OWC unveiled a brand new transportable storage resolution, focusing on post-production workflows, at IBC 2023 final week; the Jellyfish Nomad is a compact, transportable community connected resolution (NAS) that provides as much as 64TB NVMe storage (48TB usable, utilizing 8TB SSDs) in a desktop mini ITX type issue.
It’s basically a PC (it has 128GB DDR4 ECC reminiscence) with plenty of storage, a 350W PSU, a 6-port Ethernet community swap (10GbE), a built-in deal with and OWC’s personal software program layer.
Having 8TB SSDs working as a JBOD signifies that the Jellyfish Nomad – which is accessible from $10,995, full with a foamed lined carry case – can ship as much as 6GB/s of combination bandwidth, greater than sufficient to deal with RAW information, multi digicam tasks, 8K picture sequences and VR footage.
The cellular storage server works out of the field and in accordance with OWC may be up and working with no prior networking expertise. OWC bundled Kyno, a well-liked media administration and workflow software program in addition to its personal media engine, distant entry and server supervisor software program. Mac customers may let OWC personal join app automate setup; observe that the Nomad can also be appropriate with Linux.
All OWC Jellyfish make the most of ZFS RAID which provides an additional layer of safety to your information since all information and metadata are saved in your pool. And by default, an OWC Jellyfish Nomad can maintain the failure of 1 SSD drive per 8-disk digital machine, as much as a most simultaneous failure of 1 bodily drive per pool.
A extra highly effective model known as the Jellyfish Studio gives decrease sustained learn/write speeds (as much as 3.5 GBps) however greater uncooked capability (180TB SSD) and permits as much as 14 units to be connected by way of six 10GbE and eight 1GbE Ethernet port. It comes with a bigger price ticket as effectively (from $11,995) and is aimed toward a a lot bigger crew.
OWC licensed the merchandise to work with the preferred video modifying software program round (Adobe Premiere Professional, Apple Closing Lower Professional, Davinci Resolve, Avid media Composer), digital audio workstation software program (DAW) and extra.
A rising variety of NAS now include 10GbE ports and help for NVMe drives: Asustor has the Flashstor 12 Professional, Synology has the DiskStation DS1823xs+ whereas QNAP has the TVS-872XT. None nevertheless have fairly managed to match OWC’s characteristic set.
