Evo is a RAID-protected SAN + NAS server. It's incredibly fast, easily expandable and its flexibility is unmatched. With Evo, you can connect and share everything — and best of all, you'll spend less and still get better performance than most other storage systems.
Learn more about the features of the Evo shared storage server or contact us for a demonstration...
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- Fibre Channel
- iSCSI
- NAS
- Bridging
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- Fibre Channel Ports
- 1Gb Ethernet Ports
- 10Gb Ethernet Port
- Disks
- Users
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- Applications
- SAN Software
- Connectivity
- Operating Systems
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- Web-based UI
- Preset for Video Apps
- Email Notifications
- UPS Monitoring
- Batch RAID Creation
- Drive Replacement
- Software Upgrades
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- I/O Profiles
- Caching
- Multipathing
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Disk Pooling
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Connectivity
Fibre Channel & iSCSI SAN
Fibre Channel or iSCSI? SAN or NAS? Block level or file level? Why limit yourself to just one? With Evo, you have it all in one centralized RAID system right out of the box. This means you get all the undeniable benefits of a Storage Area Network and Network Attached Storage integrated into one easy-to-use server. See more connectivity examples.
NAS
Unify your storage and simplify your workflow. Simply tell Evo how you want each volume to be shared: NAS-only, SAN-only, or SAN+NAS. It's your call.
Bridging
What will you do with your old Fibre Channel storage, like an Xserve RAID perhaps?!! Now you can extend its life by connecting it to Evo and bridging it over Ethernet (iSCSI or NAS). It's a great way to setup tiered storage for archiving!
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Expansion
Fibre Channel Ports
Evo accommodates up to eight direct-attach Fibre Channel ports in each base unit. Need more Fibre Channel ports? No problem — you can also connect a switch to any available port. See everything that's included in the base Evo.
Ethernet Ports
Up to six Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports are available, giving you an easy and inexpensive way to quickly add more computers to the storage system. Or you can choose to go with a 10GbE port for max bandwidth over iSCSI and NAS.
Disks
You can start with as few as eight disks, then add up to a total of 16 in the base unit. An expansion unit is also available, bringing the total number of disks per managed system to 32. As you add capacity, you also increase capability. An unlimited number of base/expansion pairs can be integrated into a facility.
Users
Up to ten users (workstations, notebooks, servers) can be direct-attached through the built-in Fibre Channel and Ethernet ports. If you need to support more than ten users, any available Fibre Channel or Ethernet port can be connected to a switch.
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Compatibility
Applications
Evo is designed and built for professional media editing and post-production applications like Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Premiere Pro, Smoke and Pro Tools. In fact, it can be used with any application, but its prime directive is to handle the intense demands of video and audio editing, in real-time, by many concurrent users.
SAN Sharing / File Systems
The fastest and easiest way to share your SAN volumes is to use the SANmp SAN sharing software included with Evo. But if you're already using something else, such as the Xsan/StorNext file system or metaSAN, you can use that instead of SANmp if you prefer.
Connectivity
Fibre Channel workstations can connect to Evo using the SNS Ellipse Fibre Channel HBA or an HBA from Apple, QLogic or ATTO. iSCSI users can connect to Evo using any 1GbE or optical 10GbE adapter and the included globalSAN iSCSI initiator for Mac OS X or the Microsoft iSCSI initiator. NAS users can connect to Evo using any 1GbE or optical 10GbE adapter.
Operating Systems
Evo supports Mac OS X and Windows. It can also be used with other operating systems, like Linux or Solaris. In fact, any operating system that supports iSCSI, Fibre Channel, or NAS can be used with Evo.
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Administration
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Web-based Admin Tools
Configuring and managing a storage system doesn't have to be complicated. Much attention is given to Evo's user interface design to make it both attractive and intuitive — the result is a very functional and helpful administration tool, with features ranging from the very basic to the very advanced. And since it's web-based, it can be administered from just about anywhere.
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Preset for Video Apps
Evo is configured with its defaults preset for use with professional video editing applications. These presets will give excellent performance with other applications too, but if you're primarily using applications like Pro Tools or Logic Pro with very high track counts, simply change Evo's I/O profile from Video to Audio for maximum performance.
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Email Notifications
Select which events are important and tell Evo to send an email to you (or to a list of recipients) if it detects something happening.
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UPS Monitoring
Protect your storage by connecting it to an APC Uninterruptible Power Supply. You'll be able to easily configure and monitor the UPS through Evo's web interface. If there's a power problem detected, Evo can notify you by email and gracefully power itself off if necessary.
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Batch RAID Creation
Creating RAID volumes is simple, but it's one of the most time-consuming steps during initial setup of any storage system. Use the Queue Manager to get your RAID sets defined just as you want them, then click a button and move along to something else — Evo will process the queue unattended and send you an email to let you know when it's finished.
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Drive Replacement
Only the highest quality, enterprise-class, RAID-edition SATA disks are used in Evo. However, disks fail; it's an unfortunate reality. Evo can send an email to let you know if a drive fails — you can then do a hot swap or a cold swap to replace it with a new one. Not sure how to do a replacement? Step-by-step instructions are conveniently displayed in the web interface.
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Software Upgrades
Each new version of the Evo OS has brought many useful improvements and new features, adding value even for existing customers. With most other storage systems, once you own that box its capabilities aren't going to change much, except for the occasional firmware upgrade. With Evo, you have an investment in an efficient and flexible storage server that can actually improve its tool set and usefulness over time, rather than having a feature-locked black box.
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Advanced Features
I/O Profiles
Evo is designed and built for digital artists who use applications like Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and Pro Tools. These apps can have extraordinary I/O requirements, so Evo is tuned to give them exactly what they want, right out of the box. In the unlikely event that you need more precise tuning, jump into Evo's Advanced menu and you can create your own "I/O Profiles" and assign one to any volume on-the-fly.
Caching
Advanced caching algorithms help to make Evo capable of handling more video streams per array than most shared storage systems. This means you can do more work with a fewer number of disks, which results in a less expensive, more reliable, energy conscious storage solution.
Multipathing
A popular method of increasing transfer speed is to use more than one data pipe per computer. Evo offers several ways to take multiple physical connections — Fibre Channel or Ethernet paths — and combine them homogeneously for higher SAN throughput.
10 Gigabit Ethernet
Evo can be upgraded to 10GbE, which is a great solution for sites with many Ethernet users. This enables you to connect Evo directly to a switch's 10Gbps Uplink port, then attach each computer to any of the switch's 1Gbps ports.
Disk Pooling
Pooling gives you the ultimate flexibility to choose some or all of your disks and create independent RAID volumes within that set. For example, you could have one large 32 disk pool, or you could choose a 16 disk pool, an 8 disk pool and two 4 disk pools. Each of those pools could then contain volumes of various RAID levels. Instead of dedicating a whole disk to each RAID, Evo can dedicate parts of each disk, so that the same physical disk could be part of a RAID-0, a RAID-5, and a RAID-10.
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