Avid Nexis
Mediaspec: Your Trusted Partner for Avid NEXIS Storage Solutions in Post-Production and Music Studios
Mediaspec is your premier choice for state-of-the-art Avid NEXIS storage servers, delivering tailored solutions for both post-production and music studios. With years of expertise and a proven track record, we are the trusted installers who understand your unique requirements.
Avid NEXIS delivers the speed, scalability, and reliability that modern media teams demand—whether they work on‑premises, in the cloud, or across hybrid environments. Built on the groundbreaking Avid NEXIS | VFS virtual file system, the platform accelerates every stage of media production while the flexible Avid NEXIS | FLEX subscription model lets teams expand capacity on demand. Collaboration is seamless: editors, colorists, and post‑production specialists can share, edit, and move large assets in real time, adapting instantly to shifting project timelines.
The new Avid NEXIS | Remote extension takes this flexibility a step further. With a single sign‑on, users can retrieve any piece of media or associated metadata from anywhere—without compromising workflow integrity. The remote solution is already available for cloud‑based deployments and will roll out to on‑premises installations in the near future.
Whether paired with the next‑generation Avid NEXIS F‑series storage engines or deployed wholly in the cloud, Avid NEXIS provides a secure, high‑performance foundation for teams of any size. It unifies all storage tiers, delivering consistent access to assets and metadata, and empowers creators to work confidently from any location, on any device. In today’s fast‑paced production world, Avid NEXIS is the infrastructure that keeps creative pipelines moving without interruption.
Key Features:
- Enable real-time and remote collaboration across flash, online, nearline, and archive storage tiers—on premises or in the cloud
- Get a lower cost of entry with new Avid NEXIS | FLEX Subscription
- Scale capacity and bandwidth with ease— up to 10 PB of total storage
- Quickly adapt storage capacity, performance, and protection on the fly to meet changing requirements, without disruption or downtime
- Safeguard all assets with the utmost security, reliability, and protection, including high-availability and mediamirroring options › Centralize your entire media library for faster, easier file search and access
- Get performance on demand with the intelligent Avid NEXIS | VFS file system
- Work with your favorite Avid and thirdparty tools, including Media Composer®, Pro Tools®, MediaCentral® , Adobe® Premiere® Pro, Autodesk Flame, and more › Simplify nearline workflows, keeping media within easy reach for rediscovery and reuse
- Get the performance you need for 4K and 8K finishing, VFX, and more with an all-flash array
- Control workspace access with folder-level permissions
- Easily manage and monitor your system from anywhere using a computer or mobile device
Mediaspec is your trusted partner, offering cutting-edge Avid NEXIS storage solutions for both post-production and music studios. Experience the difference of working with industry experts dedicated to elevating your storage capabilities.
Contact Mediaspec today and unlock the full potential of your studio's storage infrastructure. Together, let's drive your creative endeavors to new heights.
- Subscribe or Buy
- On premises storage—Purchase an Avid NEXIS hardware storage engine with Avid NEXIS | VFS software; add an Avid NEXIS | EDGE subscription to enable access and collaboration from anywhere
- Purchase an Avid NEXIS hardware storage engine with an Avid NEXIS | FLEX subscription, lowering the barrier to entry with a more flexible, scalable way to get started and expand as your production needs grow. For more details, please contact an Avid Sales representative or your Avid reseller.
- Hybrid—Purchase an Avid NEXIS hardware storage engine with Avid NEXIS | VFS software for on-premises storage, plus an Avid NEXIS | Cloud subscription for access from anywhere
- Cloud-based storage—Purchase an Avid NEXIS | Cloud subscription to enable storage tiering in the cloud and access your media from anywhere with Avid NEXIS | Cloud Remote.
- Turnkey production—Purchase an Avid | Edit On Demand subscription and quickly spin-up a full virtual editing suite in the cloud—complete with cloud-based Media Composer and Avid NEXIS storage
AVID NEXIS STORAGE & SPECIFICATIONS
Mix and match Avid NEXIS enterprise-class E- and F-series engines to create a single pool of tiered storage, enabling you to start small and grow your system as your business grows. Scale capacity and performance by adding more Media Packs to an engine—or additional engines to a system—enabling up to 10+ PB of raw storage and more than 30 GB/s of total bandwidth.
STORAGE ENGINES—NAS FOR VIDEO EDITING AND AUDIO PRODUCTION
Avid NEXIS | F5
Designed for large-scale broadcast and postproduction environments, this enterprise-level storage engine offers high redundancy, the highest level of scalability, performance, and client connections, and requires an external System Director Appliance.
- For large, demanding broadcast and post-production environments
- Drives: Supports up to 8 Media Packs (80 HDDs) in 60 TB, 100 TB, 140 TB, or 200 TB capacities
- Scalability: 240 TB–1.12 PB per F5
- Bandwidth: Up to 3.8 GB/s per F5
- Network interface: 40GbE and 50GbE QSFP+
Specifications:
- Avid NEXIS | VFS file system enables you to access, scale, customize, reconfigure, manage, protect, and secure your system
- 240 TB–1.12 PB of storage capacity with from 4–8 Media Packs (60 TB, 100 TB, or 140 TB HDDs, offering up to 3.84 GB/s of bandwidth)
- Scalable from 240 TB–8.96 PB by combining F5 with other F- and E-series engines into a single system with up to 64 Media Packs
- Modular field-replaceable storage engine controller
- Two hot-swappable SSDs for system configuration and metadata management
- Two hot spare hard disk drives
- 50 Gigabit Ethernet (50GbE QSFP+)
- Redundant power and cooling
Avid NEXIS | F5 NL
- High-density nearline storage for all media production environments
- Drives: Supports 4 or 8 Media Packs (40 or 80 HDDs) in a 160 TB or 240 TB capacity
- Scalability: 640 TB–1.28 PB per F5 NL
- Bandwidth: Up to 1 GB/s per F5 NL
- Network interface: 10GbE SFP28
Avid NEXIS | F2
- For small to mid-size video and audio production teams
- Drives: Supports 1 Media Pack (10 HDDs) in a 60 TB, 100 TB, 140 TB, or 200 TB capacity
- Scalability: 60–140 TB per F2
- Bandwidth: Up to 480 MB/s per F2
- Network interface: 10/25GbE SFP28
Avid NEXIS | F2X
- Storage expansion for Avid NEXIS | F2
- Drives: Supports 1 Media Pack (10 HDDs) in a 60 TB, 100 TB, 140 TB, or 200 TB capacity
- Scalability: Adds an additional 60–140 TB to F2
- Bandwidth: Adds an additional 480 MB/s to F2
- Network interface: SAS
Avid NEXIS | F2 SSD
- For Editorial finishing, VFX, Animation, DI, Color grading
- Drives: Supports up to two SSD Media Packs (20 SSDs)
- Scalability: 38.4–307TB
- Bandwidth: Greater than 6GBps from a single SSD Media Pack
- Network interface: Dual 100GbE per storage controller
Avid NEXIS | PRO+
- For smaller teams (cannot be mixed with “F-series” engines)
- Drives: Supports 1 Media Pack (10 HDDs) in a 80 TB capacity
- Scalability: 80–320 TB by connecting up to four PRO+ engines together
- Bandwidth: Up to 700 MB/s per PRO+
- Network interface: 10/25GbE (SFP28)
OPTIONS TO SCALE YOUR STORAGE
System Director Appliance (SDA+)
- Increase Avid NEXIS scalability and redundancy (required for F5 and F5 NL)
- Choice of two file system licenses
- Standard—Supports up to 24 Media Packs, up to 3.8 PB of total storage, up to 165 active clients and up to 28 million files
- Advanced—Supports up to 64 Media Packs, up to 10+ PB of total storage, up to 330 active clients and up to 160 million files
- Performance: Enables high availability
- Files: Increases file support from 8 million up to 175 million
- Redundancy: Provides added protection when used with the Redundant Controller
Redundant Controller
- Enable system redundancy and high availability
- Performance: Enables high availability and mirror protection for each storage engine when combined with the SDA+
- Protection: Supports automatic failover of critical services if a controller experiences issues
- Reliability: Prevents disruptive and costly wait times for hardware replacement
- Replacement: Supports configure-less controller replacement (swapping defective hardware requires no manual configuration)
Why choose Mediaspec?
- Unmatched Expertise: With extensive experience in installing and configuring Avid NEXIS storage servers, our team possesses the in-depth knowledge needed to optimize performance and unleash the full potential of your studio's storage capabilities.
- Personalized Solutions: We recognize that each studio has its own distinct needs. Our dedicated professionals work closely with you to understand your workflow, storage demands, and future growth projections. We design customized solutions that seamlessly integrate into your existing infrastructure.
- Seamless Installations: Minimizing disruptions and downtime is our priority. Our installation process ensures a smooth transition, allowing your studio to continue operating without unnecessary interruptions.
- Reliable Support: Mediaspec is committed to providing exceptional customer service. Our team offers ongoing support to ensure your Avid NEXIS storage servers operate flawlessly. We promptly address any concerns or queries, allowing you to focus on your creative endeavors.
- Future-Proof Solutions: We understand that technology evolves rapidly. Our forward-thinking approach ensures scalability and future-proofing. As your studio grows, we enable effortless expansion of your storage capacity to meet evolving demands.
Creative people everywhere choose Avid to make today's most celebrated video and audio content—from iconic movies, binge-worthy TV series, and engaging news and sports shows to chart-topping music and live performances.
Avid is the manufacturer of industry-standard software like Pro Tools and Media Composer, which have not only empowered countless creators but have also been recognized with prestigious accolades, including a Grammy, two Oscars, and 14 Emmys for outstanding engineering design.
Avid is also renown for its hardware including Avid S4/S6 consoles, and Nexis storage servers, both of which Mediaspec is an authorized reseller.
This integrated ecosystem of award-winning software and high-performance hardware solidifies Avid's reputation as a cornerstone of quality, stability, and innovation, making it an indispensable asset for both professional and home studios worldwide.
