Mix and match Avid NEXIS enterprise-class (“E”) engines to create a single pool of tiered storage, enabling you to start small and grow your system as your business grows. Scale capacity and performance by adding more Media Packs to an engine—or additional engines to a system—enabling up to 10+ PB of raw storage and more than 25 GB/s of total bandwidth.
Avid NEXIS Storage & Specifications
Storage engines—NAS for video editing and audio production
Avid NEXIS | E5
For large, demanding broadcast and post-production environments
- Drives: Supports up to 8 Media Packs (80 HDDs) in 60 TB, 100 TB, or 140 TB capacities
- Scalability: 240 TB–1.12 PB per E5
- Bandwidth: Up to 3.2 GB/s per E5
- Network interface: 40GbE QSFP
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Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | FS—64-bit self-balancing, distributed file system with intelligent media distribution/redistribution, real-time media access, and dynamic disk protection
- Modular field-replaceable storage engine controller
- Two hot-swappable SSDs for system configuration and metadata management
- Two hot spare hard disk drives
- Redundant power and cooling
- 5U rack-mountable chassis
Base configurations
- Single engine controller with 4 x 60, 100, or 140 TB HDD Media Packs
- Single engine controller with 8 x 60, 100, or 140 TB HDD Media Packs
Options
- Redundant Controller
- Redundant System Director Appliance
- 60, 100, and 140 TB HDD Media Packs
Specifications
- Supported clients: Windows 8.1, 10 (up to Windows 10 Update 20H2); Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019; macOS 10.14 (64-bit), 10.15, 11, 11.1; CentOS 7.5–7.8
- Client connections: Supports up to 330 active 1Gb, 10Gb, and 40Gb connected clients
- File support: 20 million files
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 19 x 36.8 x 8.7 inches (483 x 930 x 220 mm)
- Weight (with drives): 282 lbs (128 kg)
- Power supply: Redundant 2,200W, 220 VAC, 60/50 Hz
- Fans: Five fan modules (two must be functional)
Please note: Avid NEXIS | E5 requires an external System Director Appliance, available in your choice of an Extended or Advanced file system license. E5 is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Avid NEXIS | E2
For small to mid-size video and audio production teams
- Drives: Supports 1 Media Pack (10 HDDs) in a 60 TB, 100 TB, or 140 TB capacity
- Scalability: 60–140 TB per E2
- Bandwidth: Up to 600 MB/s per E2
- Network interface: 10GbE SFP+
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Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | FS—64-bit self-balancing, distributed file system with intelligent media distribution/redistribution, real-time media access, and dynamic disk protection
- Modular field-replaceable storage engine controller
- Two hot-swappable SSDs for system configuration and metadata management
- Redundant power and cooling
- 2U rack-mountable chassis
Base configuration
- Single engine controller with 1 x 60, 100, or 140 TB HDD Media Pack
Options
- Redundant Controller
- System Director Appliance (primary and redundant options)
Specifications
- Supported clients: Windows 8.1, 10 (up to Windows 10 Update 20H2); Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019; macOS 10.14 (64-bit), 10.15, 11, 11.1; CentOS 7.5–7.8
- Client connections: Supports up to 40 active 1Gb, 10Gb, and 40Gb connected clients; expandable to support up to 330 active clients with the optional System Director Appliance
- File support: 8 million files; expandable to support 20 million files with the optional System Director Appliance
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 19 x 24.8 x 3.5 inches (483 x 630 x 89 mm)
- Weight (with drives): 57.2 lbs (26 kg)
- Power supply: Redundant 764W, 100–240 VAC, 60/50 Hz
Please note: Avid NEXIS | E2 is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Avid NEXIS | E5 NL
High-density nearline storage for all media production environments
- Drives: Supports 4 or 8 Media Packs (40 or 80 HDDs) in a 160 TB capacity
- Scalability: 640 TB–1.28 PB per E5 NL
- Bandwidth: Up to 1 GB/s per E5 NL
- Network interface: 10GbE SFP+
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Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | FS—64-bit self-balancing, distributed file system with intelligent media distribution/redistribution, real-time media access, and dynamic disk protection
- Field-replaceable storage engine controller
- Two hot-swappable SSDs for system configuration and metadata management
- Redundant power and cooling
- 5U rack-mountable chassis
Base configurations
- Single engine controller with 4 x 160 TB HDD Media Packs
- Single engine controller with 8 x 160 TB HDD Media Packs
Options
- Redundant Controller
- Redundant System Director Appliance
- 160 TB HDD Media Packs
Specifications
- Supported clients: Windows 8.1, 10 (up to Windows 10 Update 20H2); Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019; macOS 10.14 (64-bit), 10.15, 11, 11.1; CentOS 7.5–7.8
- Client connections: Supports more than 100 active 1Gb, 10Gb, and 40Gb connected clients
- File support: 20 million files
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 19 x 36.8 x 8.7 inches (483 x 930 x 220 mm)
- Weight (with drives): 282 lbs (128 kg)
- Power supply: Redundant 2,200W, 220 VAC, 60/50 Hz
- Fans: Five fan modules (two must be functional)
Please note: Avid NEXIS | E5 NL requires an external System Director Appliance, available in your choice of an Extended or Advanced file system license. E5 NL is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Avid NEXIS | E4
For mid- to large-scale video and audio production environments
- Drives: Supports up to 2 Media Packs (20 HDDs) in 60 TB, 100 TB, or 140 TB capacities
- Scalability: 60–280 TB per E4
- Bandwidth: Up to 1.2 GB/s per E4
- Network interface: 10GbE SFP+
Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | FS—64-bit self-balancing, distributed file system with intelligent media distribution/redistribution, real-time media access, and dynamic disk protection
- Modular field-replaceable storage engine controller
- Two hot-swappable SSDs for system configuration and metadata management
- Redundant power and cooling
- 4U rack-mountable chassis
Base configuration
- Single engine controller with 4 x 120 or 140 TB HDD Media Packs
- Single engine controller with 8 x 120 or 140 TB HDD Media Packs
Options
- Redundant Controller
- Redundant System Director Appliance
- 120 or 140 TB HDD Media Packs
- Two hot spare hard disk drives
Specifications
- Supported clients: Windows 8.1, 10 (up to Windows 10 Update 20H2); Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019; macOS 10.14 (64-bit), 10.15, 11, 11.1; CentOS 7.5–7.8
- Client connections: Supports up to 40 active 1Gb, 10Gb, and 40Gb connected clients; expandable to support up to 330 active clients with the optional System Director Appliance
- File support: 8 million files; expandable to support 20 million files with the optional System Director Appliance
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 19 x 24.8 x 7 inches (483 x 630 x 178 mm)
- Weight (with drives): 101.4 lbs (46 kg)
- Power supply: Four 580W, 100–240 VAC, 60/50 Hz (two must be functional)
Please note: Avid NEXIS | E4 is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD
All-flash array for 4K and finishing workflows
- Drives: Supports 1 Media Pack (10 SSDs) in a 19.2 TB or 38.4 TB capacity
- Scalability: 19.2–38.4 TB per E2 SSD
- Bandwidth: Up to 3 GB/s per E2 SSD
- Network interface: 40GbE QSFP
Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | FS—64-bit self-balancing, distributed file system with intelligent media distribution/redistribution, real-time media access, and dynamic disk protection
- Modular field-replaceable storage engine controller
- Two hot-swappable SSDs for system configuration and metadata management
- Redundant power and cooling
- 2U rack-mountable chassis
Base configuration
- Single engine controller with 1 x 19.2 or 38.4 TB SSD Media Pack
Options
- System Director Appliance (primary and redundant options)
Specifications
- Supported clients: Windows 8.1, 10 (up to Windows 10 Update 20H2); Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019; macOS 10.14 (64-bit), 10.15, 11, 11.1; CentOS 7.5–7.8
- Client connections: Supports up to 40 active 1Gb, 10Gb, and 40Gb connected clients; expandable to support up to 330 active clients with the optional System Director Appliance
- File support: 8 million files; expandable to support 20 million files with the optional System Director Appliance
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 19 x 24.8 x 3.5 inches (483 x 630 x 89 mm)
- Weight (with drives): 57.2 lbs (26 kg)
- Power supply: Redundant 764W, 100–240 VAC, 60/50 Hz
Please note: Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Avid NEXIS | PRO
For smaller teams (cannot be mixed with “E-class” engines)
- Drives: Supports 1 Media Pack (10 HDDs) in a 40 TB capacity
- Scalability: 40–160 TB by connecting up to four PRO engines together
- Bandwidth: Up to 600 MB/s per PRO
- Network interface: 10GbE
Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | FS—64-bit self-balancing, distributed file system with intelligent media distribution/redistribution, real-time media access, and dynamic disk protection
- Field-replaceable storage engine controller
- Two hot-swappable SSDs for system configuration and metadata management
- 2U rack-mountable chassis
Base configuration
- Single storage engine with 1 x 40 TB HDD Media Pack
Specifications
- Supported clients: Windows 8.1, 10 (up to Windows 10 Update 20H2); Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019; macOS 10.14 (64-bit), 10.15, 11, 11.1; CentOS 7.5–7.8
- Client connections: Supports up to 24 active 1Gb, 10Gb, and 40Gb connected clients
- File support: 3 million files
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 19 x 24.8 x 3.5 inches (483 x 630 x 89 mm)
- Weight (with drives): 57.2 lbs (26 kg)
- Power supply: Redundant 764W, 100–240 VAC, 60/50 Hz
Please note: Avid NEXIS | PRO is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Options to scale your flash, online, and nearline storage
Avid NEXIS | Cloudspaces
Extend Avid NEXIS storage to the cloud
- Capacity: 5–400 TB of cloud storage
- Availability: Add-on subscription for all Avid NEXIS storage engines
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System Director Appliance (SDA)
Increase Avid NEXIS scalability and redundancy (required for E5 and E5 NL)
- Choice of two file system licenses
- Extended—Supports up to 24 Media Packs, up to 3.8 PB of total storage, and up to 165 active clients
- Advanced—Supports up to 64 Media Packs, up to 10+ PB of total storage, and up to 330 active clients
- Performance: Enables high availability
- Files: Increases file support from 8 million up to 20 million
- Redundancy: Provides added protection when used with the Redundant Controller
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Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | FS—64-bit self-balancing, distributed file system with intelligent media distribution/redistribution, real-time media access, and dynamic disk protection
- Two SSDs for system and metadata management
- 2U rack-mountable chassis
Specifications
- Supported clients: Windows 8.1, 10 (up to Windows 10 Update 20H2); Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019; macOS 10.14 (64-bit), 10.15, 11, 11.1; CentOS 7.5–7.8
- Client connections: Supports up to 165 (Extended) or 330 (Advanced) active 1Gb, 10Gb, and 40Gb connected clients
- File support: 20 million files
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 19 x 24.8 x 3.5 inches (483 x 630 x 89 mm)
- Weight: 37 lbs (16.8 kg)
- Power supply: Redundant 764W, 100–240 VAC, 60/50 Hz
Please note: The Avid NEXIS | System Director Appliance is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Media Packs
Add storage capacity to “E-class” engines
- For E2, E4, and E5: 60 TB, 100 TB, or 140 TB Media Pack (10 HDD drives)
- For E2 SSD: 19.2 TB or 38.4 TB Media Pack (10 SSD drives)
- For E5 NL: 160 TB Media Pack (10 HDD drives)
Redundant Controller
Enable system redundancy and high availability
- Performance: Enables high availability and protection for each storage engine when combined with the SDA
- Protection: Supports automatic failover of critical services if a controller experiences issues
- Reliability: Prevents disruptive and costly wait times for hardware replacement
- Replacement: Supports configure-less controller replacement (swapping defective hardware requires no manual configuration)