The US manufacturer is aiming this new release at facilities and broadcasters that want to reduce the administrative costs associated with maintaining multiple storage systems.
It is also promoting the potential increased productivity that is possible by bringing together all staff involved in the production process.
Avid Unity ISIS is a blade-based storage subsystem that features intelligent dual drive storage elements, integrated Ethernet switching and redundant power and cooling.
Ian Burling, head of technical support services at Films at 59 - a beta tester - said: “The performance of the 10 GigE client connection in the Avid Unity ISIS has allowed us to connect multiple Avid Symphony systems working in various HD uncompressed frame rates, each pulling multiple streams at the same time. Previously, we had to use SCSI storage to get uncompressed HD performance, which limited the flexibility to move projects around the building.
“As a post facility where we do lots of HD work and have an ever-changing schedule, this high resolution support is a huge benefit and has the ability to greatly increase our productivity.”
The self-balancing Avid Unity ISIS architecture distributes data and metadata so that each intelligent storage element can make instant decisions that collectively optimise the performance, capacity and health of the entire system.
The system also automatically adapts to component failures and replacements without delay, and provides uninterrupted availability and performance - allowing customers in high-pressure broadcast, film or post-production environments.
Version 2.0 will be available for shipping from 5 December.
An entry level configuration will cost around£80,000.
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