IBC 2024 - Our products at the exhibition - Starline Computer GmbH - Starline Computer: Storage und Server Lösungen von erfahrenen Experten

Media work in flow

Performance and capacity for media & entertainment

In the analogue era, videos got worse with every copy and magazine layouts still had to be glued together manually. Fortunately, this has changed completely. Now media workers work completely digitally and without any loss of quality.

However, the technical effort and working methods have become more demanding. And you can get everything you need from an IT perspective from Starline. That is why we have put together a package that we would also like to show at this year's IBC.

Here you can get a free admission ticket with Customer Code IBC5198

Starline at the IBC - Booth 7.D15 - 13 - 16 September 2024

IBC 2024: Our exhibition highlights

ATTO XstreamCORE ET 8100T: Intelligent 10GbE iSCSI-to-SAS bridge for shared LTO connection

Areca ARC-8050T3U-12E: Universal RAID storage for standalone media workstations with Thunderbolt connection

Areca ARC-1203-2N: RAIDy, steady, go! OS-Spiegel-Controller für Server und NAS

Overland-Tandberg LTO 7 to LTO 9: Server backups via LTO for retrofitting

NETGEAR ProSAFE XS728T: 28-Port 10 GbE Smart Managed Switch

Transport- and Storage trolley resp. Box L: Transport box e.g. for Areca RAID systems up to 8 bay or LTO archive tapes

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Our exhibits at a glance

Because Starline is broadly positioned in this respect: Our mobile RAID systems from Areca, for example, have even travelled with filmmakers in the Antarctic. We currently offer the models from the ARC-8050T3U series in various expansion stages from four to twelve drive bays. Using the fast Thunderbolt port, you can daisy-chain multiple systems without much effort.

This means you can easily network both Apple and Windows workstations. There is even a model (ARC-8050T3U-6M) that can be supplied with 12 volt power on the move - for example via a solar system or from a vehicle's on-board power supply. We also offer matching transport cases/trolleys.

DAS storage with NVMe performance

If you only need a fast storage extension, we can recommend an NVMe storage NA611TB3 from Netstor. This external storage mirrors the built-in NVMe drives and thus protects the mobile content creator from data loss. We also include the Netstor NA211TB3 expansion enclosure.

This allows any computer with a Thunderbolt port to be upgraded with PCIe cards - such as graphics accelerator, video capture or audio editing cards.

Rackmount SAN storage

As far as rackmount storage systems are concerned, we would like to present our tried and tested DS series from Infortrend at IBC. You can flexibly dock the modular SAN systems to the hosts, be it via SAS, Fibre Channel or Ethernet. They also boast a range of free software features such as thin provisioning, snapshots (64 per source partition or 128 per system) or local replication (block level).

We will also be showing another Areca Thunderbolt storage system from the 8050 series - this time as a 24x rackmount system for SAS/SATA drives. The special feature: The ARC-8050T3 SAN already has five Thunderbolt ports installed ex works. This allows you to network an entire media office in one go. And if you run out of ports, a further four TB ports can be retrofitted.

IBC 2024: Further exhibition highlights

Archiware P5 impresses with its efficiency: resources can be used for several modules simultaneously - for example, a tape library for P5 Backup and P5 Archive.

KIOXIA CM7-R NVMe Enterprise SSD 3.84 TB: NVMe SSDs for especially high read loads

GRAID SupremeRAID SR-1010: GPU-based NVMe RAID card

ATTO Celerity CTFC-322E: Dual-Channel 32 GBit/s Gen6 FC PCIe 3.0 HBA inklusive SFPs

Infortrend EonStor DS 4024S2C: High-availability SAN storage for enterprise use

Areca ARC-8050T3S4U-24: SAN Rackmount system with 5 - 9 Thunderbolt 3 for agile workgroups

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Essential accessories for media workers

We can also supply the necessary props for the media ensemble. We have ATTO or Broadcom cards in our range that can be integrated into any data centre in terms of the number of ports or data throughput. We also offer the appropriate adapters if the intended design touches on the limits of the data standard. Want an example?

A SAS tape drive can only provide its services within a radius of six metres. The XstreamCORE 8100 SAS-to-Ethernet bridge increases the range to Ethernet level - apart from the fact that all servers connected to the switch can also access the LTO drive. And this also works in virtualised environments.

Speaking of LTO: At the trade fair, we will also be demonstrating complete backup via LTO library in conjunction with P5 from partner Archiware. After all, P5 masters all types of access to the large magnetic tapes through LTFS.

NVMe server with sensational RAID protection

In the server and workstation sector, we excel with the fastest drives on the market: Our NVMe SSDs. To ensure that the performance of the fast SSDs is not slowed down by classic RAID controllers, we implant the GPU booster cards from GRAID Technology in our computers. Their sophisticated software provides RAID protection that works across the PCIe bus. This ensures that our servers deliver NVMe performance to every client.

Starline therefore offers all components for the M&E sector from a single source. We are happy to supply them individually or, if required, as a comprehensive solution - installation & support included.

As always: It's free to ask! 👇

Please contact us.

Bernd Widmaier

Sales

Sales manager and expert in vertical markets and in Mac, video storage and media streaming.

Our M&E case studies

More storage for "Tatort", "Traumschiff" & Co.

To ensure that the well-known film studio does not run out of memory, Kuckenberg Technologies installed 400 terabytes from Starline.

Rescued storage for "Tatort", "Traumschiff" & Co

RAIDdeluxe with SUPPORTdeluxe: A continuation of our original success story in post-production, but with technical support.

Solution for Wittich Medien replaces 20 servers

With highly available storage and also tiering of VMs over SSDs and hard disks to a modern VMware solution for publishing house.

Areca TB3 cable - 5 to 50 metres

LONG OPTICAL TB3 CABLES OFFER NEW POSSIBILITIES

With the optical cables from partner Areca, entire floors or open-plan offices can be supplied with 40 Gbps. This does not even require complex installation work with network sockets. This means that nothing stands in the way of high-speed networking for an entire agency, media office or practice.

40 Gbps Thunderbolt 3
Up to 50 metres in length
No installation work necessary
Thin and flexible cables

Areca Thunderbolt 3 Cable