[Shane Rodbourn]

David,
I think you’ll find the Creative Cow forums are an excellent source of information on SAN and NAS solutions for the Media & Entertainment market. There are a number of options out there.

The TerraBlock is a turn-key shared storage solution which is cross platform (Mac, Windows, Linux), Ethernet and/or Fibre Channel, Virtual Volumes, Interoperable with third party NLE’s, Asset Management, and workflow tools, Pro Tools file-level support, no per-seat license fees, and Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premier Pro Project sharing capability.

Working with Avid Media Composer, the TerraBlock not only allows you to share your media files easily, but also supports native project sharing. There’s no separate abstraction layer. In an Avid environment, many artists utilize Project and bin sharing to speed up the workflow and add efficiency. The TerraBlock allows you to share bins and projects across multiple clients. When you place your bins and projects on TerraBlock Volumes, several users can work on the same project at the same time. Avid editors have a locking mechanism to help you keep track of who is currently working in a bin. This allows one user to write to a bin and multiple users can read the files in that bin. This ensures that changes aren’t inadvertently overwritten to the bin.

Some of the key benefits of Facilis TerraBlock include Performance, Interoperability, Collaboration, Stability, and overall Value. Feel free to contact us if you need more information.

Regards,
Shane

Shane Rodbourn
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[Shane Rodbourn]

Gregorio,
The products Bob mentioned are all viable options and worthy competitors. I am not familiar with the Axus products.

At Facilis, we believe we offer a superior solution based on Performance, Collaboration, and overall Value proposition.

If you would like to learn more about Facilis Shared Storage, please take a look at our website – https://www.facilis.com/

You can contact us at sales@facilis.com or 978-562-7022

Regards,
Shane Rodbourn
GM/SVP Facilis Technology, Inc.

[Shane Rodbourn]

Facilis offers the entry level 8xs product. You can run Version 5, 64-bit OS, Facilis Shared FS w/ File System Emulation mode which will give you native Avid Project & Bin Sharing. That falls within the $10-15K price point that Bob mentions; nice, huh.

https://facilis.com/products.html

Shane Rodbourn
Facilis Technology, Inc