Nonlinear Networking and Storage System

The first version of Avid Unity MediaNet 1.0, the foundation of the company's open nonlinear production environment and Avid Unity family of networked storage and distributed computing products, is a set of open networking and central storage technologies based-on an advanced media file system that enables real-time, simultaneous sharing of high-bandwidth media.

The product connects editors, artists, sound-designers and effects specialists throughout a digital facility to the same network, improving workflow, raising productivity and enhancing creativity by eliminating many of the mechanical tasks associated with managing today's part linear, part nonlinear post-production process, according to the company. Included in the package are advanced media transfer utilities and server-assisted shared storage and networking technologies, providing support for a range of applications and platforms. It will feature direct connection of the Macintosh platform, as well as network attachment of Windows NT and SGI IRIX platforms.

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