Emulex 16Gb FC Helps 4K Video Production and Streaming

Emulex Corporation is working with storage companies in the media and entertainment industry to deliver high performance storage and caching appliances for 4K and 8K media production, post-production and streaming.

CacheIO LLC, Echostreams Innovative Solutions, LLC and Studio Network Solutions LLC (SNS) are leveraging Emulex OneCoreStorage SDK, a solution for independent hardware and software vendors (IHVs and ISVs) and system integrators to create target side drivers in a custom, efficiency environment, for storage, SSD and applications that require low latency and high performance I/O connectivity.

The SDK offers a range of storage applications and back-end support, as well as support for all Emulex I/O connectivity solutions, including LightPulse Gen 5 16Gb FC HBAs and the new OneConnect OCe14000 family of Ethernet and CNAs.

“Emulex Gen 5 FC technology provides the high performance storage connectivity that is necessary for creating, editing, rendering and streaming next generation video formats,” said Shaun Walsh, SVP marketing and corporate development, Emulex. “Our extremely low latency and 1.2 million IO/s combined with the high performance flash capabilities of these storage devices provide customers with an optimized solution as they move to 4K and 8K video.“

With new 4K video cameras capable of offering outputs of 4,000 pixels wide, media companies now have the ability to provide content at 4x the resolution of current high definition standards. In order to meet the high I/O, bandwidth and latency needs of the video production, post-production and streaming processes, storage companies are turning to LightPulse Gen 5 FC technology to achieve performance for their customers.

These include at NAB:

• CacheIO: With SSD bandwidth of up to 140Gbps, and scaling up to 48TB SSD capacity, the CacheIO Flash Array is ideal for 4K/8K media production. The FA140 Flash Array now incorporates LightPulse Gen 5 FC HBAs for optimized target connectivity for production and post-production workflow. The form factor of the LightPulse Gen 5 FC HBAs enables production workstations to access up to nine simultaneous uncompressed 4K streams form a single 2RU CacheIO array.
• Echostreams: The FlacheSAN2 is a 2U high performance SSD flash storage appliance. With dense storage capacity and numerous I/O expansion slots, it is suited for digital content streaming at the network edge. Gen 5 FC technology, using the OneCore SDK, provides high performance, low latency target for Echostreams.
• SNS: EVO is a networked storage server solution for video/film/TV, graphics, visual effects, animation, audio, and broadcast production environments. It is a blend of simplicity and performance. By integrating a NAS and a SAN into one system, customers get the benefits of both file sharing and volume sharing. Gen 5 FC technology brings the latency and performance requirements to meet the needs of diverse customers.

“As media production moves to 4K, 8K and higher frame rates, customers need affordable, large capacity solid state storage with high bandwidth and low latency,” said Bang Chang, CEO, Cache IO. “CacheIO has partnered with Emulex to deliver this capability in our FA140 for intense media applications. The Emulex Gen 5 FC HBAs lead the industry with the highest IO/s and lowest latency and is a perfect complement to the high performance capabilities of the FA140.”

“Echostreams has been working with Emulex Gen 5 FC HBAs and the OneCore Storage SDK to provide high performance connectivity to our customers,” said Andy Lee, director of product marketing, Echostreams. “We provide this connectivity solution both to our OEM customers, as well as through our own FlacheSAN2 product. With Emulex solutions, we are able to provide high performance content streaming up to 8 streams of uncompressed 4K content or 2 streams of uncompressed 8K content, all in densest 2RU from factor.”

“Our customers, including broadcasters, interactive gaming companies and studios require high performance,” said Ryan Stoutenborough, president, SNS. “Emulex Gen 5 FC HBAs provide a robust connectivity solution for those customers who use FC to connect to EVO. We value the partnership with Emulex and look forward to future collaboration as customer needs continue to evolve.”