The
BBC World Service has
improved the efficiency of its
shared storage for news production and archiving.
The BBC has
deployed the ExaStore 2008
clustered network attached storage (NAS) system. It will store
more than 6,500 hours of real-time, high-resolution video and
low-resolution proxy media on its ExaStore storage system.
At the same time, ExaStore is providing a bandwidth of over
600Mbytes per second. This rate supports individual access as well
as rendering and media conversions running in the background.
The BBC said scalable and cost-effective online archiving
eliminates the need for tape. This cuts time and material
costs.
ExaStore's simplified management uses a single IP address. This
allows the IT team to centrally configure and manage all storage
across every workstation and server concurrently, saving time and
effort.
More than 100 employees are using the ExaStore at the BBC.
"ExaStore's infrastructure supports collaboration, which is
critical, as more than 125 people can potentially be accessing the
system simultaneously," said Elsa Shweid, Exanet sales
director.