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UTOPIAN VISION FOR IP PARTYLINE Clear-Com


MANAGE BY DAVID DAVIES


Described as a scalable IP platform, the new Arcadia Central Station from Clear-Com


is able to integrate wired and digital wireless partyline systems, along with third-party Dante devices in a single rack unit. It was designed for a wide range of applications, including OB production vans, broadcast studios and wide-area campus broadcast. In short, the company claims


it’s an ideal fit for customers who are looking to integrate their wired and wireless solutions into a single, seamless system. The system scales to meet varying production needs. It offers a base-level of 32 IP ports which can be expanded to up to 96 IP ports as needed.


Clear-Com has introduced the scalable IP platform, Arcadia


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CALLME IF YOU WANT EXPANDABLE MULTICHANNEL IP AUDIO CREATE & PRODUCE


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TOSHIBA SPINS UP HIGHER CAPACITY DRIVES CREATE & PRODUCE


Toshiba Electronics Europe


BY DAVID FOX Toshiba has introduced hard disk drive (HDD) innovations, with models now running faster, and able to hold up to 18TB. The Toshiba range includes such HDD drives as the P300 and X300 models for content storage and media archiving, the N300 NAS HDDs for direct-attached storage subsystems and network attached storage resources, and the MG Series for centralised large media storage. These have all utilised up to seven spinning platters for capacities reaching 10TB. Toshiba has now developed models with nine platters – resulting in 12TB and 14TB drives.


They utilise helium-filled designs that allow the use of thinner platters that can be more densely packed together to raise capacity levels. Other developments, such as a twin read head, have brought higher accuracy in reading and allowed the storage of greater capacities on the same magnetic surface, resulting in 16TB drives. Recently Toshiba introduced the world’s first commercial microwave assisted magnetic recording-based HDD, where the magnetic write flux has been focused by using the flux control effect – which has increased storage capacity up to 18TB.


As these advances have been achieved without major cost increases, the cost-per-capacity is still dropping. HDD speeds are also rising.


BY DAVID FOX The new CallMe-TXR expandable multichannel IP audio codec uses Vortex’s industry-standard CallMe codec engine to provide, in a single 1U rackmount enclosure, up to 16x stereo/dual mono CallMe IP audio codecs, with AES67 and NDI integration. The entry-level CallMe-TXR has dual CallMe-T capability with four balanced line-level audio inputs, four balanced line-level audio outputs, USB audio connectivity, plus a front panel headphone socket for local monitoring. It also provides native AES67 and NDI support as standard for integration into larger systems. Additional CallMe-T


Served on a platter: Toshiba’s latest MG Series HDDs can hold up to 18TB


Toshiba has optimised the higher sequential and random speeds in its latest elevated capacity HDDs. While single HDDs supported speeds of less than 200Mbps just a few years ago, today’s top models, such as the Toshiba MG09ACA18TE 18TB HDD, run as high as 281Mbps. Similarly, where the industry could only get random performance IO-operations- per-second (IOPS) rates of 250 in the past, today 400 IOPS or more are offered.


FACILIS FACILITATES SMART ACCESS AND REMOTE WORKING


MANAGE Facilis Technology BY DAVID FOX


Shared storage specialist Facilis Technology has introduced


several enhancements in its latest software update as well as a new remote access product. The Facilis Shared File System is the core of the Hub Shared Storage workflow environment, and version 8.1 adds features such as Facilis Smart Access.


This is a set of rules that can be applied on folders and files, to provide or deny access to certain users or groups. Unlike traditional access control lists, this enables access rules on specific file types to protect critical assets from modification.


instances can be added at any time up to a maximum of 16 two-channel CallMe-T codecs


in the same 1U enclosure. Front panel control and the in-built web interface allow routing of any of the codec channels to both the front panel headphone monitoring and the analogue audio inputs/outputs. USB ports allow connection of an external sound card, USB headset, keyboard or keypad to provide quick-dial and direct-entry SIP connection capability. In-built AES67 and NDI support for networked audio provides seamless integration with a wide range of third- party hardware and software, while Zoom compatibility lets an individual CallMe- TXR codec join a Zoom call, taking the highest-possible quality audio direct from the Zoom server. Dual-tone multi-frequency signalling (DTMF) support lets individual CallMe codecs operate as a SIP/VoIP hybrid providing compatibility with numerous audio conferencing services, such as Amazon Chime.


The new Vortex CallMe-TXR scalable IP audio codec with Zoom capability


It also has write-only features to secure data after it’s written to general ingest locations, plus no- delete options for files while still allowing saves and overwrites during production.


The new update also includes delete restore that allows an administrator to replace files deleted from users back to their original location, or flush them from the system. Enhanced File System Audit is also new, where an audit on a location will track user access down to the file level, for any action taken by a logged-in user. The new Facilis S3 Private Cloud exposes internal facility storage


to any remote user with a qualified S3 client application. It removes public cloud cost, upload time and the need for synchronisation. It also offers a direct, secure path to an on- prem storage volume via S3. Jim McKenna, CMO at Facilis


Technology, said: “Facilis solutions can now be deployed in more diverse workflows than any other product on the market.”


Facilis has released a major update to its Shared File System


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