Enhance Technology Showcases Innovative A/V Storage Solutions at IBC 2010

Neu-Ulm, Germany, September 2, 2010 – Enhance Technology GmbH, the European (EU) branch office of the leader and pioneer in the design and implementation of enterprise and hybrid I/O storage solutions, will be showcasing its latest storage solutions tailored for Audio/Video professionals at its German partner Kleinofen’s booth at Hall 13 Booth # C11 from the September 10 – 14th, 2010 at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam. IBC is the premier annual event for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content worldwide. Attracting more than 45,000 attendees from more than 140 countries worldwide, IBC is at the cutting-edge of new technology in the rapidly evolving electronic media industry.  Enhance Technology’s IBC 2010 highlights include:

Dual-Active Protected Enterprise Storage Solutions – UltraStor™ ES3160 Series

Available with 4x GbE iSCSI ports, 2 x 4G Fibre Ports, or 2 x 3Gb SAS ports per controller, the UltraStor™ ES3160 series is the latest addition to the award winning UltraStor™ enterprise storage lines for windows clustering, high availability, SAN and virtualization applications. The ES3160 series can also be deployed with single controller to reduce initial investment costs allowing a second active controller to be added later. The ES3160 series comes with simple management, provides ultimate data protection, and is cost and energy efficient. Additional enterprise JBOD units can be added and daisy-chained while sharing the original RAID control from the host unit.

Professional Expandable Storage Solutions – UltraStor™ RS16 & RS8 Series

Designed as 2U 8-Disk or 3U 16-Disk professional enterprise RAID storage array, the UltraStor™ single controller series RS16 and RS8 deliver high performance, scalability and enterprise RAID storage features for mission critical applications and shared network storage. Both RS8 and RS16 series are available with 4x GbE iSCSI ports, 2x 4G Fibre ports, or 2x 3Gb SAS ports, and are expandable to 4x more UltraStor™ RS16 JS enterprise JBOD units for a total of 160TB raw storage capacity.

Compact & Versatile Desktop RAID Storage – EnhanceRAID™ E400 FR

The EnhanceRAID™ E400 FR cable-less desktop RAID storage solution is designed for SMBs, digital content creation applications including animation, special effects and non-linear video editing. With enterprise grade cable-less design, field replaceable controller, and hot-swappable components, the EnhanceRAID™ E400 FR desktop RAID system provides hardware RAID-5 data protection, high performance and flexibility with built-in multiple host interface connectivity including eSATA, USB 2.0, FireWire 800 and FireWire 400.

Performance Desktop Storage Array – EnhanceBOX™ E400 & E800 MS Series

Available for 4 or 8 disks with individual HDD and activity status indicator on each drive tray. With its modularized, cable-less I/O panel, fashionable aluminum alloy design, removable fan modules and built-in  80 Plus 200W / 250W power supply units, the EnhanceBOX™ E400 & E800 series are easy-to-use and cost efficient storage arrays combining high-performance, mass capacity and secured data protection.

Proavio™ Premier A/V Storage Solutions by Enhance Technology

Proavio™ is the premier Audio/Video brand of Enhance Technology targeting at digital content creation, post production, audio recording and video editing applications. Proavio is committed to offer award-winning, stylish, high-performance, and affordable storage solutions for post production, film, broadcasting and digital media. Since its debut in 2005, PROAVIO™ has quickly become a leader in bringing turnkey storage solutions to the A/V market and is the preferred choice for A/V professionals.

Compact Desktop Expandable Storage Array – Proavio™ EB8SX

Proudly introduced as the first 3G SAS expansion solution for video, the Proavio EB8SX combines ease-to-use, rock-solid system reliability and the freedom to scale available capacity as needed. The EB8Sx is capable of scaling capacity to over 100TB (with up to 7 SX units) with RAID-5 protection in a simple yet elegant desktop design. Powered by a next generation 8x PCI-Express storage controller, the EB8Sx is designed to fully support editing, grading and VFX environments where performance, high data reliability and expandability are essential.

Rackmount Studio Grade Audio Storage Solution – Proavio™ Studiorack™ S4FR

The Proavio™ Studiorack™ S4FR is the first mobile RAID-5 storage solution designed for today's digital content creation lifestyle. With its high-quality aluminum rack housing, the Studiorack™ S4FR incorporates a dual-membrane enclosure design that greatly increases thermal efficiency while reducing disk and fan noise. With its multi-interface connectivity, including Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0 and eSATA, the Studiorack™ S4FR series is ideal for systems with limited expansion capabilities such as MacBook Pro, MacBook and Mac Mini.

About Enhance Technology

Founded in 1997, Enhance Technology designs and manufactures high performance storage systems and products for the digital content creation, medical imaging, security surveillance, data archive applications, and IT market spaces. Headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California with Asia branch office in Taipei, Taiwan and Germany branch office in Neu-Ulm, Enhance Technology has become a world leader in hybrid I/O storage design and development. For more information about Enhance Technology, please visit www.enhance-tech.com, contact your local dealer or meet Enhance representatives from Sept. 10 – 14th, 2010 at RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam, Hall 13 booth C11.

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