SAN Manages Image And Video Files
The reputation of any post-production facility is built on delivering high quality product, on-time and under-cost. This can only happen by maximizing the value of the people, processes and technology in the organization. Chaparral's RIO Storage Solutions are specifically designed to help you maximize these values by delivering on the performance, reliability, and scalability requirements of your demanding, multi-streaming, visual computing environment.
Our most recent success involved testing in a video SAN environment with configurations that included Apple Xserves, Mac G4s, and a RIO storage solution. We streamed four simultaneous HD 1080i video streams through one RIO RAID system into four RAID 5 arrays using CommandSoft's FibreJet software to control read/write access to the volumes. The Apple Mac G4 and Xserve system configurations included Apple FC HBAs and AJA Kona HD Video cards. The diagrams for this test and the shared storage to HD and low bandwidth test are included as examples in this document.