arcived articles 2004

Bob Turner's The Cut - July 2004 Bob Turner / Pick of NAB 2004 A Video Systems Publication

1Beyond's Harmony SAN, Powered by Sanbolic's Melio FS and LaScala, Wins Bob Turner's "Making the Cut" Award

1 Beyond had one of its HD Pro workstations in the Adobe booth. What is remarkable about that is not that it was editing uncompressed 10-bit HD video and audio, but that it was doing so by accessing and controlling media on the 1 Beyond Harmony SAN at the opposite corner of the lower South exhibition hall. By following the long orange fiberoptic cable, I found their booth (as did many others -- neat marketing concept) and marveled at the Harmony - my next Making THE CUT Award selection.

The 1 Beyond Harmony Storage Area Network (SAN) supports from 2 to 32 editing. compositing and on-air systems accessing 10-bit uncompressed HD video with system prices starting at $35,000. Editing and compositing applications are from Adobe Systems applications-only, but you can also access other graphics and animation applications. With its simultaneous read and write capability, editors can begin editing as the images are still being ingested. These systems are already being used by major networks and large-scale users.

The product is scaleable for many types of users and can be used with standard definition and DV-based media as well as HD. The system can store hundreds of hours of uncompressed HD material and offer up to 13.5 GB/sec of aggregate throughput with FC connections at 2Gb/sec. The Harmony SAN can be tied into the 1 Beyond Redline Render Farm shared processing engines.

more information:
www.1beyond.com