Pro-Cache610 by Cache-A With 10GbE

Cache-A Corporation announced Pro-Cache610, a faster version of its Pro-Cache6 LTO-6 archive appliance.

The Pro-Cache610 features 10GbE I/O capability, boosting the speed and power of network archiving operations.

The company has made this development in direct response to the advent of low-cost, 10GbE infrastructure technology, and the corresponding media and entertainment industry demand to take advantage of the extra productivity 10GbE delivers.

Cache-A will debut Pro-Cache610, along with its full LTO-6 product range, and brand new Simul-Copy LTO-tape duplication feature, during IBC 2013, Amsterda.

Cache-A’s archiving appliances can manage hundreds of terabytes of data, written using the tar format or LTFS capability.
 
I/O connectivity options facilitate their deployment in on-set carts, with SAN/NAS systems in post and robotic libraries. With Cache-A, users can interchange content across different platforms, software applications and physical locations, as well as deliver content to their clients.

Pro-Cache610 is based on Pro-Cache6 appliance, and features dual RJ-45 connections for 10GbE I/O, allowing high-speed archiving at over 150MB/s. It also has eSATA ports for fast access to DAS, and a SAS connection allowing connectivity to Cache-A LTO-6 library or sidecar expansion units, as well as third-party robotic systems.

Pro-Cache610 comes with 6TB internal HDD RAID-0 or RAID-1 disk cache storage, while LTO-6 cartridges can hold up to 2.5TB of data natively. It is rack-mountable in a central machine room, but can also be deployed in on-set cart systems, and is suited to archiving operations where massive amounts of data are generated every day.

Maxx Entertainment Digital, supplier of video, audio and digital media storage solutions, in Costa Mesa, CA, is a Cache-A test site for the Pro-Cache610, which is expected to ship worldwide in this Fall.

"With Pro-Cache610, Cache-A has yet again demonstrated just how in-tune it is with the evolving demands of the entertainment industry," said Bob Zelin, chief design applications Eengineer, Maxx Digital. "Customers have been asking for a way to take advantage of the new generation of sub-$1,000 10GbE switches in their archiving workflows, and the announcement of the very impressive Pro-Cache610 is a most welcome development. The Pro-Cache610 integrates perfectly with Maxx Digital’s 10GbE Final Share shared storage systems."

"Cache-A pays close attention to the changing needs of customers across the whole spectrum of digital media archiving," said Mark Ostlund, VP marketing and sales, Cache-A. "The introduction of 10GbE performance in the Pro-Cache610, reflects the need for cost-effective and high-performance archive solutions they want from us."