Tyrell Brings Facilis Storage Solutions to Post-Production and Broadcast Firms

Facilis Technology, Inc.’s TerraBlock shared storage system is gaining market momentum throughout the UK.

Over the last year, an increasing number of creative studios in the region have
selected TerraBlock as their central storage server to garner greater
flexibility, capacity and bandwidth, as well as to enhance collaboration across
graphics and editing workstations. Facilis’ new UK reseller, Tyrell Content Creation Tools Ireland Ltd has
played a pivotal role in expanding the company’s presence in the region.
Together with Facilis’ UK offices at Polar Graphics Ltd in Pinner, Tyrell will continue
to provide sales, installation and support to new and future UK customers.

The Cut
London, a boutique post production studio based in Shoreditch, began using
the TerraBlock late last year to increase its storage capacity and facilitate
greater collaboration between editors.

"TerraBlock has given us a seamless
workflow. We’re able to mount a volume, launch an editing app and just start
working," explained owner Jamie Mac. "Our editors can easily share media across workstations, so we don’t
waste hours exporting or duplicating files. It frees up more of our time for
the creative."

"TerraBlock
is affordable and easy to use. It gives us superfast bandwidth and increased
storage capacity – a perfect fit for all of our post work," said post-production
manager John Lucas, who recently invested in two TerraBlock 24D systems for the
consumer brand and television shopping giant JML.
"Our 3D artist can also easily share
project volumes with editors – without having to create separate media volumes,
and we’re able to use DNxHD185 media on multiple edit suites without
experiencing a slow down, which is crucial to meeting tight deadlines."

In October 2012, Dublin-based sports
broadcaster Transmit Solutions
brought TerraBlock in-house to give its promo department shared access to
programming clips to create fresh teasers each week.

"A bottleneck-free workflow is
essential, and TerraBlock allows that. Our team can quickly share EDL and
timelines to create promos using the same footage at the same time, which has
really sped up our workflow," explained CEO Mark Pilkington. "I also love that TerraBlock is so
agnostic. Even as editing and graphics apps evolve, we’re covered with
TerraBlock, because it’s compatible with most solutions."

TerraBlock is Facilis’ multiplatform,
high-capacity, shared storage solution supporting 8Gb and 16Gb FC, and 1Gb and
10Gb Ethernet through the Facilis Shared File System. It is available for
purchase in the UK through Tyrell.