NAB, Las Vegas, April 16, 2007 Archion, the entertainment industry s largest storage solution for Avid users, has announced an unprecedented new storage product, Synergy HD4. ARCHION WILL BE Exhibiting AT NAB BOOTH # SL 12708.
Released today by Archion CEO Mark Bianchi, and COO Reuben Lima, the Synergy HD4
provides faster throughput than anything currently available for AVID UNITY. Synergy HD4 will outperform any storage system on the market and continues to feature the broadest compatibility range available, states Bianchi. With so many clients currently working on legacy Unity, our aggressively priced 8 terabyte Synergy HD4 at $19,995.00 USD is the logical choice for all Unity platforms, adds Lima.
ABOUT SYNERGY HD4:
According to Archion CTO James Tucci, Synergy HD4 is the newest and most powerful addition to the Archion Synergy family of FC Raid storage products for Digital Video systems.
Archion s Synergy HD4 features an unrivaled compatibility with Unity
that extends the capacity and performance while sustaining the life span of AVIDS legacy Unity systems. This new and groundbreaking product extends Archion s original Synergy HD abilities from 400MB/sec to 800 MB/sec bandwidth with its dual 4GB FC ports and has increased its capacity from 8TB to 12TB in the same 3 RU space.
Among the features of Synergy HD4:
- Certified with Avid Unity MediaNetwork v3.3 and higher
- Rack-mountable chassis (3U rack height)
- Archion Synergy HD4 Raid controller
- 1gig Video optimized Cache RAM
- Ethernet management port
- RAID controller is user replaceable.
- Web based GUI
- Proprietary Vdisk technology allows changes in storage capacity
- 15 SATA II hard drives
- 1 SATA II hot spare drive
- Dual Channel 4GB FC ports with opticSPF transceivers (supports dual switch configuration or single switch dual port operation)
- Four High Efficiency hot swappable Cooling fans
- (2) 400 watt (redundant configuration) hot swappable power supplies
- Rack mount rails
- Built in Plug and Play Unity configured storage
Synergy HD4 is a full-featured SATA II to FC Raid storage system designed for networking digital video systems in an Avid Unity environment. It is available in units from 4 TB to 12TB with 2 ports of 4GB FC and is certified with Unity 3.3 thru 4.2.2
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