Hundreds of concurrent students. A single 2U server can handle an entire film school. Hundreds of students edit, render, and collaborate simultaneously, with no bottlenecks and no slowdowns.
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Ultimate EFS NVMe
The ultimate storage powerhouse for high-performance workflows. Relentless speed and unmatched power in a compact 2U form factor.
Performance
Unrivaled speed and capacity
A ferocious leap forward in media-engineered storage. Nearly three-quarters of a petabyte in a single 2U node, with aggregate throughput exceeding 24 GB/s, double the first generation of EFS NVMe. Built for professionals who demand extreme speed and capacity without compromise.
Built for the most demanding workflows
More bandwidth than your network switch.
This solution can deliver more total bandwidth than fits in a single 100-gigabit port on your network switch, it's that fast. Powered by the media-aware EFS file system and the EFS Native Client, this 24-drive node dramatically reduces bottlenecks and accelerates every aspect of media production, with direct, high-speed transactions to Windows, macOS, and Linux workstations.
Extreme power in action
A real-time film restoration powerhouse.
Unleash the power of film restoration. Pair the Ultimate EFS NVMe with a high-resolution film scanner and unmatched read/write speeds let high-resolution, file-per-frame scans ingest directly from the scanner over 100GbE, while simultaneously presenting them to multiple Resolve or other finishing editors editing and grading that content.
Built for extreme production. Total aggregate reads exceed 24 GB/s per node, more total bandwidth than fits in a single 100-gigabit port on your network switch. The EFS Native Client, a multi-threaded driver with ultra-low overhead, delivers superior performance and resiliency over SMB or NFS.
- 24+ GB/s
- aggregate read per node
- 737TB
- raw capacity in a single 2U node
Extreme power in action
One node, every demanding job.
From film schools to finishing suites, the Ultimate EFS NVMe handles the workloads that stop other storage cold.
Finish 12-bit DPX, concurrently. Multiple editors and graders work on finishing 12-bit DPX workflows at the same time, from the same node, with breakneck speed and immediate response.
Built-in DR and backup. Combine the Ultimate EFS NVMe with a 60NL and you have disaster recovery and backup for all of your content, alongside your high-speed finishing storage.
Project sharing, everywhere. Like all EFS servers, it supports Avid and Blackmagic project sharing and integrates natively with Adobe and Blackmagic panels, with FLOW included.
A greener, smarter choice
Built for speed, and for efficiency.
Lower heat output, increased density, and lower electricity consumption mean studios and production houses can cut operational costs while delivering superior results. It's a solution built not just for speed, but for efficiency and environmental responsibility, with multiple creators sharing one node to minimize hardware needs and energy use.
Built on the EditShare File System
Relentless power, fully optimized.
Every bit of NVMe performance is tuned by the media-aware architecture that powers the Ultimate EFS platform.
Media-aware file system
Every bit of NVMe power runs on the media-aware EFS file system, tuned for media workflows rather than generic IT storage.
Native client performance
The EFS Native Client is an advanced, multi-threaded driver with ultra-low overhead, delivering superior performance and resiliency over SMB or NFS.
Over 24 GB/s per node
Total aggregate reads exceed 24 GB/s, more total bandwidth than fits in a single 100-gigabit port on your network switch.
Triple RAID with XOR parity
Three NVMe hardware RAID controllers with RAID-5 and write cache protection, plus XOR parity and SwiftRead across nodes.
Avid & Blackmagic sharing
Native Avid and Blackmagic project sharing, with integrated Adobe and Blackmagic panels for every workstation.
FLOW included
FLOW Asset Management is bundled for powerful ingest, cataloging, search, and automation across production.
- Form factor
- 2U chassis with tool-less slide rails · 430 x 88 x 680 mm (17 x 3.5 x 26.8 in)
- Drives
- 24 enterprise-grade U.2/U.3 NVMe SSDs · configurations from 184TB to 737TB raw
- Read throughput
- Total aggregate reads exceeding 24 GB/s per node
- Processor & memory
- 5th gen Xeon 12-core CPU (Emerald Rapids) · 64GB DDR5 ECC RAM
- OS drives
- Mirrored (hardware RAID 1) 480GB SSD OS drives, hot-swappable
- Data protection
- 3x NVMe hardware RAID controllers with RAID-5 and write cache protection · XOR parity across nodes
- Networking
- Standard dual-port 100GbE QSFP28/56 + dual 1G-BaseT · IPMI · optional 10/25GbE
- Operating system
- EditShare OS (64-bit) · EFS Native Client for Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Project sharing
- Avid and Blackmagic project sharing · Adobe and Blackmagic panels
- Included software
- FLOW Asset Management with 10/2 ingest licenses and Automation engine
- Capacity models
- NVMe 184 (184TB raw / 161TB usable) · NVMe 368 (368 / 322) · NVMe 737 (737 / 645)
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Each node delivers total aggregate reads exceeding 24 GB/s, roughly twice the throughput of the first generation of EFS NVMe. That's more total bandwidth than fits in a single 100-gigabit port on your network switch.
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