Mix and match Avid NEXIS enterprise-class E- and F-series 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 30 GB/s of total bandwidth.
Avid NEXIS Storage & Specifications
Storage engines—NAS for video editing and audio production
Avid NEXIS | F5
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 F5
- Bandwidth: Up to 3.8 GB/s per F5
- Network interface: 40GbE and 50GbE QSFP+
Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | VFS—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
- Requires System Director Appliance (SDA+)
Base configurations
- Single engine controller with 4 x 60, 100, or 140 TB HDD Media Packs
Options
- Redundant Controller
- Increase storage capacity of the base system by adding additional Media Packs to the F5 engine, up to a maximum of eight
Specifications
- Supported clients: View the latest Avid NEXIS ReadMe for the latest requirements and support
- Client connections: Supports up to 330 active 1Gb, 2 x 1Gb, 10Gb, 2 x 10Gb, 40Gb connected clients
- File support: 28 million files
- View the latest Avid NEXIS Setup and Maintenance Guide for dimensions, weight, and power information
Please note: Avid NEXIS | F5 requires an external System Director Appliance, available in your choice of a Standard or Advanced file system license. F5 is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Avid NEXIS | F2
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 F2
- Bandwidth: Up to 480 MB/s per F2
- Network interface: 10/25GbE SFP28
Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | VFS—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
- 10 hot-swappable HDD media drives
- 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 (SDA+)
Specifications
- Supported clients: View the latest Avid NEXIS ReadMe for the latest requirements and support
- 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 (SDA+)
- File support: 8 million files; expandable to support 28 million files with the optional System Director Appliance
- View the latest Avid NEXIS Setup and Maintenance Guide for dimensions, weight, and power information
Please note: Avid NEXIS | F2 is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Avid NEXIS | F5 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 F5 NL
- Bandwidth: Up to 1 GB/s per F5 NL
- Network interface: 10GbE SFP28
See more specs
Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | VFS—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
- Requires System Director Appliance (SDA+)
Base configurations
- Single engine controller with 4 x 160 TB HDD Media Packs
Options
- Redundant Controller
- Increase storage capacity of the base system by adding additional 160TB Media Packs to the F5 NL engine, up to a maximum of eight
Specifications
- Supported clients: View the latest Avid NEXIS ReadMe for the latest requirements and support
- Client connections: Supports more than 100 active 1Gb, 10Gb, and 40Gb connected clients
- File support: 28 million files
- View the latest Avid NEXIS Setup and Maintenance Guide for dimensions, weight, and power information
Please note: Avid NEXIS | F5 NL requires an external System Director Appliance, available in your choice of an Extended or Advanced file system license. F5 NL is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Avid NEXIS | F2X
Storage expansion for Avid NEXIS | F2
- Drives: Supports 1 Media Pack (10 HDDs) in a 60 TB, 100 TB, or 140 TB capacity
- Scalability: Adds an additional 60–140 TB to F2
- Bandwidth: Adds an additional 480 MB/s to F2
- Network interface: SAS
Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | VFS—64-bit self-balancing, distributed file system with intelligent media distribution/redistribution, real-time media access, and dynamic disk protection
- Field-replaceable SAS IO module
- Two optional hot spare disks
- Redundant power and cooling
- 2U rack-mountable chassis
Base configuration
- Single storage expansion unit for F2 with 1 x 60, 100, or 140 TB HDD Media Pack
Options
- Redundant SAS I/O module
- Two optional hot spare media disks
Specifications
- Supported clients: View the latest Avid NEXIS ReadMe for the latest requirements and support
- View the latest Avid NEXIS Setup and Maintenance Guide for dimensions, weight, and power information
Please note: Avid NEXIS | F2X 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 “F-series” 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 700 MB/s per PRO+
- Network interface: 10/25GbE (SFP28)
Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | VFS—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: View the latest Avid NEXIS ReadMe for the latest requirements and support
- Client connections: Supports up to 24 active 1Gb, 2 x 1Gb, 10GB, 2 x 10Gb, 40GB connected clients
- File support: 5 million files
- View the latest Avid NEXIS Setup and Maintenance Guide for dimensions, weight, and power information
Please note: Avid NEXIS | PRO+ is California SB-327 compliant with built-in measures facilitating a more secure password protocol.
Options to scale your storage
System Director Appliance (SDA+)
Increase Avid NEXIS scalability and redundancy (required for F5 and F5 NL)
- Choice of two file system licenses
- Standard—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 28 million
- Redundancy: Provides added protection when used with the Redundant Controller
See more specs
Additional features
- Avid NEXIS | VFS—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: View the latest Avid NEXIS ReadMe for the latest requirements and support
- Client connections: Supports up to 165 (Standard) or 330 (Advanced) active 1Gb, 10Gb, and 40Gb connected clients
- File support: 28 million files
- View the latest Avid NEXIS Setup and Maintenance Guide for dimensions, weight, and power information
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 “F-series” engines
- For F2, F2X, and F5: 60 TB, 100 TB, or 140 TB Media Pack 10 HDD drives
- For F5 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)