ProMax Releases New Storage Servers To Meet Demand OF 4K AND 6K Content

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ProMAX Systems, world leader in integrated workflow technology for creative media organizations, today announced two new hardware products to their flagship Platform server line, the Platform Online 2500 and the Platform Online 1500. With these new additions delivering up to 192TB in a single 24 bay server unit, ProMAX Platform is the only complete end to end solution poised to meet the increasing demands of 4K, 6K and beyond.

ProMAX Platform Workflow Servers are end-to-end ingest to archive solutions combining High Performance Shared Storage, Asset Management, Backup and Archive all in one single server with one interface at one price.

Our vision has always been to develop solutions that allow creatives to do what they do best, create, stated Jess Hartmann, CEO, ProMAX Systems. By increasing speed, performance and connectivity options, there's virtually no limits to what you can do whether you're working in 6K or 8K. And now smaller workgroups have the ability to substantially increase their product infrastructure at an affordable price.

Platform Online 2500 offers up to 192TB in a single 24 bay server with expansion capacity of up to 5.7B. This new server representing higher capacity and faster speeds was designed to accommodate the rising demand of 4K, 6K and beyond video resolutions. The Online 2500 includes Platform's integrated Asset Management & Backup software, as well as integrated LTO options for low cost Backup and Archive.

Platform Online 1500 has 12 Bays and up to 96TB in a single unit. The new Platform Online 1500 is perfect for smaller workgroups looking to expand their infrastructure, giving them superior performance at an affordable price. Platform Online 1500 has the options of adding up to two (2) internal LTO 7 drives, and also includes integrated Asset Management & Backup software, integrated LTO options for low cost Backup and Archive.

In addition to the new hardware products, ProMAX is introducing a major upgrade to the Platform Online 1000. Maintaining the popular built in expansion bays for integrated Backup and Archive, the Platform Online 1000 gets a significant performance boost with an all new 12 core 3.70 GHz processor, an additional PCIe expansion slot for greater connectivity options and Thunderbolt 3 (USB 3.1 type C) connectivity which doubles the speed from its existing Thunderbolt 2 connectivity.

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FEATURES

*New* Platform Online 2500

24 x Bay, 12G Enterprise Class Server

40 Cores of processing

Up to 192TB in a single 4U chassis

1500MB/s of shared performance

Expandable to 5.7 Petabytes

Fully supports Shared Storage MAM Backup/Archive

*New* Platform Online 1500

12 x Bay, 12G Enterprise Class Server

12 Cores of processing

Up to 96TB in a single 3U chassis

900MB/s of shared performance

Dual expansion bays available for internal LTOs and other accessories

Expandable to 896 Terabytes

Fully supports Shared Storage MAM Backup/Archive

*Updated* Platform Online 1000

8 x Bay, 12G Enterprise Class Server

6 Cores of processing

Up to 64TB in a single 3U chassis

650MB/s of shared performance

Dual expansion bays available for internal LTOs and other accessories

Expandable to 768 Terabytes

Fully supports Shared Storage MAM Backup/Archive

ProMAX Platform Online 2500 and the upgrades to the Platform Online 1000 will be available as of September 15, 2016. The Platform Online 1500 will be available in Q4 2016.

For more on ProMAX Platform V5 Workflow Servers visit http://www.promax.com

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