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Integrated into existing workflows as direct-attached or shared storage, BrightRaid Avior connects up to 8 x 16 Gbit FC with capacity from 24–108 TB. Storage-only 4U solution, supporting up to 4 x 2K or 2 x 4K concurrent streams, accommodates post and broadcast facilities as well as media-dependent operation that requires low-latency SAN or NAS-based workflows. Storage management and monitoring interface facilitates integration, maintenance, and daily routines in storage environment.



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Bright's New BrightRaid Avior Simplifies Storage with High-Speed, Cost Effective Solution



Feature-rich RAID Appliance Targets NAS, DAS and SAN



Reno, NV -- Bright Technologies, Inc., developer of advanced technologies for low-latency high-performance IT environments, has announced the launch of BrightRaid Avior, a high-speed and cost-effective cross-platform fibre  storage solution with comprehensive web based RAID monitoring and management tools. Avior is easily integrated into existing workflows as direct-attached or shared storage with features and tools that simplify administration and accelerate everyday tasks.



Avior, a storage-only 4U solution, connects up to 8x16Gbit FC with capacity from 24TB to 108TB.  Its user-friendly storage management and monitoring interface makes both integration and maintenance fast and easy and significantly simplifies daily routines in a storage environment.



Building on Bright’s recent additions to the popular BrightDrive range of ‘all-in-one’ servers, Avior broadens the Company’s appeal to an even wider market.  Like the new Astella models - Astella Dx and Nx - Avior accommodates post and broadcast facilities as well as any media-dependent operation that requires low-latency, high-performance SAN or NAS-based workflows.



“Avior enhances our turnkey offering by giving our customers a high-performance storage appliance that provides the outstanding quality Bright customers are accustomed to", said Shawn Clark, Bright Technologies’ director of sales. “Avior, a simple, yet powerful and versatile RAID array for both SAN and NAS-based workflows, has been qualified and certified by our own experts to deliver up to 4 x 2K material specifically for media streaming.



"Avior is a very cost effective way to simplify the storage environment while still providing reliable, high-speed performance that supports up to 4 x 2K or 2 x 4K concurrent streams," added Roger L. Beck, CTO at Bright Technologies. "Avior’s many and varied features ease installation, manage daily operations, and reduce maintenance over time."



BrightRaid Avior is available immediately directly from Bright Technologies or its worldwide network of resellers with prices from $23,000 USD.



About Bright                                                                                                                                                                                    

Bright Technologies develops highly specialized technology for shared media environments. In the mid-1990s, Bright’s core team began the development of the first file system for shared media. By 1999, Bright was the first company to address the core issues and challenges of file handling in media. Over the past 12 years, Bright has earned a reputation as an innovative, collaborative, problem-solving media software and technology developer. Based on this level of experience and vision, Bright has developed and successfully marketed its current product line. Today, Bright Technologies provides the most advanced and sophisticated SAN servers in the industry - specifically designed to meet the needs of media file-based workflows, ie low-latency, high performance, best possible predictability and reliability.



Bright Headquarters: 10405 Double R Blvd, Reno, Nevada, USA. t: +1 775 823 9002 www.4bright.com



Contacts:

Catrin Beck, press@4bright.com

Bright Technologies, Inc.

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