1. XenData SX-550 Archive Servers for Sony Optical Disc Archives
A series of archive servers for managing Sony Optical Disc Archive libraries, designed for the demanding requirements of the media and entertainment industry.  
December 2015

2. XenData SX-550 Series Archive Servers NAS Architecture – storing on RAID and ODA
Library FC
SX-550 Series server runs Windows Server and XenData6 Server software; includes RAID.
Network Share over 1 GbE or 10 GbE

3. XenData SX-550 Series Archive Servers Standard Windows File System
The XenData software virtualizes the RAID, ODA library and off- line ODA cartridges, presenting them as a single volume:
Externalized ODA Cartridges + + =
disk
Internal RAID
ODA Library

4. XenData SX-550 Series Archive Servers Broad Application Compatibility
File/folder interface means the solution works with most applications – from MAMs to Windows Explorer
Dalet o Evertz Mediator o Cinegy o CatDV o eMAM o EVS o GV Stratus o Avid Interplay
Marquis Project Parking o Adobe Premier o Harris Invenio o Aveco o Harmonic MAS o … etc
No need to load any special software on client computers.
Supports multiple simultaneous applications. Multiple ODA cartridge groups can be configured for each application by mapping folders to specific cartridge groups.

5. XenData SX-550 Series Archive Servers Designed for Networks
NAS architecture makes it easy to deploy.
RAID cache delivers high performance in a network.
Interfaces via 1 GigE or 10 GigE.
Supports CIFS/SMB or FTP.

6. XenData SX-550 Series Archive Servers Support Windows, Mac and FTP Clients – plus local transfers
Windows, Mac and FTP clients are natively supported.
Locally the archive volume appears as a logical drive letter.

7. XenData SX-550 ODA Archive Servers
Fast Archiving  
At the speed of RAID.
The system does not wait for ODA cartridges to be mounted.

8. XenData SX-550 ODA Archive Servers
Fast Restoring  
The system restores queues of files in the shortest possible time.
Restore requests are processed in disc order to minimize unnecessary disc movement.

9. XenData SX-550 ODA Archive Servers
Full Interchange with Cartridges written with Sony Software

10. XenData SX-550 ODA Archive Servers
Industry Standard Security
The archive server integrates fully with the Microsoft security model based on Active Directory.

11. XenData SX-550 ODA Archive Servers
Manage Unlimited Externalized Cartridges
The system manages any number of externalized cartridges, providing an unlimited total capacity. There are no license fees for externalized capacity.
When offline files are accessed, the system prompts with alerts and on-screen notifications, identifying the cartridge that should be imported back into the system.
A range of different reports helps manage the entire archive including all externalized cartridges.

12. XenData SX-550 ODA Archive Servers
Strong File Version Control
Accidentally over-wrote or deleted a file?
No problem; just select the file and restore deleted files or previous versions.

13. XenData SX-550 ODA Archive Servers
Scale to Multiple Petabytes of Near-Line Capacity
Supports multiple libraries.

14. XenData SX-550 ODA Archive Servers
High Availability Cluster Option Available
The SX-555 is a server cluster that provides high availability.

15. XenData SX-550 ODA Archive Servers
Worldwide Onsite Support
The server hardware comes with onsite support from HP which is available in most locations worldwide

16. For more information, please visit www.xendata.com