SNS EVO 8 Bay
High performance, affordable shared storage
The EVO 8‑Bay delivers high‑performance, affordable shared storage designed for growing creative teams. Start with eight SATA/SAS bays in a compact 2U chassis powered by a 64‑bit, multi‑core CPU, then expand effortlessly with an EVO Expansion Unit to reach up to 528TB per node. Boost connectivity with up to 16x GbE ports and optional 10/25/100Gb Ethernet for demanding, high‑bandwidth workflows. A fully configured system supports up to 24 disks and as many as 16 clients—without requiring an external switch. With unlimited licenses for the EVO Suite, including ShareBrowser MAM, Nomad remote tools, and Slingshot automation, plus a 650W redundant power supply for reliability, this system delivers the performance and flexibility modern production environments depend on.
With this EVO, you can:
- Add up to eight drives (HDD or SSD) in EVO Base
- Add EVO Expansion Units for a total of 528TB per node
- Start with 10GbE ports (two included)
- Add multiple 10/25/100Gb Ethernet ports
- A fully configured EVO 8 bay system expands to a total of 24 disks and up to 16 clients without an Ethernet switch.
Quick specs:
- EVO OS on a 64-bit, multi-CPU, multi-core, 2U storage server
- 8 x SATA/SAS drive bays (Expandable)
- Unlimited licenses of EVO suite (ShareBrowser MAM, Nomad remote tools, Slingshot)
- Redundant power supplies
Connectivity and Expansion
- Included: ShareBrowser, Nomad, Slingshot: Unlimited
- Included 10GbE Base-T Ports: 2
- Maximum GbE Ports: 16
- Maximum 10GbE Base-T Ports: 4
- Maximum 10GbE Optical Ports: 4
- Maximum 25GbE Optical Ports: 4
- Maximum 100GbE Optical Ports: 1
- Maximum SATA or SAS Disks per Chassis: 8
- Maximum Disks per System: 24
Supported RAID Levels
- RAID Levels: 5 and 6
- Available Drives (2.5″ and 3.5″)
- SSD: ~1TB, ~2TB, ~4TB, ~8TB
- HDD: 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB, 12TB, 22TB (Enterprise-class RAID-edition 6Gbps SATA)
- 12Gbps SAS drives also available
Base Chassis Physical
- Physical dimensions: Length 28.5″ (32″ w/ cables) x Width 17″ x Height 3.625″
- Rack Height Requirements: 2U
- SPL: Base chassis with 8 disk drives, at idle, < 60db SPL @ 1m, A-weighted
SPECIFICATIONS – SNS SOLUTIONS
Part storage hardware. Part workflow server. All included. Beautifully simple.
EVO is a shared storage video editing server for digital media workflows and demanding use with leading professional applications.
Performance
High throughput, with overhead for the most demanding projects and 8K video workloads
Workflow
Project and media sharing, with asset management included
Connectivity
Integrated and reliable solutions for all of your on-site, remote, and freelance users
Expansion
Ready for more capacity and users as your organization grows
Media management
EVO includes NLE integration and helpful workflow features for teams that need to create, store, share, and organize media and projects.
ShareBrowser — an easy-to-use media manager
If you need shared storage, sooner or later your team will want a better way to organize and find everything that’s on it. ShareBrowser is easy-to-use asset management software by SNS. It’s included with EVO purely to help media teams work and collaborate more efficiently. Its shared database lives on your EVO and enables your team to search, preview proxies, collaborate, add tags and time-based comments, export to NLE, and more. ShareBrowser is the face of EVO, and every feature in it is created from feedback straight from teams like yours. It’s a better way to use shared storage, period. Want to know more?
Performance
EVO is designed and built for digital artists.
You use applications like Avid Media Composer, Adobe CC/Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Final Cut Pro. These apps can have extraordinary I/O requirements, so EVO is tuned to give them exactly what they want, right out of the box.
Advanced caching algorithms help to make EVO capable of handling more video streams per array than most shared storage systems. This means you can do more work with a fewer number of disks, which results in a less expensive, more reliable, energy conscious storage solution.
Workflow
Adobe Premiere Pro
Get the most integrated shared storage experience with Adobe Premiere Pro. Seamlessly share projects and media, preview footage, add tags and comments to a shared database, import clips and metadata, and more. All without leaving your timeline.
Avid bin and project sharing
Use Avid’s native Project and Bin sharing functions! EVO unlocks the sharing capabilities of Media Composer—with several editors in the same Avid project, teams can easily collaborate by using shared bins, exchanging access to media and sequences directly within Media Composer.
DaVinci Resolve
Take full advantage of game-changing collaboration features by hosting your Resolve database on EVO. Solutions for editing, VFX, color grading, and more.
Final Cut Pro
EVO is the best way to use Final Cut Pro X in a collaborative workflow. Securely share libraries and get the most out of FCPX’s powerful metadata features with integrated notes and keyword collections that help to finish edits faster.
Sharing and collaboration
EVO provides high-performance multi-user write/read workspaces for instantly sharing projects, bins, and media over a high-speed network. Edit in place, eliminate unnecessary copies and file transfers, and use ShareBrowser to organize media and collaborate with your team.
Automations GUI and API
EVO’s automations features (aka Slingshot) let you transcode and create other automated file-based workflows spanning EVO, other storage systems, and supported cloud services. Slingshot can boost productivity by automating repetitive file management tasks, leaving more valuable time to do creative work.
Connectivity
Up to 100 Gigabit Ethernet
EVO gives you the capability to have multiple 1, 10, 25, and 100GbE ports, which you can mix and configure for your requirements. Your workstations connect straight into any of these ports—you don’t even need an Ethernet switch (unless you prefer it). In most cases there are no special software install requirements… users simply connect to the network and login to EVO.
Simple, right?
Remote workflow
Not just for on-site teams! Nomad—one of the many features included with EVO—and SNS Cloud VPN enable work-from-anywhere continuity for your remote users and freelancers.
Expansion
Direct-connect Ethernet ports
Up to 26 Ethernet ports are available, giving you an easy and inexpensive way to quickly add more computers to the storage system. You can also choose to add up to 100GbE ports for maximum bandwidth.
Enterprise class HDD and SSD
You can start with as few as four drives (HDD or SSD), then add up to a total of 16 in the base unit. Expansion units can bring the total number of disks per managed system to 80. As you add capacity, you can also increase the system’s overall capability. An unlimited number of base/expansion nodes can be integrated into a facility.
Users (no per-seat software licensing)
Up to 26 users (workstations, notebooks, servers) can be direct-attached through EVO’s network ports. If you need to support more, any available Ethernet port can be connected to a switch. And with EVO, there are no per-user software licensing costs to worry about as your team grows.
Volume growth
Your company is growing faster than expected, and you’re running out of space. What now? Increase capacity by phasing in larger disks or adding more drives to your existing storage pools.
Need nearline?
EVO is also available in a Nearline version, capable of clustered operation and scalability to multiple petabytes in a single namespace. Pairing your main EVO with a companion EVO Nearline system is an easy, effective, and economical way to set up tiered storage for your workflow.
