NEXIO® Content Manager

Content Transfer and Management Software

Providing affordable insurance for your content, NEXIO® Content Manager is an FTP transfer application that enables mirroring of NEXIO® content to network attached storage (NAS) or to another NEXIO domain. Building on the functionality of the Mirror Streamer product by adding more features and less hardware, NEXIO Content Manager allows for a variety of content protection schemes.

Typical Uses

  • Share your content between two NEXIO Server domains
  • Send your content to a remote site in order to remain on air during emergencies
  • Protect your content by maintaining the same content on NAS
  • Back-up your content to NAS for archive

NEXIO Content Manager is a software solution which reduces the complexity and costs of implementing a mirrored backup system. Content is moved via standard FTP, so the backup location can be local or remote as long as there is IP-network connectivity between the storage domains. NEXIO hardware has built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports that can be used to transfer material.

Streamlining production and media management by caching material from one NEXIO domain to another, NEXIO Content Manager enables files to be moved from acquisition servers to specialized servers. NEXIO Content Manager provides increased flexibility, scalability, reliability and cost saving, while maintaining the best possible image quality throughout the production chain by transferring your content digitally.

Features

  • FTP-based files transfers over 1000Base-T Ethernet
  • Back-up of audio/video media files, including any associated metadata
  • Full mirror mode automatically keeps content in synchronization, allowing one of the highest levels of system redundancy by eliminating the need to manually dub content from one server domain to another
  • Filtered mirror mode automatically applies customized business rule to selectively move content
  • Available rules also include first in/first out and first in/last out modes to further refine the backup process.
  • Backup mode sends material to a NAS for off-line storage

Product Details

Product Comparison
Compares performance between: NEXIO Content Manager running on NEXIO chassis, Mirror Streamer and Content Manager running on dedicated Gateway servers.

SoftwareNXA1000CM NXA1000CM
HardwareNX4000TXSNX2000MSNX2000GS
Recommended for system sizesSmallMediumLarge
Content transfer speeds200 Mb/s1300 Mb/s500 Mb/s2
Physical distance between original and backupUnlimitedShort <100 MUnlimited
Additional cost for implementationLowMediumHigh

1 Depending on system data throughout, up to 200 Mb/s may be used by the NX4000TXS chassis.

2 Depending on system data throughout, up to 500 Mb/s may be used by the NX2000GS chassis.

Specifications

Specifications and designs are subject to change without notice.

The NXA1000CM-SA software runs on any customer-supplied computer that meets the following minimum specifications:
  • Desktop with Intel P4 2.4 GHz CPU or higher
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 32 MB VGA adapter set to 1024x768 resolution and 32-bit color depth
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Network card with link speed and duplex set to 100Base-T, full duplex
  • 3 GB free drive space
  • Windows® XP Professional, SP2 or higher

Ordering Information

NXA1000CMNEXIO Content Manager software for managing content between 2 NEXIO SAN systems; runs on any approved NEXIO platform with built-in security device
  
NXA1000CM-SANEXIO Content Manager standalone software for managing content between 2 NEXIO SAN systems; includes USB security device; runs on customer-supplied computer or NEXIO hardware without a security device

Embedded or Standalone Versions are available. 
NXA1000CM is configured for use directly on NEXIO server platforms that include a USB security device internally:

  • NX4000ITS
  • NX4000TXS
  • NX4200HDI
  • NX4200HDX

NXA1000CM-SA is configured for use with a customer-supplied standalone computer or NEXIO server that does not have a security device installed. As the data path does not pass through this computer, the system does not require Gigabit Ethernet throughput.

Sales Contacts
  • North America +1 800 231 9673
  • Caribbean and Latin America +1 786 437 1960
  • Europe and Africa +44 118 964 8200
  • Middle East and South Asia  +971 4 433 8250
  • Asia, Pacific Rim +852 2776 0628