Studio Network Solutions globalSAN X-16 iSCSI SAN

Studio Network Solutions (SNS) recently provided the University of Texas Film Institute with a range of storage gear including six globalSAN X-8 iSCSI units, each of which is an eight-bay, four-user package with 2TB of SATA storage.

According to Wayne Chance, digital audio specialist at the school, SNS products were originally chosen because the institute wanted to run a network that combines PC-based Avid NLE workstations with Mac-based Pro Tools audio gear. While an Avid Unity shared storage system can handle that combo of PC and Mac gear, it doesn't support the use of the school's many seats of Apple Final Cut Pro, according to Chance.

“Most of our classes are editing digital video with the globalSAN gear,” says Chance. “We probably have 40 users at a time, running three and four data streams to practice editing off of stock content there.”

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