One Platform. Endless Possibilities. Why Avid NEXIS Delivers What Modern Media Teams Actually Need
In today’s production environment, teams need to create more content than ever, across more formats, from more places. That reality has made storage one of the most strategic investments a studio, network, or creative house can make.
Yet for many, storage has also become one of the biggest headaches. Teams often end up stuck in a single model that doesn’t scale, or they’re juggling multiple disconnected systems to balance cost, performance, reliability, and collaboration. The result is duplication of media, wasted time moving files, and higher overall costs.
Avid NEXIS is designed to solve exactly these problems. It’s a unified storage platform that gives you the flexibility to scale across different needs and deployment models without compromise.
Built for the Realities of Modern Post
Avid NEXIS is the result of decades of experience in professional post-production. Every aspect of its architecture is tuned for media workflows.
It’s engineered for predictable, consistent performance even under the stress of multi-user, multi-stream 4K and 8K projects. Teams can edit, color, mix, and finish simultaneously, confident that performance will stay stable and media will remain protected.
From broadcast facilities and boutique post houses to promotional and commercial shops that need reliable high-performance storage for fast-turnaround content, Avid NEXIS delivers proven reliability and speed that creative teams trust.
Unified Experience. Total Simplicity.
The heart of the Avid NEXIS platform is its Virtual File System (VFS)—a single intelligent layer that connects all deployment types into a unified experience.
With Avid NEXIS, you don’t have to worry about where media lives. Whether it’s in an ultra-fast SSD tier, nearline archive, or in the cloud, it all appears under the same unified client. Users can mount, access, and collaborate across tiers as if everything were in one place.
That unified structure can also extend to user management and security. Administrators can define workspaces, permissions, and bandwidth priorities from a consistent modern interface. Every user, whether on-site or remote, gets predictable performance and access to the right assets instantly.
This consistency reduces one of the biggest challenges in hybrid production: fragmented access and uneven performance across different storage systems.
One Platform. Multiple Models. Infinite Scalability.
No two workflows are the same. Some productions need high-speed on-prem performance for finishing. Others rely on massive capacity for long-term projects, or the agility of the cloud to spin up short-term collaborations. Most teams need a combination of all three.
Avid NEXIS lets you scale seamlessly across these environments through one connected platform. You can start small, expand as you grow, and choose the deployment model that best fits your business today, and tomorrow.
Avid NEXIS PRO+ — Built for Smaller, Fast-Moving Teams & Productions
Perfect for boutique post houses, content departments, and smaller productions, Avid NEXIS PRO+ delivers the performance and reliability of Avid’s industry-leading shared storage in an affordable, compact system that grows with your team.
- Higher capacity, lower price: Start with the all-new Avid NEXIS PRO+ 80 TB, delivering high-performance shared storage at a dramatically lower cost per terabyte.
- Scale as you grow: Connect up to four engines for a total of 320 TB of storage and up to 2.8 GB/s of bandwidth.
- Flexible licensing: Choose between perpetual or subscription models to match your budget and purchasing strategy.
Avid NEXIS F-Series — For Teams That Need High-Scale Performance, Protection, & Predictability
Engineered for large, always-on production environments, the Avid NEXIS F-Series provides the throughput, capacity, and consistency required for the most demanding multi-user, multi-workflow operations.
- Enterprise scale: Power long-term, high-volume production environments with maximum capacity and predictable, consistent performance.
- Tiered flexibility: Deploy nearline tiers for massive capacity, online tiers for everyday production, or high-throughput SSD finishing tiers for extreme 4K, 8K, and beyond.
- Never miss a beat: Enterprise-grade mirroring and redundancy ensure maximum data protection and uninterrupted workflows.
- Flexible licensing: Available in both perpetual and subscription models to support any commercial strategy.
- Seamless upgrades: Fully compatible with Avid NEXIS E-Series systems, allowing teams to expand or transition while preserving prior investments.
Cloud Flexibility Without the Trade-offs
When production shifts from project to project or you are looking for a transformational approach to storage for high-performance media workflows, cloud deployment offers unmatched agility and flexibility. With Avid NEXIS | Cloud, you can spin up high-performance shared storage in minutes, pay only for the terabytes you need, and shut it down when the project ends.
You reduce the cost of infrastructure, deployment, upgrades, and maintenance while retaining the performance and collaboration power of Avid NEXIS.
Until recently, Avid NEXIS | Cloud was limited to use with virtualized workstations running within the same cloud environment. But now, with the introduction of a new feature called Avid NEXIS | Remote, cloud and hybrid workflows take a major leap forward. Avid NEXIS | Remote lets you connect to your media from anywhere and, at the same time, tap into lower-cost cloud storage tiers, all without compromising access speed or workflow integration. It makes cloud storage more accessible and cost-efficient while allowing editors and artists to use their full edit suites from any location.
Scale On Your Terms
With Avid NEXIS, scalability is a built-in advantage.
Start with the 80 TB PRO+ for smaller teams or workflows. Add capacity as your projects grow or expand into the F-Series for enterprise-scale performance. Move workloads into the cloud when you need instant elasticity or create hybrid configurations that balance cost and speed.
Each system speaks the same language. Every deployment connects through the same client. Your team works faster, your costs stay predictable, and your storage evolves with your business.
Your Storage, Your Way
In the end, choosing the right storage platform isn’t about buying just for today’s storage needs. It’s about building a foundation for creative collaboration, predictable performance, and operational flexibility.
Avid NEXIS delivers all of that in one platform, whether you’re on-premises, in the cloud, or both.
You get:
- A system that scales with your needs and budget
- High performance that keeps your team in flow
- Flexibility in how and where you deploy
- A unified experience that simplifies collaboration and control
When you’re ready to move beyond fragmented generic storage and build a platform that grows with your creative ambition, Avid NEXIS is the place to start.