Versio IOX Storage
On-prem media storage for demanding environments
Easily scale capacity or bandwidth without having to take your system off-air.
Scalable broadcast storage systems
Versio™ IOX Storage provides broadcast and production facilities with an economical, easy-to-manage, high-availability, shared storage solution for Versio Integrated Playout servers, Versio Ingest ST 2110 servers, and Nexio+ AMP SDI servers. This storage solution enables easy scaling of capacity or bandwidth without having to take the system off-air — a true shared online storage, ideal for fast-turnaround environments such as news and sports.
The file system features multiple controller active/active pairs that contribute their attached storage to a single namespace storage pool. As more controllers and storage are added, performance and capacity increases are achieved without adding shares, mountpoints or volumes. IOX provides the fastest client recovery in the event of catastrophic storage loss and the highest level of service SLA on the market.
Featuring the EditShare® EFS solution and built on Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) enterprise-grade hardware, IOX is designed for optimal operation in the most demanding environments. It is offered in bundles of predefined capacity and bandwidth, and delivered with preinstalled software.
Benefits
Flexible capacity and bandwidth
Allows scaling storage size and throughput as business needs grow, without affecting existing media or interrupting on-air operations.
High availability
Enables continuous broadcast operations, with no performance degradation in the event of multiple and simultaneous failures.
Shorter time to air
True shared storage access eliminates file copying, providing a fast-turnaround editorial environment.
Reduced CapEx
Provides an economical storage solution, yet allows unlimited pay-as-you-go expansion.
Streamlined system
Save time administering as single system regardless of size.
Easy management
Allows unattended drive rebuilds, supports remote monitoring and diagnostics, and includes an informative web user interface for storage statistics and health status.
Exceptional performance
Hardware RAID features storage pools and tiering, to avoid performance degradation.
Tailored designs
Storage to be sized depending on the total requirements of bandwidth and capacity, with multiple possible topologies depending on the level of redundancy required.
Technical information
Features
Versio™ IOX Storage features:
High availability in read/write streaming operations with Nexio and Versio media servers under real-time multichannel ingest and playout, file transfer, transcode, edit, and render/conform
On-air scalability:
– Scales from 40 TB to over 2 PB (~9years @ XDCAM50)
– Scales from 3 Gbps to over 48 Gbps (guaranteed bandwidth in degraded or rebuilding modes)
Multiple stack parity topology supported:
– Single = Stack RAID6 internal parity only
– 1+1 = Stack Mirroring (HA Copy2)
– N+1 = Single-Stack Parity (HA XOR)
Fastest client recovery of less than 20ms for uninterrupted service to on-air playback servers or to editing applications
Automatic drive rebuilds require no operator action and result in no performance degradation
High drive density with standard Hard Drive in 12x and 16x storage nodes
Support for Windows, macOS, and Linux client connections via Ethernet
Storage pools with partitioned data
Bandwidth managed by user or workflow operational groups
Redundant metadata controllers
Media files stored in native wrapper (e.g., MXF OP1a, MOV)
Files openly accessible over SMB, CIFS, FTP or EFS client – no gateways required
Inexpensive Ethernet connectivity for all server nodes and clients: 1, 10, 25, 40 or 100 GbE interfaces
Supports collaborative content between multiple NLE systems (Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, FCP, DaVinci, etc.)
Ability to create different media spaces or directories to store main and redundant copies
Configuration examples
Single IOX Storage Node
• Up to 24 channels
• 3,000 Mb/s shared bandwidth (guaranteed), 40/80TB of capacity
• RAID-6 storage protection, includes metadata controller
Suitable solution for small broadcast and production facilities, remote regional sites, Disaster Recovery locations, ingest and production environments
1+1 IOX Storage Nodes
• 40+ channels
• 4,000 Mb/s shared bandwidth (guaranteed), 56/112TB of capacity
• High Availability storage Copy2 protection (mirroring), with 2x external metadata controllers
Suitable solution for entry-level channel launch, customers with lower bandwidth requirements, real-time performance and peace-of-mind redundancy
Smaller Fully Redundant IOX Storages
with 2+1, 3+1, 4+1 Storage Nodes
• All the Rec/Play channels that you need
• 8/12/16 Gb/s shared bandwidth (guaranteed), 112/252/336 TB of capacity
• High Availability storage N+1 protection, with 2x external metadata controllers
Suitable solution for larger broadcasters and playout productions, demanding real-time on-air applications, supports extreme bandwidth environments
Really Large Fully Redundant IOX Storage with 12+1 Nodes
• Hundreds of channels
• 48 Gb/s shared bandwidth (guaranteed), 2.3 PB of capacity
• High Availability storage N+1 protection, with 2x external metadata controllers
Suitable solution for the largest multichannel systems, multipurpose collaborative environments with dozens of concurrent file import/export transfers, NLE workstations and file transcoders
Related products
Powerful alone, exceptional together
Build a future-proof, fully integrated workflow by pairing IOX with Imagine’s powerful ingest and playout products.
Playout and channel origination
Versio™ Integrated Playout
Playout and channel origination
Versio™ Ingest Scheduler
Playout and channel origination
Nexio+™ AMP
Related services
Services
Maximize your return on investment and minimize risk with Imagine’s full range of services to support, manage, guide, and optimize your applications and infrastructure. Our unique processes, tools, and methods ensure your business success.
Managed Services
Professional Services
Customer Care
Training
Talk to us
Our professionals are committed to helping your business succeed. They’re ready to share their product expertise and knowledge with you.
