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Backup 6TB
Unity in 8 Hours!
Instant restore!
WOW!!!!
Apace Systems
Avid Unity Media Offload Solution KIT
Backup / restore / shared storage / expanded access from any desktop / 18TB protected RAID-6 storage for Avid Unity Media MXF and OMF file backup support
Problem Statement:
- Avid Unity and its storage expansion is very expensive
- Limited client stations access to the content Via FC
- Time consuming archive and recovery process
Apace Systems Solution:
- Maintaining Unity workflow & performance
- Network access to any node on Ethernet without client software
- Fast archive and recovery process
- RAID-6 protection
- Alternative or augmenting tape back-up strategy
Apace 1U server Gateway
Apace 1U Windows Server: Includes: Dual AMD Opteron CPU, Microsoft Windows XP, 2GB of ECC Registered RAM, Dual Drive for
OS redundancy, 2G FC HBA, 2 x GigE, Backup Software
Xserve Gateway
- Xserve G5 Dual 2.3GHz
- Part Number: Z0BH
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Fibre Channel PCI-X card - (lower slot)
2GB DDR400 ECC SDRAM - 2x1GB
Mac OS X Server, Unlimited License
80GB ADM (1x80GB 7,200rpm ADM)
Accessory kit
Dual 2.3GHz PowerPC G5
Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Enterprise Class File based NAS:
with hot swappable HDD
Redundant Power Supply
End to end 64 bit LINUX and Multi-CPU architecture
18 TB of s-ATA RAID-6 storage protection
QUAD GE connectivity
300Mbytes.sec throughput
Easy to Manage via GUI based Interface
Apace complete solution:
UOL-18TB-PC or UOL-18TB-MAC Solution KIT for 1G FC or 2G FC Unity Off-load system:
NAS
- E1500-4U18T with RAID-6 support
- Op-2GE (additional 2GE NIC for total of four ports
- Op-1GB x 2 (for total of 4GB RAM Cache)
- Sp-HD750 (Spare HDD+tray)
Server Gateway + Software
- with backup software and syncing script
- Avid Unity Client
Grand Total (MSRP) $44,850
Apace Can offer installation service for $800/Day + any travel and per diem (estimated installation and site testing 2 days)
Unity Offload Benefits
- Economically use of Unity resource
- Moving non-current projects to nearline eStor and maintaining data availability
- Content accessible from any computer on Ethernet for review from desktop (QuickTime or Media Player)
- No change to current workflow, performance & Unity setup
- Maintaining a video archive for better productivity with zero recovery time
- Automated data protection of RAID 5, 6 or global standby while Unity can afford to run RAID 0 without redundancy
- Fast. Archiving and retrieving are DV/HDV, SD, DNxHD and uncompressed HD
Appendix: Calculation time for AVID Backup
Per previous foil if AVID throughput and workflow back up throughput bottleneck is set at 200Mbtyes/sec: Assuming a 6TB Unity storage …
For 6TB = 6,000GB = 6,000,000 MB / 200 MB/sec = 30,000 sec 30,000 sec/ 60 sec = 500 minutes / 60 minutes =
~8.4 Hours back up time for 6TB (Estimated time)
One clean way may be to do 2TB in less than 3 hours each night. And over the weekend do 8 hour dumps. Especially if you go with 18TB eStor you can have weekday and week-end dumps dedicated space as a strategy as well. This means not
only RAID-6 protected data but Mirrored Data as the third copy as well, which will be you daily dumps and weekly dumps respectively.
Assumptions: we expect Unity to do up to 200 Mbytes/sec.
We believe 100-200Mbytes/sec backup throughput is a balanced throttling speed for The workflow. We believe that you can edit while running edits for non active projects.
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