By Elina Shatkin, February 2, 2005
Huge Systems, Inc., a storage solutions provider for the content creation, broadcast and delivery markets, has announced the compatibility of its Huge MediaVault U320R Max and U320RX Dual Max RAID storage arrays with the Kona 2 dual rate HD/SD capture card from AJA Video Systems, Inc.
Kona 2 is an innovative capture card that supports uncompressed 8 and 10 bit SDI, HD-SDI, and dual link 4:4:4 HD at both 10 and 12 bits. Kona 2 also features 8 channel AES audio, HD/SD component analog video output, and Broadcast Quality HD/SD hardware up/down-conversion. Offering features and capabilities at unprecedented prices, Kona 2 is the highest quality and most flexible HD/SD video capture solution available for professional editing applications.
The Huge Systems MediaVault U320R and U320RX storage arrays are widely used by video and post production professionals for applications including SD and HDTV, uncompressed broadcast video storage, content creation, medical imaging, and government/military applications
. The MediaVault U320R Max and U320RX Dual Max offer users an array of features and scalable storage capacities designed to maximize performance and reliability at every level. These features include a High Definition Turbo (HDT) mode to ensure 200 MB/s data rate throughput (per channel), and a soft failover capability that reconstructs and repairs marginal data automatically.
The traditional Huge MediaVaultTM U320R, or rack-mounted U320RX, may each be configured in RAID 0 (performance) or RAID 3 (protected) operation. The U320R Max, with a small footprint measuring 6" W x 11" H x 12" D, offers capacities of up to 2,000GB and is available in 4 configurations, each providing at least 600 GB of removable storage.
Slightly larger than the original U-320R, the MediaVault U-320RX Dual Max is available as an attractively designed 4-U rack mounted unit or free standing tower. The MediaVault U-320RX Dual Max supports two Ultra320 SCSI channels with ten removable disk drives. Scalable storage up to 4TB per array and the ability to daisy chain up to four Dual Max arrays makes available up to 16TB of total storage.
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