K2 Central TX Shared Storage

K2 Central TX Shared Storage is an extension of the K2 storage line that provides an easy to integrate shared storage solution designed for transmission applications. K2 Central TX supports up to five 4-channel K2 Summit 3G Transmission Clients, delivering your choice of up to 16 simultaneous 100 Mb/s HD video channels or up to 20 simultaneous 50 Mb/s video channels, both with 2 Gb/s of real-time video bandwidth. The integrated approach to shared storage includes the server, storage and network connectivity in one chassis, providing for quick installation and simple configuration on-site.

This shared storage solution leverages the Flexible Media framework technology in the K2 Summit into an optimized shared storage product. Key attributes include the direct connection of five K2 Summit clients without any heavy networking infrastructure.

K2 Central TX utilizes 3.5-inch 7.2K RPM drives for a cost-effective storage system providing the capacity and bandwidth required for many playout applications.

Key Features

Dense 4 RU package with 24 x 2 TB, 4 TB or 6 TB HDDs
10 GigE connectivity to third-party devices
RAID-1, 2 SSD drives (operating system)
RAID-10, 2 x 12-drive stripe groups (media)
Up to 60 TB of usable storage for more than 800 hours at 100 Mb/s
Dual power supplies and system drives for reliability

Because K2 Central TX Shared Storage combines the network switch, the file system manager and the primary storage chassis all in one compact, pre-configured 4RU unit, it is a truly plug-and-play, broadcast-grade appliance. Connectivity to clients (non-real time video file-content clients such as editors, asset management systems or archives) is supported through two 10 GigE connections delivering services using FTP and SMB. K2 Central TX Shared Storage can work with Grass Valley EDIUS clients editing CMF natively for edit-in-place connectivity.