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Media capturing systems are utilized by a wide range of fields and applications; everything from live streaming services, filmmaking, and news broadcasting, to automated manufacturing, and scientific research. As networking, resolution, and frame rate requirements continue to rise, so does the need for faster, denser storage solutions. Unsurprisingly, conventional SAS and SATA storage solutions are increasingly unable to keep pace with advances in media capture technology. Modern, high-speed networking infrastructure is capable of accommodating transfer rates in excess of 10,000MB/s. To put this in perspective, you would need a RAID 0 array comprised of 20 SATA SSDs capable of delivering 500MB/s of sustained performance in order to reach the 10K threshold. Conversely, a pair of off-the-shelf M.2 NVMe SSDs can easily satisfy this requirement, with performance to spare! Despite SAS/SATA’s longstanding superior dollar-to-gigabyte ratio, it’s near impossible to ignore the stunning 10:1 performance advantage of NVMe media.
Increasing demands for High Resolution Media
High-resolution capturing solutions are in demand across many industries and professions; and not just those focused on journalism, art and entertainment. High-resolution imaging systems are of critical importance for many scientific and medical applications, such a treatment and study of cancer and contagious disease, space and deep-sea exploration, automated manufacturing systems, and a slew of military/defense applications including satellite and drone technology.
Media Capture Hardware Platforms
Many professional grade media capturing systems utilize a range of recording devices linked to a host-system/server using an ethernet based network. Footage (video/audio) captured by these devices is then transferred to the system’s storage solution (which may be separate from the server hardware), via a second network connection. As such, storage solutions employed by media capture system must be able to keep pace with the entire network infrastructure, and may be called upon to fulfill multiple roles, such as that of a recording device, asset library and active workspace.
Applications
A wide range of media, scientific and industrial workflows rely on high-resolution media capturing systems. Such platforms require compact, fast and dense storage solutions capable of keeping pace with high-speed networking infrastructure.
Solutions
NVMe RAID AICs
SSD7540
SSD7580B
SSD7140A
SSD7180/7184
NVMe RAID Enclosures
SSD6744
Industrial Cameras
Digital cameras are employed by a wide range of industrial applications such as automated/robotic assembly lines, roadway traffic control, and safety/warning systems in factories and construction sites. Commonly classified as Industrial Cameras, these type of capture devices are generally compact and robust in construction, as they are often integrated directly into articulated machinery and operate in hazardous environments.
Despite the rugged nature of their working environments, industrial cameras often have high resolution requirements, as they must be able to reliably capture small moving objects in great detail. Examples include Quality Analysis and Control solutions that need document the activity of an automated production line, or traffic monitoring systems that are required to capture unique identifiers of hundreds or even thousands of passing vehicles, such as branding information or license plates.
Such applications require high-speed network infrastructure, and storage devices capable of housing and rapidly processing a vast quantity of data over prolonged periods of time; an ideal environment for an NVMe RAID solution, such as a HighPoint SSD7500 series M.2 NVMe AIC. These compact, single-width PCIe cards directly host up to 8 M.2 SSDs and are available in half-height or full-height form factors. SSD7500 AICs are built to withstand the rigors of industrial applications and feature robust active cooling systems to ensure the NVMe media and critical controller componentry operate within manufacturer thresholds, even under heavy load.
HighPoint NVMe RAID Solutions for High-Resolution Media Capture
HighPoint NVMe solutions are ideal for high-performance media capture applications, and are available for each networking tier. They offer substantial advantages over traditional SAS/SATA based storage solutions, especially in terms of performance and packaging, and are no longer limited to specialized platforms or applications. NVMe SSDs are now the default option for many, if not most factory-made computing platforms, and serve as both the boot drive and secondary storage device. As a result, NVMe SSDs are now common place, and are increasingly affordable, more reliable and faster than ever. The blazing speed, high level of reliability, and compact form factor make NVMe based storage devices ideal for high-resolution 4K & 8K media capture solutions.
HighPoint AIC RAID Solutions
It is important to remember that the transfer rates associated with each network tier refers to the sequential write performance of the storage solution. The number shown refers to the maximum score attained using the maximum number of disks configured into a RAID 0 array (which is typical for most NVMe-based capture solutions). Long term write performance will vary depending on the duration of the capture session and total disk space required.
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HighPoint NVMe RAID Solutions for High-Resolution Media Capture
HighPoint NVMe solutions are ideal for high-performance media capture applications, and are available for each networking tier. They offer substantial advantages over traditional SAS/SATA based storage solutions, especially in terms of performance and packaging, and are no longer limited to specialized platforms or applications.
NVMe SSDs are now the default option for many, if not most factory-made computing platforms, and serve as both the boot drive and secondary storage device. As a result, NVMe SSDs are now common place, and are increasingly affordable, more reliable and faster than ever. The blazing speed, high level of reliability, and compact form factor make NVMe based storage devices ideal for high-resolution 4K & 8K media capture solutions.
Unbeatable Storage Performance
HighPoint manufactures the industry’s fastest NVMe RAID solutions, many of which are ideal for Media Capture applications.
HighPoint NVMe controllers and enclosures are capable of fully saturating x16 lanes of PCIe Gen4 (4.0) or Gen3 (3.0) host bandwidth. This is due to our highly flexible, performance focused architecture, which was designed in-house and is unique to our NVMe product portfolio.
HighPoint’s hardware engineering expertise enable SSD series NVMe RAID AICs to incorporate and fully exploit the capabilities of high-performance PCIe Switch technology. Our 8-Channel PCIe Gen3 SSD7000 series RAID controllers can deliver up to 14,000MB/s, while the PCIe Gen4 SSD7500 series doubles this to 28,000MB/s.
Compact & Versatile Storage Configurations
Capturing platforms that require a discreet, compact storage solution should consider NVMe RAID AICs or enclosures built to support M.2 media. M.2 SSDs are directly hosted by the storage solution; drive bays, cabling and cooling hardware are not required – everything is handled directly by the PCIe card or enclosure. HighPoint’s compact single-width 8-Port PCIe RAID AICs can directly host up to 8 M.2 SSDs and up to 32TB of storage capacity that is suitable for HD media capture applications.
However, if the target platform already has internal drive bays, or the application calls for mass-storage capability, a U.2 or U.3 based NVMe RAID solution may be a better choice. HighPoint U.2 RAID AICs are even more compact than their M.2 counterparts (half-height form factor), and have cabling options that allow them to support any NVMe SSDs; yes, this includes M.2 models.
SSD7540
The SSD7540 is the indusry's fastest M.2 NVMe RAID Controller. The 8 independent M.2 ports can support support 2242/2260/2280 form factor SSDs of any capacity in one or more RAID 0, 1, 10 or JBOD configurations, at speeds up to 28,000MB/s.
Quick Specs
Host Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16
Device Ports: 8x M.2
Form Factor: FL-FH
SSD7580B
The SSD7580B is the indusry's fastest and most versatile NVMe RAID Controller. A range of cabling options enable the four SFF-8654 ports to support up to 8 U.2, U.3 or M.2 SSDs of any capacity. True Hot-Swap & Hot-Plug capability enable administrators to add or remove NVMe SSDs on the fly.
Quick Specs
Host Interface: PCIe 4.0x x16
Device Ports: 8x U.2
Form Factor: FL-HH
SSD7140A
The SSD7140A is the industry's fastest PCIe Gen3 NVMe RAID controller. The performance-focused hardware architecture allocates up to x4 dedicated to each M.2 port, and enables the controller to deliver up to 14,000MB/s of transfer performance.
Quick Specs
Host Interface: PCIe 3.0x x16
Device Ports: 8x M.2
Form Factor: FL-FH
SSD7180/7184
The SSD7180 and SSD7184 are versatile, high-performance NVMe RAID AICs designed for PCIe 3.0 host platforms. The 8 independent NVMe device channels can be configured to support U.2/U.3 or M.2 storage configurations via a range of cabling accessories. The SSD7184's unique hybrid port configuration supports both internal and external storage configurations.
Quick Specs
Host Interface: PCIe 3.0x x16
Device Ports: 8x U.2/U.2/M.2
Form Factor: FL-HH
SSD6540 Series
SSD6540 Series RAID Storage Enclosures are ideal for I/O intensive, professional media applications that require a compact, external storage solution capable of delivering up to 14,000MB/s of transfer bandwidth.
Quick Specs
Host Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16
Device Ports: 4x U.2/U.3 or M.2
Form Factor: 4-Bay Tower Enclosure