Infortrend Optimized EonStor CS Scale-out NAS Solutions for M&E Applications, Up to 100PB

Infortrend Technology, Inc. optimized their EonStor CS scale-out NAS solution’s all-around data protection including erasure code to assist M&E creators in faster DR and on-time project completion to remain competitive in the industry.

The EonStor CS is a NAS that offers scale-out to increase performance (up to 100GB/s), and scale-up to add storage capacity (up to 100PB). In addition, it can utilize U.2 NVMe SSDs to further boost performance by offering low latency data R/W.

The M&E projects often have tight schedules, so performance, reliability, and protection are vital factors in expediting completion. Without data protection, in a worst–case scenario where all data is lost, a few minutes of classic or award-winning scenes may require hours, if not days to compose. Therefore, most M&E studios require complete data protection which has less impact on storage performance and productivity.

The EonStor CS has an all-around data protection design that meets M&E requirements. On a local drive level, it incorporates RAID for data redundancy protection that can rebuild a single disk drive within hours, which significantly reduces the time of DR, compared to a complete node rebuild. On a node protection level, Erasure Code can produce redundant data for all nodes and it can initiate auto-recovery of a faulty node. Other data protection methodologies include remote replication for folder level safety and it has achieved Veeam Ready Repository status for backups/ VM restore capabilities.

“The EonStor CS scalable NAS solution brings high I/O performance and a complete data protection scheme to expedite M&E projects and ensure data are properly stored, protected, and produced on time,” said Frank Lee, senior director, product planning.