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Storage Solutions • March 2014 • 13 EditShare improves shared storage platform BOSTON — The EditShare Storage V.7 platform operates on a high performance Linux OS and now sports a totally new and intuitive EditShare Connect interface. EditShare (www.editshare.com) is known for its advanced project and media sharing capabili- ties, as well as for high stream counts for users working with Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Lightworks and other major NLEs. New features in V.7 include a Quality of Service (QoS) system, which reserves bandwidth for high-priority activities, such as realtime capture or playout, and limits the bandwidth of low-priority ac- tivities. EditShare Connect's Project Profiles allow the system to remember which spaces need to be displayed and/or mounted for different projects. There is now support for Active Directory Single Sign On (SSO); a system status indicator; and localization support for virtually any language. EditShare Storage V.7 also allows FCP X workgroups to use AFP- mounted spaces as SAN volumes, giving editors the ability to store FCP X libraries, events and projects on central storage. OWC's ThunderBay utilizes Thunderbolt connectivity WOODSTOCK, IL — Other World Computing, (www.macsales.com), a zero emissions Mac upgrade and storage technology company, has expanded its line of Thunderbolt inter- face storage products with the addition of the OWC ThunderBay IV four-bay external high-performance drive. The ThunderBay IV is available in capacities up to 16TBs of to- tal storage and can add tremendous stor- age capacity and throughput to any Mac or PC with a Thunderbolt port. Users can access data at sustained data rates of up to 887MB/s read and 884MB/s write. The ThunderBay IV supports independent drive access of up to four installed drives, is fully RAID ready, and is suited for RAID 0, 1, and 5 configurations. ThunderBay's dual Thunderbolt ports allow daisy chaining of up to five additional devices plus one high- resolution display. Currently, up to 96TBs of storage, plus a display, can be added using the ThunderBay IV solution with any Mac or PC via a single available Thunderbolt port. The unit features a durable aluminum en- closure that protects the four internal drives and keeps them cool. In addition, the lock- ing faceplate keeps the installed drives se- cure. A 1.0 meter certified Thunderbolt cable is included. Pricing begins at $494.99 for an "add your own drive" configuration. Other configurations include 4.0TBs for $699.99; 8.0TBs for $869.99; 12.0TBs for $979.99; and 16.0TBs for $1,399.99. SSD configurations are also available, starting at $979.99 for 480GBs. Cache-A adds 10GbE connectivity GOLDEN, CO — Cache-A Corporation (www.cache-a.com) recently showed off its latest innovations in LTO-tape archiving that support enhanced productivity and deliver greater levels of asset protection. The company's Pro-Cache610 was developed in response to the advent of low-cost, 10GbE infrastructure technology and the me- dia and entertainment industry's demand to take advantage of the extra productivity 10GbE delivers. Pro-Cache610 is based on Cache- A's flagship Pro-Cache6 appliance, and features dual RJ-45 connec- tions for 10Gb Ethernet I/O, allowing high-speed archiving at over 150MB/s. It also has eSATA ports for fast access to direct-attached storage, and a SAS connection, allowing seamless connectivity to Cache-A LTO-6 library or sidecar expansion units, as well as third- party robotic systems. Pro-Cache610 comes with 6TB internal HDD RAID 0 or RAID 1 disk- cache storage, while LTO-6 cartridges can hold up to 2.5TBs of data natively. It is rack-mountable in a central machine room, but can also be easily deployed in on-set cart systems. The company's new Simul- Copy capability improves archiving workflow by speeding-up the delivery of LTO-tape copies. It is especially helpful on long-form projects that can produce several Terabytes of RAW camera data.

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