Medea VideoRaid RT

High-performance, Ultra2 SCSI Disk Arrays Support Uncompressed Single-Stream
Video and Dual-Stream, Real-Time Effects
 at up to 500 KB/frame

VideoRaid RT Wins 2001 Platinum Award from AV Video! This award is chosen by reader participation in the Platinum Awards survey.

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High Sustained Data Transfer Rates

VideoRaid RT disk arrays offer up to 150GB of storage per module and will sustain a minimum data transfer rate of 55 MB/second. This data rate provides more than enough performance to support a single-stream of uncompressed video or dual-stream, real-time effects systems at broadcast resolutions up to 500KB/frame.

Zone Stripe Technology (ZST)

All disk drives and disk arrays exhibit slower (approximately 40% slower) data rates as they fill up the outside tracks with data (video) and begin using the inside tracks.  By averaging the data rate between the outside and inside tracks of the drives, Medea's proprietary Zone Stripe Technology (ZST) overcomes this limitation and assures a sustained high data rate regardless of how much video is stored on VideoRaid.

Unlike competing disk arrays (or drive stripe sets) that suffer a 40% drop in data rate as they fill with video, VideoRaid  sustains its high data rates from the first GB of storage to the last GB, thanks to this proprietary Zone Stripe Technology.

Easy Installation

VideoRaid RT disk arrays attach to any Ultra 2 SCSI equipped PC, Mac or SGI computer. VideoRaid RT's on-board hardware RAID controller eliminates the need for disk striping software or configuring drive stripe sets. Each VideoRaid RT module looks like one large disk drive to your operating system and uses a single SCSI ID. Simply attach VideoRaid RT to your SCSI host adapter using the supplied cable, install the terminator (included) and initialize the array as if it were a single disk drive.  That's all there is to it! 

Plug and Play Up to 3 Terabytes

By daisy-chaining VideoRaid RT modules together, up to 3 terabytes of high-performance video storage can be configured on a single Ultra2 SCSI host adapter.

"Sneaker-Net" VideoRaid RT from PC to PC

VideoRaid RT can be moved easily between PCs (with the same OS) since the striping control is maintained within the unit and not in the host PC.

Features and Benefits

• Proprietary Zone Stripe Technology maintains high data rates across the entire capacity

• Hardware array controller maintains the stripe set inside the VideoRaid box

• Each module looks to the system like a single, big, fast SCSI disk drive

• Sustained data rate of 60MB/sec supports dual lossless streams

• Stripe units together for even faster throughput

• Utilizes industry standard Ultra2/LVD SCSI interface

• LVD (low Voltage Differential) means total cable length of about 40 feet (12 meters)

• Compatible with Windows, Mac OS, IRIX (SGI) and more

• Capacity is scalable to over 3 Terabytes on a single host adapter

• Low power 5400 RPM EIDE disk drives run quiet, cool

• Small 5" x 10" footprint integrates comfortably on the desktop

• Lowest price/GB of any video capable disk array

• Includes a 1-meter, 68 pin HD SCSI Cable and LVD Terminator

• Fully factory integrated

• 3-year repair or replacement warranty

• Free unlimited tech support

    

DV Direct Product Code	Model	Sustained Performance	DV Direct Price
ME-D5110 ME-D5115	VideoRaid 4/320 RT 320GB Platinum VideoRaid 4/320 RT 320GB Black	65MB/sec	$1,799.00
ME-D5113 ME-D5116	VideoRaid 4/480 RT 480GB Platinum VideoRaid 4/480 RT 480GB Black	65MB/sec	$2,299.00

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