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Ultra-High Performance NFS and CIFS access for Catapult^® systems

Catapult^® Bridge provides NFS and CIFS client access to any Catapult^® Server system.

Catapult^® Server's frame sequence scheduling and prioritising is maintained while Catapult^® Bridge is accessing files, allowing high-throughput streaming frame access to operate concurrently with high-IOPS random access.

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A low latency (less than 50 microsecond), non-volatile cache with extremely high IOPS (over 120,000 random read/write), provides concurrent access operations for NFS and CIFS clients at the level of a high-end SAN.

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By employing aggressive frame level read-ahead, render node CPU's are kept from stalling while waiting on network storage I/O. Small block read/write operations from software renderers are kept away from centralised storage until file access has ceased. Intelligent frame level write-back ensures that sequences are written back to Catapult^® in optimal order for streaming. There is no need to re-order sequences.

Catapult^® Bridge enables facilities to extract the maximum performance from their render farms whilst maintaining the unique and powerful features of Catapult^® systems. Facilities are now able to review incoming uncompressed rendered frames in real-time without a further copy to a dedicated system.

Product	Configuration
Catapult® Bridge	Includes up to 640GB of Solid State cache and 6 Gig Ethernet interfaces

Features

Provides ultra fast access to Catapult® systems via NFS and CIFS protocols. In-order frame write-back for optimal streaming. Less than 50 microsecond cache latency. Over 120,000 random read/write IOPS cache performance. Forward caching to maximise render node efficiency. Tunable cache parameters depending on strategy. Horizontal scalability for increased performance and capacity.

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