EditShare Software Solutions Compatible with OS X Mavericks

EditShare LLC announced Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) compatibility for all EditShare shared storage, flow media asset management and Ark archiving and backup products.

Customers using Mavericks with Avid Media Composer 7.0.3 and 6.5.4.1, Final Cut Pro X 10.1, and Pro Tools 11.1 can connect to EditShare shared storage systems via Thursby’s DAVE 11 SMB client, or via AFP for optimal performance. Avid Media Composer 7.0.3 editors who connect to EditShare shared storage via AFP and 10GB Ethernet will see marked performance improvements even when editing multiple streams of 10-bit uncompressed HD. 

About the EditShare Tapeless Workflow
EditShare integrates shared storage solutions (XStream, Energy and Field) with video ingest (Geevs and Flow), media asset management (Flow), and archive and backup (Ark) tools to offer broadcast and post-production professionals a productivity-enhancing, tapeless workflow on a highly scalable infrastructure.

Designed to maximize collaboration and media sharing, solutions integrate with third-party systems such as NLE and graphics, applications, sports production equipment, and MOS-compliant newsroom computer systems

About the EditShare XStream Integrated Platform
XStream is the collaborative storage solution of choice for production companies, post facilities, news operations and schools that need media and project sharing plus scalability. Systems can start out as small as one Workflow Director with 16 drives. Then, as a facility’s needs grow, up to four storage expansion units can be added for a total of 80 drives or up to 320TB. Growing an XStream Workflow Director is achieved via PCI-e expansion, which means each set of 16 drives is powered by its own RAID controller, resulting in fast, low-latency storage. Thanks to the Extreme Scalable Architecture, you can also put multiple EditShare shared storage servers onto a network where they work together as a storage environment. With XStream, a facility can scale both ‘up’ and ‘out’ – into the petabytes.

Equipped with collaboration features, it allows Avid, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Lightworks Pro and other editors to share both media and projects for post-production. In addition, it includes EditShare’s Flow asset management and Ark backup and archiving software, turning the shared storage system into an end-to-end tapeless workflow solution.

About EditShare Flow Asset Management
Flow provides asset management. Users can browse the database and view proxy file content on their desktops as well as ingest media from file-based sources such as P2 and XDCAM. Simple editing tools and metadata templates let users add details to clips, make rough cuts, and drag and drop clips and sequences into their NLEs – without requiring access to full-resolution media.

Flow product family includes:

• Flow Browse: provides search functionality for media in local or shared storage as well as tools for managing your ingest process

• AirFlow: organize media files and permissions from a web browser

• Flow Automation: reduce time spent on repetitive tasks by creating customized workflow templates and a range of other automated processes

• Flow Logger: provides an interface for stress-free logging

• Flow SDI and File Ingest: capture in a massive range of supported video codecs and frame rates with advanced features such as the ability to capture metadata on ingest

XStream includes 10 Flow Browse licenses and two Flow File Ingest licenses.

About Ark Backup and Archiving
Integrated with XStream and Flow, Ark offers facilities a tiered storage infrastructure for backup and archive:

Ark Tape provides an integrated solution for energy-efficient backup and archiving of media and projects from EditShare shared storage systems. Designed for use with qualified LTO tape libraries, it facilitates creation of any number of ‘Tape Pools’ (groups of tapes). For example, one for your entire organization, one for each customer or project, or separate pools for on-site and off-site. Copy or migrate media and related files from ‘online’ to ‘offline’ storage, verify backed up data, and receive notifications when transfers are completed.

Ark Disk is built on top of HDDs that are spinning all the time – offering the advantage of high-speed performance for backup, archiving and restoration tasks. With Ark Disk, your nearline media is justs away.

Ark Tape and Ark Disk are managed by the same user interface, providing the ability to mix Ark Tape and Ark Disk systems in the same facility. When any Ark product is combined with Flow Browse, you gain the ability to view proxy files of all archived clips and restore individual clips from the archive using the Flow Browse interface.

XStream includes an Ark Tape license for management of 50 LTO tapes.