Symply Launching SymplyPRO Collaborative Storage Workspace

Symply, Inc. announced SymplyPRO, a ‘collaborative storage workspace.’

It features RAID storage and an integrated blend of FC and Ethernet sharing, providing broadcasters, film studios, post-production houses, and other media creatives that work with high-resolution content with high level of flexibility, efficiency, and workflow collaboration capabilities.

“SymplyPRO provides all of the redundancy and performance of a 10U rack system in a modern, highly integrated 4U system that boosts production efficiency to the next level. It’s faster, easier to set up, use, and scale – and far less costly to purchase and maintain,” said Alex Grossman, president and CEO, Symply. “This isn’t about cramming more capabilities into a smaller box. This is about offering media professionals the most flexible, intelligent, and robust collaboration engine ever created.“

Built on an optimized Linux RAID core with embedded StorNext 5 and integrated metastorage, each SymplyPRO system comes with 24 drives and 192TB storage capacity, expandable up to 768TB. It also features a quad 16Gb FC and dual 10GbE IP ports per controller supporting macOS, Windows, and Linux clients.

Users can simultaneously work on FC or IP, based on their performance requirements for flexibility. Up to twenty users can connect directly to FC using SymplyPRO, with sharing for many additional collaborators via Ethernet. It offers scalability of over 1PB of work space, making it a storage solution for growing workgroups. There is also a cost-optimized 3U version available using distributed metadata, while offering all the other features of the 4U version.

The SymplyPRO storage work space can be adapted, monitored, and managed as users’ needs change via the SymplyGO software and is optimized for 4K, 8K, high frame rate, and HDR workflows. Additionally, it is easy to set up and maintain via the SymplyGO software application, which offers 24/7/365 monitoring and guarantees that the system is up to date.

SymplyPRO is redundant, from the HDDs to the power, cooling, and metadata controllers, which ensures HA and uptime. Built-in redundant and hot swappable meta-storage resolves work space storage capacity issues and enables the best possible performance. Through enterprise features such as advanced flash-backed cache, non-disruptive system, and OS updates, SymplyPRO guarantees a high throughput and low latency.

SymplyPRO will begin shipping, with a five-year warranty and five years of maintenance on the SymplyPRO 20 version.

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