Engineered to deliver enterprise-level performance, availability, and scalability

Introducing a breakthrough in large-scale collaborative technology: the Avid Unity ISIS (Infinitely Scalable Intelligent Storage) media network. Running on standard Gigabit Ethernet technology, Avid Unity ISIS systems expand the potential of any media enterprise with facility-wide uninterrupted access to media; powerful yet simple management tools; and an open architecture that supports both Avid and non-Avid clients in a range of mission-critical environments, including:

Avid Unity ISIS product brief [pdf]

Broadcast and media production environments that must support large numbers of end users in real time, with the highest reliability and availability High-quality, high-pressure SD and Avid DNxHD editing and finishing (all formats up to 145 Mb/sec.) for collaborative projects such as "reality TV" and special events coverage Educational media labs that need to accommodate and administrate increasing student demand and expanding curricula

Intelligent, four-dimensional scalability

The highly scalable, self-balancing, distributed architecture of the Avid Unity ISIS system offers practically unlimited potential for growth: when you add capacity, you add intelligent processing power. The Avid Unity ISIS file system can expand from 8 TB to 192 TB with four-dimensional scalability:

• Capacity. Simply attach additional Avid Unity ISIS Engines and the file system automatically load-balances all of the storage blades without interrupting operations.
• Clients. Avid Unity ISIS media networks can accommodate up to 330 real-time clients, up to 1,000 user accounts.
• Performance. Scale bandwidth to deliver real-time SD and Avid DNxHD media, with higher bandwidth support planned for future release.
• Reliability. Redundant storage and connectivity ensure continued availability, while self-healing drive blades instantly redistribute data in case of a drive failure.

Innovative engineering for absolute reliability

The Avid ISIS Engine is a unique blade-based storage subsystem that features intelligent dual-drive storage elements, integrated Ethernet switching, and redundant power and cooling. Built-in system-wide health monitoring signals any point of failure. Avid ISIS Engines, storage blades, switch blades, and power/cooling modules can be easily added, removed, or hot-swapped while the system is live. The system automatically adapts to component failures and replacements - while work continues without delay.

Unlike common storage area networks (SANs) the advanced Avid ISIS architecture distributes data and metadata so that each intelligent storage element can make instant decisions that collectively optimize the performance, capacity, and health of the entire system. Complementary redundancy across all components provides an unprecedented seven layers of protection for uninterrupted availability and absolute reliability in high-pressure broadcast, post, or film production environments