC, the developer of scalable object based archive
systems will be demonstrating the enhancements in MatrixStore Server
Software 3.0: improved performance with the introduction of SSD
technology to the metadata handling routine and 4TB enterprise drives
that provide 48TB capacity in a 2U form factor.

Version 3.0 of MatrixStore server software,
available in Q4 2012, brings the following enhancements:

• Replication schemes that allow the replication of multiple vaults to a central vault
• Improved search facility with more filters and options for refined in-built search
• Easier vault management
• Improved statistics showing historical vault usage
• Data re-balancing feature that consent to optionally re-balance data when nodes are added

Launched at IBC in 2011, InterConnect, the archive plug-in for Avid
Interplay continues to be popular with broadcasters and facilities
across Europe that require a secure, scalable nearline solution.

InterConnect 1.3.1, available, adds the following functionality:

• Multiple Resolution Support: choose to archive all resolutions associated with a clip or just the full resolution
• Scheduled Archiving: let the user define when the data is moved
• Option to delete the content after a successful archive job