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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 10 | October 2016

InStudio

Facilis Demos Affordable
4K And VR Workflows

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t IBC2016, Facilis showcased
the latest enhancements to its
TerraBlock shared storage system for
content creation and post-production.
Facilis focused on streamlining
popular HD and 4K workflows, while
offering solutions for the next big
challenge that threatens to grind
many post-production pipelines to
a halt, VR 360. Image quality and
low compression is of the utmost
importance with VR and VR 3D, so 4K
and even 8K deliverables are becoming
the norm. Through integration of
solid-state technology with traditional
spinning hard drives, Facilis has
significantly increased the available
shared bandwidth for HDR, 4K+ and VR
production.
The integration of SSD technology
in the Hybrid24 and SSD8 models
significantly increases the available
shared bandwidth for heavy 4K+
production workflows. By combining
traditional spinning disk technology

with enterprise-class SSDs, the hybrid
solution offers the best of both
worlds and gives users the ability to
dynamically assign volumes where
performance matters most. Most
importantly, users never have to waste
valuable space on SSDs with persistent
data, since spinning HDs in the same
enclosure are used for automated
offload or mirroring.
At IBC, Facilis showcased the latest
shipping version of FastTracker, its
asset tagging, tracking and access
application designed to enhance
the
efficiency
of
workflows based on
Avid,
Premiere
Pro, FCPX, Resolve
and
Pro
Tools.
FastTracker enables
custom
cataloguing
and metadata tagging
for almost all media
formats
commonly
used today, and up to

five seats are included at no charge
with the new TerraBlock systems.
For the first time in Europe, Facilis
showed capacity increases across
the model line, with substantially
lower price points, making TerraBlock
accessible to the broadest range of
broadcast and corporate users.
With 32Gbps Fibre channel and
40Gbps Ethernet connectivity, Facilis
remains the performance leader
in shared storage networks. For
Adobe Premiere Pro users, Facilis is
Facilis
TerraBlock
range

integrating Adobe's Collaboration Hub
to share and collaborate on projects
and associated metadata in real time.
Also announced is support for user
groups in the TerraBlock interface, for
easier permission management across
large workgroups.
"It's a fantastic time to be in the
business," said James McKenna, VP
of Marketing and Pre Sales at Facilis.
"No longer are our customers bound
to the requirements and limitations
of traditional broadcasting. Online
content is being
monetised
and
distributed at an
alarming
rate,
changing forever
the way consumers
access media. The
challenges
facing
content creators are
real, and we have
compelling solutions
to overcome them."
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