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Studio Network solutions

The Evo, by Studio Network Solutions, is the latest advance in complete, flexible networked storage solutions for video workgroups.

Collaborate in ways you never thought possible, from the most powerful NLE workstations to the most portable laptops. Evo combines a high-performance storage array with the most extensive connectivity options available in a single product - 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, and (optional) 10 Gb/s Ethernet.

Evo can be a SAN, a NAS, or both at the same time and it’s compatible with leading applications such as Final Cut Pro, Avid and Adobe Premiere Pro.

What's in the Box?

A standard Evo Base unit ships, half populated, with up to 8 Terabytes of high-throughput storage and accommodates up to six direct-connect Mac and PC clients via 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel and iSCSI over Gigabit Ethernet.

  • 16 bay Fibre Channel/iSCSI SAN/NAS Evo storage array
  • 8 x 750 GB or 8 x 1 TB Performance drives
  • 8 Drive bays available for easy expandability
  • 4 x 4Gb/s Direct-connect Fibre Channel SAN ports
  • 2 x 1Gb/s Ethernet SAN/NAS ports
  • 4 Licenses of volume sharing software
  • SNS GlobalSAN iSCSI initiator software for Mac.

Configuration & Expansion Options

Pre-configuring or upgrading your Evo with more storage and connectivity could not be easier.

  • Storage:

  • An Evo base unit can be configured or upgraded to contain up to 16TB of raw Storage.
  • An additional drive expansion unit can then also be added, allowing a total of 32TB of raw storage.
  • Connectivity:

  • In addition to the standard 4 x 4 Gb/s Fibre and 2 x Gigabit Ethernet ports on the Evo, you can add either:
  • An additional 4 x 4 Gb/s Fibre ports
  • Or
  • An additional 4 x Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • Or
  • A single 10 Gb/s Ethernet port

In summary - a single Evo supports up to 32TB of raw storage & up to 10 direct connect clients with further clients supported via Fibre & Gigabit Ethernet switches.

File-Level and Volume-Level Sharing

Evo integrates a performance SAN and a NAS into one unified system so you get the benefits of both volume locking and file-sharing. By including Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS into a single product, Evo assures that your workgroup will have the best tool for every aspect of a project.

Advanced Features

Evo also includes features such as advanced disk-provisioning that enables drives to be arranged into storage pools, each capable of containing one or more volumes. Individual volumes can each be assigned a discrete RAID level, meaning the flexibility to choose what matters most: performance, reliability, usable space, or a mix of all three. For the most demanding applications, Evo offers the ability to dedicate any pool’s bandwidth to a specific task such as ingesting video.

Evo is extremely versatile – it will even enable your existing Fibre Channel storage to be bridged, so that it can be extended over Ethernet.

About Studio Network Solutions

Studio Network Solutions (SNS) is a provately owned company, specializing in the development of shared storage hardware & software solutions for the Media and Entertainment industry. Long established in the US with customers ranging in size frome individual freelance engineers to multimedia powerhouses, more and more European customers are now discovering and turning to SNS for Storage Area Network solutions that are powerful, reliable and easy to manage.

Studio Network Solutions at The Digital Garage

Digital garage has established a close and productive relationship with SNS as an approved dealer.
We offer full consultation and advice, to make sure you get the right solution to your needs. We make sure your set up and workflow is signed off by the SNS lab for performance guarantee and SNS soak test each indivdually configured customer EVO prior to shipping.

If you want more information then:
Give us a call: 01295 702280
Drop us an email:info@digitalgarage.tv

Or visit www.studionetworksolutions.com