Avid NEXIS | E2, E4 and PRO storage engines feature an embedded System Director for robust systems management, making it easy and more affordable for smaller workgroups and environments to benefit from the advantages Avid NEXIS offers. For larger scale deployments, high availability, and to deploy E5 and/or E5 NL engines in your workflow, add the external System Director Appliance (SDA) to boost your capabilities. You can even add a second controller to your SDA for redundancy. Here’s how each differs:
Using the embedded System Director
Avid NEXIS | E2 and E4 storage engines
- Enables up to 560 TB of raw storage capacity with 4 Media Packs (up to 2.4 GB/s total bandwidth)
- Supports up to 40 active clients
- Supports 8 million files
Adding the System Director Appliance with Extended File System license
Avid NEXIS | E2, E4, E5, and E5 NL storage engines
- Enables up to 3.8 PB of raw storage capacity with 24 Media Packs (up to 9.6 GB/s total bandwidth)
- Supports up to 165 active clients
- Supports 20 million files
- Provides redundancy when used with the Redundant Controller
Adding the System Director Appliance with Advanced File System license
Avid NEXIS | E2, E4, E5, and E5 NL storage engines
- Enables over 10 PB of raw storage capacity with 64 Media Packs (more than 25 GB/s total bandwidth)
- Supports up to 330 active clients
- Supports 20 million files
- Provides redundancy when used with the Redundant Controller
With this in mind, here’s a look at the hardware components you can choose to create your own custom Avid NEXIS storage system.
