NEXIO Volt™ SSD

Remote monitoring and system management are easily enabled as standard via SNMP, and support for NEXIO Navigator remote diagnostics and management is included. Since NEXIO Volt offers support for headless operation, a display, keyboard and mouse need not be connected to set up and manage system hardware. Channel control is supported via the industry-standard VDCP protocol and via NEXIO native protocol over Ethernet. The NEXIO Volt server responds in exactly the same way as the proven NEXIO AMP server, resulting in straightforward integration with existing automation systems.

HIGH-PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY

MediaCore Engine
MediaCore is a high-performance, 64-bit software engine that controls all low-level NEXIO Volt functionality. This multi-stream module manages real-time transactions and system status updates, as well as RAIDsoft, the NEXIO software RAID and disk storage management system. MediaCore employs task-specific, multi-core CPU/FPGA processing to effortlessly handle all baseband video I/O. The result is real-time, high-bit-rate coding and decoding that enables NEXIO Volt to ingest and play out up to four channels simultaneously. The module can be controlled via the NEXIO suite of software applications, and third-party automation and control panels.

RAIDsoft Storage Protection
NEXIO Volt runs the Harris-patented and Emmy® Award-winning RAIDsoft software RAID management system, which allows all channels and network ports to simultaneously access content without restriction. NEXIO Volt supports the RAIDsoft RAID-3 scheme for protection against single drive failures in a volume. The intelligent RAIDsoft system keeps a cached copy of the frame allocation table (FAT) in RAM and on disk, adding exceptional system resiliency. This approach also translates to fast searching for content and assured access to metadata, whether requested via VDCP serial or Ethernet control.

Channel configurations
NEXIO Volt supports 2-, 3-, and 4-channel operating modes.  The available modes will depend on the licensing applied to the server via the NEXIO Software License Key (SLK).  The following table lists all the available modes possible:

Codec Support
NEXIO Volt supports many of the same codecs as NEXIO AMP. Available codecs and data rates are shown in the table below for SD and HD resolutions.

NEXIO Remote
NEXIO Remote is an application that provides a User Interface (UI) for NEXIO Volt control. If your NEXIO Volt is controlled by your automation system, then use of NEXIO Remote is not required. One NEXIO Remote license is included with every NEXIO Volt integrated storage server.  With NEXIO Remote, the operator is able to manually perform recordings, play out and manage all the media assets on the server’s storage.

NEXIO Playlist
Each NEXIO Volt integrated storage server comes with one license for NEXIO Playlist. NEXIO Playlist is an event sequencing application that runs with NEXIO Remote for media playback. This enables pre-built playlists to be loaded and played back automatically.

NEXIO FTP Server and FTP Client
The NEXIO FTP Server application enables the movement of material from server domain to server domain, and import and export of material outside of the NEXIO server environment via Ethernet. NEXIO FTP Client facilitates MXF file exchange and simplified transfer of Panasonic® P2 and Sony® XDCAM/XDCAM HD files (including access to multiple XDCAM decks via Ethernet).

Performance Enhancement
Add any of the following optional media applications to boost the performance of the NEXIO Volt server:

Shared Storage Connectivity
As the need for immediate content sharing grows, reconfigure the NEXIO Volt integrated storage server to connect to the NEXIO shared storage system via redundant gigabit Ethernet. This software change allows the server to enjoy the same level of content sharing as all other NEXIO servers — instant access to all content, all the time, by all users, without restrictions.

NEXIO ClipSync
NEXIO ClipSync is an optional application that allows NEXIO Volt to play two clips in sync for key-plus-fill and similar applications when the two elements exist as separate clips.

NEXIO Delay
NEXIO Delay is an optional application that applies a delay to an air channel for safety in live-to-air transmissions, or for time zone-specific playback delay.

NEXIO Navigator
NEXIO Navigator is an SNMP-based application that supports remote monitoring and diagnostics of NEXIO servers and network-attached devices, enabling potential problems to be identified before they impact the on-air product.

NXA1000DNXHD-SL
Support for Avid Technologies DNxHD Codec, enabling NEXIO AMP and NEXIO Volt to ingest and play out the Avid DNxHD format. NEXIO AMP supports both 8-bit (145 Mb/s NTSC/120Mb/s PAL) and 10-bit (220 Mb/s NTSC/185 Mb/s PAL) DNxHD. The DNxHD codec is an option for NEXIO and is enabled by software license key. DNxHD is licensed on a per-server (chassis) basis.

NXA1000H264-SL
H.264 is an optional codec available for NEXIO AMP and NEXIO Volt servers and is enabled by software license key. H.264 codec (MPEG-4 Part 10) is supported for file ingest and baseband playout. H.264 is licensed on a per-server (chassis) basis. Supporting H.264 allows NEXIO to import native format content from file distribution systems such as PathFire and PitchBlue, bypassing the need for additional transcoding.

NEXIO AMP Track Router
The Track Router application, NXA-TR, is an optional media application for NEXIO servers and is enabled by software license key. It is supported in NEXIO NXOS and the NEXIO Remote interface to control audio channel assignments, track order, and audio and caption file import and export. Audio and closed caption files are imported via the NEXIO FTP server.  Functionality is also available via automation control.