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News : Solventdreams Upgrades Workflow with AC&NC's JetStor SATA 516F and Tiger Technology's MetaSAN Software



Last Updated: January 24, 2008 7:23 pm GMT
(LOS ANGELES, California--January 24, 2008) Solventdreams, LTD, a leading post-production facility for cutting-edge digital video productions, utilizes a JetStor SATA 516F with MetaSAN software to expand the scope and efficiency of its operations.

“The JetStor has been an invaluable asset for us,” says David Davidson, Solventdreams's Managing Director. “It has allowed us to quickly access and transfer files among our workstations, and this has been ideal for streamlining the editing process, working with uncompressed HD video, and implementing color correction.”

AC&NC's JetStor SATA 516F is 16 bay RAID array that implements Fibre Channel connections to provide lightning-fast 4Gbit/second access to digital assets. Solventdreams uses the JetStor as the hub for its Storage Area Network (SAN) managed by Tiger Technology's MetaSAN software. MetaSAN allows Davidson and other members of his Solventdreams team to simultaneously read and write to the RAID from any computer at their facility.

This network was essential to Solventdreams's recent work on the promotional campaign for United Artist's political drama, Lions for Lambs, starring Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, and Robert Redford. Solventdreams relied on the JetStor and MetaSAN for capturing HD footage, applying color grades, and supervising online editing for the project. “When you're working with the large file size of high-definition video, you need a fast and reliable way to access these files, play them back, and work with them on a number of different computers,” says Davidson. “The JetStor and MetaSAN are really the perfect solution for this.”

Solventdreams has also used its MetaSAN-powered array to efficiently work on a variety of independent feature films. The company recently completed post-production on The Cursed, a supernatural thriller about shadowy forces at work in the American South, Pornstar, a tragicomedy that wryly examines the lives of people caught up in Southern California's adult entertainment industry, and Em, a romantic portrait of a troubled young woman and the man who struggles to keep her.

About Solventdreams Solventdreams is a boutique post-production facility that specializes in digital intermediates, post management, visual effects, and integrated HD editing for broadcast and film clients. The company has contributed these core post services to over 60 projects including X-MEN 3, THE FOUNTAIN, LIONS FOR LAMBS, AMERICAN SHOPPER, EM, DISASTER!, and SMILEY FACE.

About AC&NC Advanced Computer & Network Corporation (AC&NC) designs, manufactures and markets high-performance, competitively priced data storage RAID systems. With an extensive line of storage solutions for any computing platform and operating system, comprehensive free technical support, and fast on-time product deliveries, AC&NC brings freedom of choice to all clients, from workgroup to enterprise.

About Tiger Technology
Tiger Technology, Sarl, is a Swiss-based software developer of high performance storage area networking (SAN) management tools. The company's cross-platform file sharing management software solutions set new standards for multiple users sharing and managing access to bandwidth intensive data consolidated on a centralized storage location.

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