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4 • Storage Solutions • March 2014 STORAGE SOLUTIONS JEH is about to install new Mac Pros and boost storage for post production as well. The new workstations will have 32TBs of Promise Technology Pegasus2 R8 RAID storage with Thunderbolt in a customized, shared-storage solution. "We've had a need for shared storage on a budget," Gallardo admits. "Sneakernet is killing us." Doug Krainman, COO and executive producer at JEH Productions, says the new configuration has as much to do with changing the way the company works as it does with upgrades that were overdue. "We approach all of our projects as storytellers first, and ultimately one of the main benefits of our new configuration is to our workflow, which will become more collaborative. The files will live on one shared server that each editor will access and share, as op- posed to separate files kept on their hard drives, working independently. Additionally, we're reconfiguring our physi- cal space along with the new system, so our team will work in closer proximity to each other, fostering collaboration and communication even more." JEH also plans to add LTO back up storage. "LTO has proven itself in other industries and is really making good inroads in our sector," Gallardo says. JMR JMR Electronics Inc.'s (www.jmr.com) BlueStor product line continues to expand with the addition of the BlueStor Networked Storage Server powered by technology partner euroNAS's Premium Ultra 64-bit operating system. Targeted to the multi-client media and entertainment post market that has high-load applications requiring high throughput, the BlueStor Networked Storage Server is a very robust storage appliance for file serving, digital A/V workflow stor- age, and back-up storage. It's available in 16-, 32-, 48- and 64TB data capacities. The American-made product comes in a base 16TB sys- tem capable of streaming 4K uncompressed video files and 256 tracks of audio simultaneously without degrada- tion through a 10GbE network. It supports data rates for every video file format currently used, from 8-bit SD to 10-bit 4K and is compatible with any network-connected workstation. Remote monitoring of operation and com- plete status is standard, along with remote notification of errors or failures. The BlueStor Networked Storage Server has a unique modular design that uses no cables in the data path, minimizing airflow restrictions and points of failure. The 3U rackmounted product uses vertically mounted disk drives in lightweight, low-cost, vibration-dampening disk drive canisters for the highest signal integrity and airflow. The result is lower drive temperatures and higher opera- tional efficiency. "The BlueStor offers some unique features: using two 6Gb SAS expanders and two 6Gb hardware RAID con- trollers to address eight disks; each optimizes R/W per- formance to provide greater than 100MB/s per disk data transfer rates, sustained, using 7,200rpm SATA-3 disks," says Steve Katz, vice president of sales at JMR Electronics Inc. "It packs up to 64TBs native capacity in the same 3U platform agency doner's in-house post studio the underground uses Scale logic storage. the studio recently completed this Jcp spot.