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January 2014

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NetApp grows storage family S UNNYVALE, CA — NetApp (www.netapp.com) recently released Version 8.1 of the Data ONTAP operating system, which allows broadcast and post production operations to scale out a single storage cluster to 24 nodes. Since each node provides roughly five times the capacity of the leading scale-out NAS system, a NetApp cluster can now scale out to many petabytes. In addition, NetApp clusters offer non-disruptive operation and upgrades. Controllers are virtualized from the RAID arrays, allowing capacity upgrades, content rebalancing, and controller upgrades to take place during operation. The NetApp E-Series modular storage systems, which offer suitable bandwidth for 2K, 4K, S3D, and HFR workflows, have added a storage resiliency scheme called Dynamic Disk Pools. DDP spreads data, spare capacity, and protection information across a pool of drives to facilitate data rebuilds of up to 8x the speed of traditional RAID storage devices. During these shortened rebuilds, the system performs at up to 97 percent of its normal performance. NetApp also recently entered the all-flash array market with the EF540 storage array. Shotgun expands review & approval tool L OS ANGELES — Shotgun Software recently announce details for two releases: 5.2 (December) and 5.3 (February). The releases significantly expand Shotgun's review and approval tools with a new Media App and an integrated Client Review Site. The Shotgun Media App enhances project collaboration with an artist-friendly, studio-wide media library that allows anyone working on a project to add media, create playlists, view and annotate Cakewalks improves video in Sonar app B OSTON — Cakewalk (www.cakewal.com) has released a free update for its Sonar X3d. The release covers all three versions of the Sonar family (X3, X3 Studio, and X3 Producer). Priced at $99, Sonar X3 is a value-oriented release. Sonar X3 Studio is priced at $199 and is targeted at advanced home and project studios. Cakewalk's Sonar X3 Producer costs $499 and is designed to meet the demands of professionals who require a program with the versatility to handle any kind of project. X3d is the fourth patch to be released since the launch back in September. The release includes numerous fixes and improvements requested by the user community. X3d includes support for more industry standard video formats using Microsoft's Media Foundation video engine. Additional benefits include improved video playback quality and performance, support for HD content, support for high color spaces with full fidelity and enhanced full-screen playback, and more efficient video acceleration. images or movies, and share media from any Web browser. Users can drag and drop one or more files into the browser to immediately upload them to the project. Automatic transcoding is performed for all media and thumbnails for playback in the browser. Users can create quick playlists by using drag and drop editing tools. Playlists can then be shared with anyone working on the project. The UI has also been made darker for enhanced viewing. The Client Review Site in the upcoming 5.3 release provides one-click publishing of any playlist to a simple and secure Website designed specifically for client presentations. External clients get simple tools to review media and provide feedback with notes and annotations. HP debuts new all-in-one workstation P ALO ALTO, CA — At the CES show in Las Vegas this month, HP (www.hp.com) unveiled the Z1 G2, a new 27-inch all-in-one workstation with touch capability. The Z1 G2 is the second-generation all-in-one workstation from HP and incorporates a 27-inch diagonal display with Windows 8 Touch and Intel Thunderbolt 2 capabilities. HP says the Z1 line is designed for pros that demand high-performance and sleek-looking products that are serviceable and easy-to-use. The new Z1 features Intel integrated HD Graphics, 4th Generation Intel Xeon and Core processors, ECC memory, and RAID storage options. Additionally, the HP Z1 features the latest Nvidia mobile Quadro GPUs. Like all HP Z Workstations, the Z1 G2 has been tested and certified for professional applications. HP's Z1 G2 workstation includes dualtone, front-facing speakers and DTS Studio Sound Audio. HP hopes to deliver the new all-in-one later this month. www.postmagazine.com Post • January 2014 41

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