ATTO Technology SC-5300, SC-5300C, SC-5300D, SC-5300R, SC-5500 Hot Sheet

FastStream for Digidesign Pro Tools|HD HOT SHEET

Product Positioning

Add data protection and remote editing access to your
current direct attached storage without impacting current
workflow or performance

For bandwidth-intensive audio environments, the ATTO
FastStream Storage Controller is a high performance
RAID Appliance which manages latency, provides users
data protection via parity RAID, simplified storage
aggregation, remote collaboration and a single point of
management.

For use with the following Digidesign products:

− Digidesign Pro Tools|HD

What’s FastStream?

• High Performance RAID protection

• Remote Access and Collaboration of audio assets

• Managed latency for Audio Editing

• High Bandwidth with I/O support for multiple tracks

of high bit rate audio editing

• Background, Tunable RAID Rebuilds with no
impact to performance during drive rebuilds

• Support for both Macintosh and Windows clients

• Integrated system management & diagnostic tools

• Real-Time performance monitoring via GUI

• One button setup for an easy 5 minute install

Why Buy?

The ATTO FastStream Storage Appliance adds RAID
protection to multiple disk storage configurations
while managing latency and improving performance.

Flexible content creation environment

• Supports multiple audio editing sessions

• Up to 192 tracks of 16 bit audio per session

• Up to 96 tracks of 24 bit audio per session

• Tested with Digidesign Pro Tools|HD test tools

• Supports simultaneous Audio and Video editing

• Sustained performance of 450 MB/sec

Versatile and easy to use

• Compatible with many Digidesign systems

• Intuitive GUI-based installation and management

• Extend the use of existing disk storage devices

• Advanced CLI admin tools

FastStream Connectivity

• Connect to storage via Ultra320 SCSI or 4Gb Fibre

• Connect to workstations via 4Gb Fibre Channel

• Monitor storage through with GUI via Ethernet port

• Remotely access Pro Tools editing sessions

Hardware features

• Universal Rack mount or Desk mount enclosure

• ECC Protected Memory

Add advanced intelligence to the Disk Storage

• Real-time performance monitoring

• Phone home error notification

• Central management point for multiple storage arrays

• Drive Initialization and verification identifies drives

which could cause errors or performance issues

ATTO Parity Protection Solution Kit contents

• FastStream SC Appliance

• Celerity 4Gb Fibre Channel Host Adapter

• Power Center (PC) or ExpressStripe (Mac) Software

• (2) 3 meter Fibre Channel cables

Models & Options

ATTO PCIe Parity Protection Solution Kit
ATTO PCI-X Parity Protection Solution Kit
ATTO Celerity 4-Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Adapter
ATTO Celerity 4-Gb PCI-X Fibre Channel Host Adapter

Availability

The ATTO Parity Protection Kit is available immediately.

Contact ATTO Sales for pricing and reseller discounts,
phone [phone] x240 or email [e-mail].

Target Markets

The ATTO FastStream Storage Appliance is a flexible
solution for many markets. Targets which benefit
most from the FastStream are those which deal with
Broadcast, Production and Post in the Digital Video
and Audio content creation markets.

User Scenarios

There are many target customers who would benefit
from using the FastStream Storage Controller. Some
examples may include:

• Production Supervisors or Independent
Producers. Management personnel who would

like to eliminate the loss of production content
during the editing process to avoid costly re­editing.

• IT Manager, CIO or CTO of Post Production
houses. These customers who would like to add

storage to the current infrastructure while
preserving an existing storage investment.
Moving storage away from workstations to
eliminate noise and heat is also attractive. When
storage is added, these target customers would
like to keep it simple as possible with a central
point of management for storage.

• Educational Institutions with Film/Visual Arts
programs and Audio/Video Editing facilities.

• Post Production rental companies that rent
Editing systems for television and film
production. Customers of these rental
companies would have a hardship if a disk
system fails requiring them to re-digitize lost
assets and entail additional equipment rental
time.

• Current Audio editors looking to add data
protection to existing non-RAID protected
storage while adding the ability to remotely
access digital audio editing sessions, improving
the existing workflow and performance.

• Recording Studios who work with
multiple audio editing projects with large track
counts.

• Audio/Video Editors. Professionals who would
like the ability to quickly share digital video and
audio at multiple editing stations. These editors
currently use direct attached storage and would
like to increase the speed at which large files
transfer between workstations while providing
improved version tracking.

• Any customer engaged in creating and editing
digital video content such as feature films,
newsroom archives, video on demand,
commercials, training videos and music CD’s.

Additional customers may include production

companies, animation studios, television
studios, corporate film and video companies.

Value Points

Using the FastStream Storage Controller provides the
target markets with many value points, some of the
more important value points are listed below:

• Smooth Data Streaming: add parity protection
to disk storage to ensure your data is protected
without compromising performance or workflow

• Lightning Fast Throughput: Designed for the
needs of high performance applications such as
digital content creation

• On-the-fly Capacity Expansion: Add storage
as needed when needed, allowing for future
storage growth requirements.

• Simple “One-Click” Installation: Takes the
guess work out of setup and installation while
automatically optimizing for most application
environments. Add RAID parity protection to
direct attached storage.

Hot Sheet

FastStream for Digidesign Pro Tools|HD

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