Avid ISIS 5000 Shared Storage Gets Upgrade

The latest version of the Avid ISIS 5000 shared storage solution, which delivers expanded scalability, connectivity, and availability to enable greater production efficiency and capability for a wide range of broadcast, post production, government and education media facilities, will be available on Dec. 15. The company says customers can create more content and leverage existing investments through doubled storage capacity, up to 90 client connections, and support for additional third-party Ethernet switches.
The ISIS 5000 is an easy-to-use, open, real-time shared storage solution that provides customers with access to high-performance ISIS File System technology, used in more than 750 major media enterprises to store, share and manage large quantities of digital assets, on lower cost hardware. New features in version 3.1 include increased storage capacity, enabling more broadcast, post production, education and government facilities to take advantage of the high-value ISIS 5000 shared storage solution with room to grow by expanding to 128 TB capacity (four ISIS 5000 engines; 96TB usable).
Also look for support for up to 90 client connections: expands content creation capability by efficiently enabling larger, more complex workflows and access to more media by more contributors. Customers can also lower storage and administrative costs by consolidating local storage islands and serving multiple workgroups with a single ISIS 5000 system.
Lastly, a Back-up System Director: offers greater media availability and protection with the ability to switch over to an alternate System Director that is housed within each ISIS 5000 engine. If the system metadata-managing System Director in one ISIS 5000 engine fails, the System Director in the second one can take over.
The latest version of the Avid ISIS 5000 (3.1), will be available on Dec. 15, 2010. All ISIS 5000 configurations support Mac or PC clients and include 90 seat licenses with either one or three years of Avid Priority or Avid Uptime Support.