OpenDrives Debuts Ultra Hardware Platform Including 3 Different NAS Hardware Solutions

OpenDrives LLC announced a storage solution designed to enable users to scale up in multiple dimensions while preserving high performance, low latency, and intelligent data integrity.

Called the Ultra Hardware Platform, the solution includes three different NAS hardware solutions to meet changing business requirements and is controlled by the company’s centralized management software, Atlas, with features and availability also announced.

“In scale-up instances, the most common method to increase performance and capacity is to add more disks until a limit is reached. Then customers face the dilemma of adding an additional system which does not aggregate the capacity or performance, as well as being complex, costly and difficult to manage,” said Sean Lee, chief product and strategy officer, OpenDrives. “With Ultra’s architecture, customers can choose which dimension or dimensions they want to scale; capacity, performance, or both, without limits.“

3 different models enable multi-dimension scalability
Ultra hardware platform includes 3 different NAS hardware series, all managed by the Atlas centralized management software platform, enabling organizations to grow their storage solution in multiple dimensions – performance, capacity and concurrency – to match business requirements:

Ultimate Series

Ultimate Series delivers performance and throughput in the Ultra hardware platform. Designed with speed and low latency in mind, it incorporates an all-flash NVMe design in the form of the F and FD capacity modules to handle the most demanding workflows.

Optimum Series

For organizations that require a balance between performance and flexibility, the Optimum Series was designed to provide freedom of choice and is configurable with either all-flash NVMe (F, FD) or SAS HDD capacity modules, or both. The workhorse of the Ultra Hardware Platform, the Optimum can handle resource-intensive workflows while also managing data integrity with ease.

Momentum Series

Momentum Series leverages the company’s HDD capacity models to deliver high performance at a cost-effective price. Designed to excel at write-intensive workflows, such as camera-heavy security surveillance, the Momentum provides power at a price-point to meet budget.

Central management platform delivers operational transparency
The company is announcing the latest version of its software platform, Atlas, which will be free to upgrade in 4Q for all firm’s customers. It combines intelligence technology with automation in an easy-to-use, single-pane-of-glass centralized management solution for the firm’s Ultra hardware family. With the ability to manage all company’s systems from a single interface, users can manage their entire storage infrastructure no matter how geographically distributed it may be. Plus, Atlas incorporates intelligent data integrity to ensure vs. corrupt data or data loss. New features include: inline and proactive caching, bandwidth throttling and actionable analytics to support business intelligence.

Atlas software screenshots
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Platform supports position as trusted NAS solution and team
Founded in 2011 by a veteran Hollywood team of technical media engineers, post-production professionals and studio heads, OpenDrives has maintained its commitment to solve the industry’s critical pain points, including speed, latency, and scalability. Over the past decade, it has grown to encompass a team of post-production professionals fluent in performance and committed to creating workflows with storage that supports a high fidelity media across a range of industries, including Hollywood production studios, streaming, live broadcast, esports, advertising, animation, security, military, healthcare and diagnostics.

“OpenDrives’ first-hand perspective on post-production performance means you get true partners who understand the importance of seamless workflows,” said Mark Dietel, CTO, SouthPark Studios. “By using their highly intuitive, reliable storage solution, we’re able to eliminate performance delays to give our creatives more time to iterate and perfect their projects. This continues to give South Park Studios a creative advantage within a competitive animation space.”

“OpenDrives is the strongest link in the HBO Verification Lab’s stack. We have many flavors of machines and OSs and the storage works seamlessly across the board,” said Bennett Cain, director, HBO verification lab, HBO. “Through their tireless support and collaborative spirit, they’ve been a top-notch partner in our facility’s growth.“

Most recently, the company adapted its NAS solution to fit the transition to a remote workforce and for an industry that relies heavily on on-premise, on-lot production. In March 2020, the firm introduced OpenDrives Anywhere, an in-place private cloud model that enables users to work on the same project from multiple locations, without any compromises in workflow performance, quality and security of files.

Ultra hardware platform and the existing Atlas OS, as well as OpenDrives Anywhere, is available to existing and new customers. All customers will be able to upgrade to the Atlas software in 4Q20.

Video : OpenDrives product launch

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April 10, 2020 | Press Release