Medea Ships VideoRaid RTR and VideoRaid RTRX Disk Arrays

At DV Expo this week, Medea Corp. unleashed its new VideoRaid RTR and VideoRaid RTRX, which the company says are designed for DCC applications like 2D/3D animation, compositing, special effects, game development and non-linear video editing (NLE). The RTR family of disk arrays features an Ultra160 SCSI interface that provides a data transfer rate of up to 130 MB/second for the desktop models. The dual-channel, rack mountable models are said to sustain more than 200 MB/second for 10-bit, 1080i HD capture and playback. Medea's RTR disk arrays also provide RAID data protection so that you can work with a "downed drive" without requiring immediate drive replacement. Other features of VideoRaid RTR disk arrays include capacities up to 600 GB, scalable to multi-teraBytes; Multi-Stream Technology (MST) for real-time playback of up to three uncompressed video streams; hot swappable disk drive modules, removable power supplies and RAID controllers; and compatibility with Mac, SGI, Sun and Windows-based DCC workstations. The 5-drive VideoRaid RTR is available in 160 GB, 240 GB and 300 GB capacities with list prices starting at $3,999. VideoRaid RTRX is available in 5 and 10-drive configurations with capacities of 160 GB, 240 GB, 300 GB, 320 GB, 480 GB and 600 GB. List prices on VideoRaid RTRX start at $4,599.