Inscriber and Sanbolic develop SAN solution for E-Clips

Inscriber and Sanbolic have announced that Inscriber’s E-Clips is now certified for use with Sanbolic Melio File System.
E-Clips is a powerful video scheduler that allows operators to edit play lists while on-line. E-Clips can manage the ingest, playout and pass through of multiple video sources, live video feeds, full screen graphics, into a seamless unified broadcast output. Playout can be scheduled manually, with time code, a time of day clock or GPI triggers.
Inscriber and Sanbolic have certified a storage area network for E-Clips, using Melio FS, Sanbolic’s SAN file system, Adaptec’s SANbloc storage and Qlogic host bus adapters. Melio FS is a scalable file system that allows workstations to be added to a SAN, with the ability to add extra storage as needed. The file systems’ journaling functionality provides reliable tracking of all operations.
Melio FS allows multiple E-Clips systems to be integrated together. Melio FS’ locking mechanism allows multiple E-Clips systems to simultaneously access the same file on the shared, centralized video storage. The fail-safe feature provides seamless, stable and consistent playout.
“This partnership has allowed Inscriber and Sanbolic to develop dynamic integration capabilities for E-Clips,” says Adam Medri, Product Manager at Inscriber. “In particular, the seamless file sharing function is exciting, as it will increase broadcaster’s workflow.”
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