New Sundance Archive Engine Offers Reliable and Affordable Storage Solution

September 10, 2007

Source: Sundance Digital

Sundance Digital, Inc., the leading provider of broadcast automation solutions, today introduced the Sundance Archive Engine – a reliable and cost-effective archive storage solution designed specifically for handling broadcast video. Ideal for small stations, the Sundance Archive Engine is a fully-integrated and configured archiving solution that enables broadcasters to easily retrieve archive footage, and spend fewer man hours recovering video and managing storage assets.

“The Sundance Archive Engine provides budget-conscious customers an alternative to pricey archive solutions," said Rick Stora, product manager at Sundance Digital. "It enables broadcasters to handle expanding storage needs without adding more costly on-line video drives. The engine lets users keep more video close at hand under automation management, reduces the possibility of accidentally deleting important material in order to free space on the server, and allows material to be easily retrieved for increased workflow efficiency."

Built around a 16-drive Avid storage chassis, and based on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system, the unit features 500 gigabyte (GB) SATA drives, a hardware RAID controller, SGL FlashNet and the Sundance Archive Manager™ software application. The Sundance Archive Engine communicates with FlashNet to issue pull, send and delete requests to the Engine. The Sundance Archive Manager application supervises media on the on-air server and near-line storage, deciding which clips should be sent and retrieved from the Sundance Archive Engine.

In addition to providing a cost-effective solution for broadcasters, the Sundance Archive Engine:

· Interfaces with Sundance Digital’s Titan™, FastBreak NXT Automation™ and FastBreak NXT XPress™ automation systems to provide up to 6.37 terabytes (TB) of RAID 5 near-line content storage for use in conjunction with any Sundance certified video server;

· Features a server class motherboard, mirrored system drives and triple redundant power supplies;

· Offers External connectivity via Gigabit Ethernet; and

· Works with the powerful SQL-based databases in Sundance Digital's applications to provide users with maximum flexibility in making archiving decisions.

About Sundance Digital, Inc.

Sundance Digital, now a part of Avid Technology, Inc., is headquartered in the metropolitan Dallas, Texas area. The Company is an award-winning provider of high-performance television automation solutions. Sundance Digital has a strong commitment to technology, deep roots in all aspects of television, and is highly customer focused. Technical support is available "live" on a 24x7 basis from a team of highly skilled, broadcast-trained engineers. Additional information about Sundance products is available at www.SundanceDigital.com.

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