VIDEOSTATION, the Video-Editing-PC

...makes video editing perfect!

A trademark of:
Vasquez system solutions
engineers for applied data processing technology

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RAID Storage

How to make a buying decision on hard disk storage to use for video editing.

The need for hard disk storage in the terabyte range is growing steadily. Single disks are no good choice because the risk of data loss through a technical defect is too high. But which criteria are decisive when purchasing? The selection tree of our online shop will help you in getting an overview of the situation at the market, categorized according to the following factors:

- Speed: Do you want Windows and also mighty applications to start in almost no time? Therefore you can use SSDs or you can rely on the VIDEOSTATION built-in RAID 0, which got unmatchable capacity. Do you want your storage to be fast enough for HD-Video? If you work with at least Full-HD-Video, this can become essential, at AVIDs DNxHD e.g. the speed is mandatory. It depends on the codec. We offer you payable storage with transfer rates above 1000MB/s!

- Interface: Which interfaces are available? Usually, PCs and MACs are equipped with USB, eSATA, Firewire 400 or 800, and a network interface.

- Capacity: How much storage do I need? Will I delete my projects right after completion? Or do I need to archive them? Will there be material to be collected over many years?

- Fault tolerance: How well should the data be protected against technical failure?

	Modern Fault tolerant video storage: Integrated into the front side of the VIDEOSTATION® is a RAID hard disk array that is providing sufficient storage capacity for your project data. The hard disk drives are held in enclosures that can be accessed easily at any time and without having to use any tools.
	RAID 5 (blue) combined with RAID 1 (green): RAID 5 is the big, fast but also fault tolerant storage-solution with e.g. 4 x 2 = 8 Terabyte = 8.000 Gigabyte. Finished projects are safely stored on the mirrored RAID 1 with e.g. 2 Terabyte and can be physically long-term archived as necessary.
	RAID 5 (blue) combined with RAID 1 (green) and one single disk (red): Alike the prior example with a single disk added for outsourcing with add-on physical long-term archiving e.g. in a fireproof safe.
	RAID 5 (blue) combined with RAID 0 (yellow): RAID 0 enables you to import digital content, which requires a huge amount of bandwidth, like e.g. uncompressed HDV or 4k-Video. After that, the raw data can be moved to the blue area, where it can fault tolerantly be used in your project.
	2 x RAID 5 (blue) with 6 Terabyte = 6.000 Gigabyte each, either combined for a variety of projects or used as a double-redundant RAID 10. Both RAID-groups, consisting of 3 disks each, can independently be detached and outsourced for physical long-term archiving, without the need of a single tool.
	Maximum redundant storage build in the RAID-5-Bundle with 6 x 2 = 12 Terabyte = 12.000 Gigabyte.
RAID 0 = striping = Bond of at least 2 drives without redundancy (very fast) RAID 1 = mirroring = Bond of at least 2 drives with redundancy (50% of the capacity usable) RAID 5 = Bond of at least 3 drives with redundancy (low capacity, fast) RAID 10 = Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0 RAID 50 = Combination of RAID 5 and RAID 0

Proper storage of video data and replay of several tracks* of high-resolution material, up to uncompressed streams, necessitates a thorough selection of the storage hardware.
Through a system of interlocked hard drive disks (RAID), fault tolerance achieves that, even in case of a hard drive disk failure, data remains intact and work can continue.

VIDEOSTATION is originally equipped with such a video data storage and can furthermore be externally expanded to more than 100 Terabyte. It also facilitates high storage speeds that are out of reach for ordinary PCs.

Video Stream Type	Raid 0	Raid 5
Number of video streams available:
DV (1 stream=3.6 MB/sec):	16	16
DV50 (1 stream=7.2 MB/sec):	12	12
DVCPRO HD 720p 59.94 (1 stream=14.4 MB/sec):	9	9
DVCPRO HD 1080i 29.97 (1 stream=16 MB/sec):	16	14
HDV 720p† (1 stream=2.4 MB/sec):	16	10
HDV 1080i 29.97† (1 stream=3.1 MB/sec):	8	8
Uncompressed 8-bit NTSC (1 stream=21.0 MB/sec):	6	6
Uncompressed 10-bit NTSC (1 stream=28.0 MB/sec):	6	6
Uncompressed 8-bit 720 HD (1 stream=55.2 MB/sec):	4	4
Uncompressed 10-bit 720 HD (1 stream=73.6 MB/sec):	2	2
Uncompressed 8-bit 1080i HD (1 stream=124.3 MB/sec):	1	1
Uncompressed 10-bit 1080 HD (1 stream=165.7 MB/sec):	1	1
2K (2048 X 1556)LOG RGB (1 stream=309.0 MB/sec):	1	1

Our video storage units offer great value for money. Please compare our prices with those of our competitors - you can find them in our online shop

Up to 10 Terabytes as a desktop solution
Fault tolerance of stored video data
Acoustic alarm in case of hard disk drive failure
Excjamge pf failed disks while the system is running
Monitoring and management via internet browser

Optional high performance PCIe host adapters support up to 8 SAS or SATA2 periphery devices. The adapters are based on the same RAID core as the field tested RAID adapters in external solutions. Applications that benefit from these features include NAS, video RAID solutions, web servers, super computers, real-time backups, safety systems, and streaming solutions.

Up to 3 Mb/s for each channel
RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, or JBOD
Supports more than 2 TB per volume
Online change of capacity and RAID level possible
Kompatible to Windows, MAC OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, VMware and other OS

NEW! The DataSilo with USB 3.0!
An external memory for your video recordings! The DataSilo comes as a little tower with 8 slots for upgrades to max. 24 TeraByte (= 24.000 GB). Pre-configured versions with 8, 16 and 24 TeraByte are available.
Important for film and video producers thereby are the various interfaces: USB 3.0/2.0, eSATA, Firewire 800, iSCSI and ATAoE. The DataSilo is quiet and compact and therefore suitable for both the studio and for mobile use!
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RAID enclosures for up to 6 SATA hard disk drives can be exchanged while the system is running. No tools are required.

Each bay is equipped with 2 lights indicating the operational status. The green light indicates that the bay is operational, the yellow one that the bay is currently occupied. Therefore, a failed disk can be easily identified, when a Windows monitoring program simultaneously indicates an instability within the RAID system. The user then instantly knows which disk is being affected and has to be exchanged. Usually, this is a feature of pricey stand-alone solutions - with VIDEOSTATION, it is included in the purchasing price!

VIDEOSTATION-Performance on SSD-like RAID 0 up to 24TB.

Performance comparison of a VIDEOSTATION RAID with a single hard drive disk.