EditShare's XStream EFS Heads To BroadcastAsia 2015

EditShare's BroadcastAsia 2015 lineup will include the company's XStream EFS, it has been announced. The new distributed, redundant 'scale out' storage system brings enterprise-class features to a range of facilities. EditShare Flow 3.2, the latest release of the firm's media asset management platform, will also feature at the show.

EditShare XStream EFS
Designed to support high-bandwidth, high-volume media ingest, transcoding, online collaborative editing and multiplatform distribution of HD, 2K, 4K and beyond, XStream EFS offers multiple levels of redundancy and scalability.

The storage solution integrates with industry standard broadcast and post-production systems including EditShare's own Geevs (broadcast servers), Flow (media asset management), and Ark (backup and archiving) solutions, accelerating real-time ingest, editing and playout workflows.

Whenever a file is written to an EFS system, pieces of the data – along with a second level of redundancy information – are spread across multiple nodes ensuring users get the combined speed of the nodes, plus extra file protection security. The 'high availability' architecture offers advanced redundancy and data protection features at multiple levels, including redundant metadata controllers, ensuring work continues irrespective of a hardware failure.

Flexible storage capacity options range from under 100 TB up to five Petabytes, allowing facilities to purchase only what they need and expand in the future.

EditShare XStream EFS received 'Best of Show' awards at both IBC 2014 and NAB 2015.

EditShare Flow 3.2
The EditShare Flow 3.2 release features new format support, remote collaboration and automation capabilities, a 'high availability' database option, and other enhancements that help facilities build a more efficient production pipe.

Topping the feature list are: expanded support for 4K codecs and single-file-per-frame formats such as DPX and CinemaDNG; download capabilities that expand the remote collaboration power of AirFlow, the web-based portal into Flow; and fully automated transcoding and delivery workflows.

Enhancements to AirFlow, the Flow module that enables facilities to make media accessible through their own private cloud, allow users to batch-download both original media files and Flow proxies via a web browser from anywhere in the world, opening up new possibilities for remote collaboration and proxy workflows.

In addition to the format support and remote collaboration capabilities, Flow 3.2 offers new Watch Folder and FTP delivery options that will, in many cases, alleviate the need for dedicated transcoding and file delivery tools. With Flow Automation, facilities can automatically watch for all incoming file-based media that arrives at specific locations, and then transcode all new media to a single 'house editing codec,' making content ready for editing as quickly as possible.

EditShare will be at stand 4G3-02 at BroadcastAsia 2015.

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