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www.postmagazine.com 38 POST OCTOBER 2018 STORAGE NEWS LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Section of SMPTE (www.smpte.org/holly- wood), a global professional association of technologists and creatives who drive the quality and evolution of motion imaging, recently looked at emerg- ing storage and workflow solutions for 4K post production at its meeting last month in Hollywood. Representatives from Walt Disney Studios, Mellanox Technologies, Atto Technology and Roush Media addressed challenges post operations face with the advent of data-intensive media formats such as 4K/8K, high-dynam- ic-range (HDR), high-frame-rate (HFR) and raw in its "Storage Connections and Pathways to Support 4K Production and Beyond" panel. They discussed wheth- er facilities should invest in costly fiber channel infrastructures or move storage to an IP-based data center environment. Panelists discussed the differences between various networking technol- ogies, including InfiniBand, gigabit Ethernet (GigE), fiber channel and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), and detailed how each can be applied to high-perfor- mance storage topologies. They also reviewed the evolution of GigE net- works from 10GigE to 100GigE, and described various strategies for transi- tioning from fiber channel to IP. Panelists included Jonathan Lee, director of post production engineer- ing, Walt Disney Studios; Keith Roush, CSI, colorist and founder of Roush Media, director of the International Colorist Academy; Alex Slaten, account executive at Atto Technology; Michael Stys, channel manager, southwest, at Mellanox Technologies and moderator Jeff Stansfield, president of Advantage Video Systems. HUDSON, MA — Facilis (http://facilis.com) has announced the availabil- ity of its FastTracker integrated asset tracking software with new panel component for seamless integration with Adobe Premiere Pro CC. First launched in 2016, FastTracker 2.5 includes many features such as global indexing, automatic preview clip generation, index date/time window searching, tag-specific searching, import/export of tag schemas and direct integration with Adobe Premiere Pro CC including: Preview clip playback in the Adobe Premiere Pro CC panel, password-protected catalogs that secure access to asset records, integrated mount of available volumes for high-res media content, the ability to search by index time, clip name, path and metadata using Boolean terms, and drag & drop import to Premiere Pro CC via the Panel. Designed for use with Facilis FastTracker server — a software package included with every Facilis shared storage product — the Facilis FastTracker Panel is available on the Adobe Exchange for Creative Cloud as a free download. "A growing number of creative facilities are adopting Adobe Creative Cloud as the standard for content creation, and many of those facilities are using Facilis storage systems," says James McKenna, VP at Facilis Technology. "Asset tracking and manage- ment are a big part of file-based workflows. Facilis has simplified asset tracking and provided access to the database directly from the Adobe Premiere Pro CC interface." DUSSELDORF, GERMANY — Elements (https://elements. tv) has announced that its entire suite of human-centered media storage and server appliances is now available with StorNext 6, the latest release of Quantum's file system. "StorNext file system, specifically designed for the media & entertainment industry, has been tight- ly integrated into Elements' appliances for more than 10 years," says André Kamps, CEO of Elements (left). "We're delighted to offer our customers the latest ver- sion, as it complements our on-board features perfectly. StorNext supports our media storage solutions with new functionalities that tune and optimize performance across all client workstations on the fly, and also frees up space by automatically removing file copies from dif- ferent storage tiers. The new FlexSync option provides the capability to synchronize data between multiple StorNext systems in a highly-manageable and automat- ed fashion, without the need for full file system scans." SMPTE HOLLYWOOD HOSTS 'STORAGE FOR 4K AND BEYOND' PANEL FACILIS RELEASES FASTTRACKER 2.5 WITH PANEL FOR ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CC ELEMENTS ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR QUANTUM'S STORNEXT 6

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