SNS - 'EVO Prodigy 48TB 4-Bay Desktop NAS Server'
A small and quiet multi-purpose shared storage desktop server and workflow applianceIntroducing the SNS EVO Prodigy Desktop, a compact and powerful storage solution designed to revolutionize your workflow. With its small and quiet desktop enclosure, this system effortlessly accommodates up to four 2.5" or 3.5" enterprise edition HDDs, making it the perfect choice for compressed workflows, mobile/field artists, and studios lacking rack space. Unlock the potential of centralized network storage, seamless project sharing, and efficient asset management for two user workgroups. With the EVO Prodigy Desktop, there's no need for an Ethernet switch as workstations can be directly connected, providing a hassle-free experience. Expand your storage capabilities with ease, as a fully configured EVO Prodigy supports up to four disks and serves up to eight clients. Powered by a 64-bit, multi-core CPU and featuring the intuitive EVO OS, this desktop storage server is ready to streamline your creative workflow. This model features 4 x 12TB Enterprise-Class SATA HDDs ready to go.
PerformanceHigh throughput, with overhead for the most demanding projects and 8K video workloads
WorkflowProject and media sharing, with asset management included
ConnectivityIntegrated and reliable solutions for all of your on-site, remote, and freelance users
ExpansionReady for more capacity and users as your organization grows
Media Management
ShareBrowserIf you need shared storage, sooner or later your team will want a better way to organize and find everything that’s on it.
ShareBrowser is easy-to-use asset management software by SNS. It’s included with EVO purely to help media teams work and collaborate more efficiently. Its shared database lives on your EVO and enables your team to search, preview proxies, collaborate, add tags and time-based comments, export to NLE, and more.
ShareBrowser is the face of EVO, and every feature in it is created from feedback straight from teams like yours. It’s a better way to use shared storage, period.
Workflow
Adobe Premiere ProGet the most integrated shared storage experience with Adobe Premiere Pro. Seamlessly share projects and media, preview footage, add tags and comments to a shared database, import clips and metadata, and more. All without leaving your timeline.
DaVinci ResolveTake full advantage of game-changing collaboration features by hosting your Resolve database on EVO. Solutions for editing, VFX, color grading, and more.
Sharing and collaborationEVO provides high-performance multi-user write/read workspaces for instantly sharing projects, bins, and media over a high-speed network. Edit in place, eliminate unnecessary copies and file transfers, and use ShareBrowser to organize media and collaborate with your team.
Avid bin and project sharingUse Avid’s native Project and Bin sharing functions! EVO unlocks the sharing capabilities of Media Composer—with several editors in the same Avid project, teams can easily collaborate by using shared bins, exchanging access to media and sequences directly within Media Composer.
Final Cut ProEVO is the best way to use Final Cut Pro X in a collaborative workflow. Securely share libraries and get the most out of FCPX’s powerful metadata features with integrated notes and keyword collections that help to finish edits faster.
Automations GUI and APIEVO’s automations features (aka Slingshot) let you transcode and create other automated file-based workflows spanning EVO, other storage systems, and supported cloud services. Slingshot can boost productivity by automating repetitive file management tasks, leaving more valuable time to do creative work.
On-site Connectivity & Remote Workflow
Up to 100 Gigabit EthernetEVO gives you the capability to have multiple 1, 10, 25, 50, and 100GbE ports, which you can mix and configure for your requirements. Your workstations connect straight into any of these ports—you don’t even need an Ethernet switch (unless you prefer it). In most cases there are no special software install requirements. Users simply connect to the network and login to EVO. Simple, right?
Remote workflowNot just for on-site teams! Nomad—one of the many features included with EVO—and SNS Cloud VPN enable work-from-anywhere continuity for your remote users and freelancers.
Performance
designed and built for digital artistsYou use applications like Avid Media Composer, Adobe CC/Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Final Cut Pro. These apps can have extraordinary I/O requirements, so EVO is tuned to give them exactly what they want, right out of the box.
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.
Administration & Security
Web-based admin toolsConfiguring 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.
Replication, backup, archiveAutomatically sync, copy, and backup your shares, folders, and files to other on-site systems and cloud services including S3, Azure, and Dropbox. Replication can be run on-demand, or as scheduled incremental sync/copy jobs, with the ability to define start and pause times. You can also configure EVO’s ShareBrowser software to work with archive systems for cataloguing, sending, and restoring on-demand.
Software upgradesEach new version of the EVO OS brings useful improvements and new features. 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.
Activity auditingEVO can be enabled to automatically capture the who, what, when, and where, giving you advanced, configurable, and highly detailed activity logging of users and files.
AD/LDAPEVO can connect to a remote authentication server (Active Directory or LDAP) to get user names and groups. You can then assign permissions to EVO resources based on these accounts and groups for easier management.
