NAB: Facilis Unveils V7 of TerraBlock Shared File System

At NAB 2017, Facilis Technology, Inc. is introducing version 7.0 of its TerraBlock shared storage system and showcase changes that offer performance gains for both new and installed TerraBlock storage networks.

With increasing media file sizes, and HDR and VR workflows continually putting pressure on facility infrastructure, the new storage products from the company are aimed at future-proofing their customers’ current storage and offering powerful systems .

Through the use of drive set aggregation and offload of some server processes, this announced technology places firm’s systems into a new category of performance. With speeds over 4GB/s available from a single volume, these systems offer industry capability. Customers will also benefit from enhanced system redundancy and data resiliency, all while receiving near-linear scalability of bandwidth when expanding the network.

“We have never announced such a leap in performance with a single release,” said James McKenna, VP, Facilis. “Through the use of technology currently in development, existing customers will be able to substantially increase the effective bandwidth of their systems.“

Speed isn’t everything, so the company is also developing tools that increase the efficiency of administrative tasks, and improve the end-user experience. Newly-designed server and workstation monitoring interfaces, remote volume management console and a more integrated user database will be among the improvements.

Also showing at NAB will be version 1.5 of the FastTracker, an application for cataloging, searching and viewing any media type within the TerraBlock network shared storage system. With its simple drag-and-drop interface, FastTracker is a fast way to find, view, and access media in project.