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Are you frustrated in your efforts to bring diverse systems together in a single storage solution?
Quantum StorNext and Apple XSAN may be what you have been looking for. Providing a common file-system, StorNext and XSAN deliver direct block level access to your storage from Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac OSX hosts. Imagine having a single central high performance storage system connecting all of your diverse systems. Multi-vendor support enables enterprises to select applications and devices based on business needs, not infrastructure restrictions. When combined with DataDirect Networks’ storage systems, you can also reach new levels of performance, capacity and resilience. All of this whilst retaining a fully integrated common Active Directory based authentication mechanism.
Rapid Group Plc are pleased to announce a morning of seminars featuring speakers from Apple, Quantum and DataDirect Networks to give an understanding of how to get a tailored solution that is the right fit for your business.
Whether you are interested in high performance storage, higher density and more cost effective storage consolidation or mixed operating system data sharing; come along and talk to the experts. The session will be held on the morning of 25th September 2008 at the Congress Centre, London.
The Agenda for the day will be:
Introduction and overview by Rapid
Session 1. 10:00-10:50 Quantum Storenext and Storage Manager
As the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive for more than 27 years, Quantum has been focused on helping companies address content retention and performance workflow challenges by incorporating innovative solution sets with world-class service and support.
Quantum StorNext® data management software enables broadcasters to accelerate revenue generation through optimized workflows while archiving and protecting more content at a lower cost. The software combines high speed data sharing with cost-effective content retention, creating a scalable, flexible, and consolidated infrastructure to ensure workflow operations run faster and more easily. Being heterogeneous, best of breed applications and operating systems can be deployed across the infrastructure for real time ingest, edit and playout. Content is accessible on both the Storage Area Network and the Local Area Network for maximum flexibility and scalability.
For long-term content retention, StorNext expands storage pools into multi-tier archives including digital tape, automatically moving and copying content between different storage resources to reduce costs and protect content.
Come and find out how these systems are being deployed alongside our partners like DDN and Apple and discuss the challenges that companies have in moving to HD enabled fully digital workflows.
Session 2. 11:00-11:50 DDN High Performance and High Availability Storage
DataDirect Networks are the Worlds leading supplier of data infrastructure for Post and Broadcast. With a client list of the most demanding storage applications on the face of the planet including NASA, Ferrari F1, MTV, Slide, X-Box Live, Sony, Pacific Title, CNN, Technicolor & Deluxe, DataDirect are at the forefront of delivering Extreme Storage. With over 400 systems installed at the heart of post and broadcast operations worldwide - including powering the Beijing Olympic Games and Batman - The Dark Knight, DDN are well positioned to present a White Paper on Storage Technology for Digital Media. During this presentation Tim Siddons of DataDirect, a specialist in high-demand Broadcast and Post workflows will be discussing the challenges facing the business of media and how to make the right infrastructure decisions in the face of the exploding demands of audio, video and image resolutions.
During this discussion we will be addressing some of the fundamental issues facing media expansion including:
- Business issues driving change
- Using SATA reliably in mission critical applications
- MAM and Archive requirements and considerations
- How important is Power Consumption to you?
- Guaranteeing data delivery and speed to large numbers of users
- Using Final Cut Server in a shared environment
- Example installations of DataDirect and Final Cut Pro
Break 12:00-12:30
Session 3. 12:30-1:30 Active Directory Integration with Rapid Group
Session 4. 1:30-2:30 Apple Final Cut Server and Storage
Apple have been at the forefront of video-based SAN technology since the introduction of Xsan, and this event will be a perfect opportunity to learn about all the latest developments. See how Xsan 2, Apple's industry leading SAN software, offers vastly superior performance and significantly improved set-up and analysis tools.
Learn how the new partnership between Xsan 2 and Promise RAID storage provides exceptional throughput and stability for video applications. And get an overview of the newest member of the family, Final Cut Server, and see how its powerful asset management and workflow automation tools can streamline an entire production process, from initial video ingest through edit, grade, graphics, audio and final delivery.
