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DataDirect Teams with Vizrt for Real-time Media Asset Management
and Storage Solution
October 29, 2007
Source: Vizrt
DataDirect
Networks, a leading provider of scalable storage systems for
performance and capacity-driven applications, has teamed with
Vizrt to demonstrate their combined solution for real-time
media asset management (MAM) and near-line storage for broadcast
and digital archiving.
Common to both solutions is DataDirect Networks
S2AÔ (Silicon Storage Architecture), which features
a powerful real-time engine that delivers sustained, concurrent
streams at any bit rate during media ingest, editing, playout
and browsing. Additionally, immediate access to data is enabled
through a centralized content pool via all host ports. This
provides for seamless performance and consistent Quality of
Service, avoiding video frame loss even when disk drives fail
or during drive rebuilds.
The combined solution was on display for
the first time at the Vizrt booth at the IBC convention held
in Amsterdam, Netherlands last month.
Data protection and instant accessibility
are top priorities for media content providers. DataDirect
Networks addresses both with its hardware-based dual parity
DirectRAIDÔ engine and SATAssureTM technology. DirectRAID
enables extremely high media streaming rates that can be maintained
even during check, error, or failure conditions, while SATAssure
performs real-time parity checks on both reads and writes
to eliminate silent data corruption in SATA drives, thus making
massive cost-effective disk-based archives feasible. The S2A
storage system supports nearly 1,000 disk drives, equaling
close to a Petabyte of capacity using 1TB drives.
Vizrt Ardendo’s ingest, media management
and archive solutions include: ARDOME for media management
and archiving; the DART ingest scheduler; the ARDCAP ingest
station and play-out control; the ARDENC transcoder and EasyCut
desktop editing solution. Ardendo’s media asset management
solutions leverage DataDirect Networks’ S2A high availability
and performance by allowing virtually unlimited edit suites
to search, access and edit clips directly from the central
storage. The combined Vizrt/DataDirect Networks media asset
management suite manages a multitude of transfers in real-time,
while maintaining firm control over security and access rights.
“As corporate commerce, service agencies,
media companies and production houses evolve their business
practices to leverage the explosion of digital media, media
asset management has evolved from sheer storage to a core
component of the media production, management and distribution
chain,” said Jonas Engstöm, Executive VP Product
Management, Vizrt. “The evolution of media asset management
has created a significant business opportunity for companies
like Vizrt and DataDirect Networks. Evolving business dynamics
will require companies to effectively manage and leverage
rich-media assets into new revenue opportunities.”
Paul Bloch, President of DataDirect Networks,
continued, “The MAM and Near-line storage demonstrations
prove that we’ve removed the complexity and workflow
deficiencies associated with bulky proprietary systems. The
joint demonstration offers users increased productivity and
simplified maintenance for fast ROI and a significant reduction
in initial lifecycle costs.”
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