OWC Providing High Performance Storage For The Lennon Bus

"This is precisely the kind of project that John Lennon would have loved" - Yoko Ono Lennon Delivering music and inspiration to young people all over America with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and OWC The name John Lennon is synonymous with musical innovation, and a far-reaching togetherness that lives on today in so many ways. One of these is the extraordinary John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Teaching, Creating, and Inspiring – on a Nationwide Tour The bus, which at its heart is a full-featured mobile recording studio, soundstage and video production facility, travels across the country visiting schools, colleges, music and technology conferences and other events. The Bus gives students and young people all over the USA access to state-of-the-art equipment and training, exposure to all aspects of media production, and free hands-on opportunities to create original songs, music videos, apps, and live broadcast productions. With the assistance of three on-board engineers and a parade of celebrity mentors, students learn how to write, perform, record and produce original songs, produce and shoot music videos and documentaries, and complete a broadcast-quality music video.

The "always-on-the-road" schedule, combined with the unusual requirements of operating a fully mobile recording studio, presents a unique set of challenges for the JLETB crew and the technology that powers the Bus's exciting programs. Because the productions generate huge amounts of data, a reliable, high-performance storage solution is an absolutely essential requirement. OWC is proud to be able to provide the foundation of the Bus's storage needs. Making a Difference from a Solid Foundation of Technology Underpinning the latest Mac Pro powerhouse that drives the Bus's mobile studio is the OWC Mercury Electra SSD as the primary production drives. Each of the Bus's production Macs is paired with 4 x 960GB Mercury Electra SSD's in lightning-fast RAID-0 configuration and housed in a Sonnet rack enclosure as the main workflow drives. Delivering reliability, flexibility, and outstanding performance. Delivering the OWC Advantage According to JLETB engineer Bryce Quig-Hartman, using OWC SSDs gives them several advantages. "Sure, they're fast, but also we just can't use spinning disks while the bus is in motion and we need to be working while the bus is in motion" he says, "so having SSDs is a necessity, and that's something that OWC has been able to provide." Thanks to OWC, the engineers no longer need to shut down while the bus is moving, meaning they can get more work done, quicker and, at the bottom line, give greater opportunities to more students. "...we just can't use any spinning disks while the bus is in motion ... so having SSDs is a necessity, and that's something that OWC has been able to provide." – Bryce Quig-Hartman Alongside the Electra SSDs, the crew also utilizes the ultra-portable performance of the OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini, which Bryce describes as their "bread and butter." These give the JLETB team amazing flexibility to work anywhere. Bus-powered and robust, the Elite Pro mini is the perfect drive for loading a full project's data for quick deployment in any location.

To cap it off, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is also using OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual minis in RAID-1 mode for reliable long-term backup, as well as the awesome power of the ThunderBay 4 in projects requiring the high-bandwidth capabilities of Thunderbolt 2. Supporting the Next Generation of Musical Innovators Because so much of the production technology that operates the Bus's studios relies on a foundation of dependable, high-performance data storage just to function, it's imperative that the engineers have a total solution they can trust. We couldn't be happier here at OWC to be able to provide a complete data storage package delivering consistent flexibility and dependable performance so the engineers on the Bus can concentrate on doing what they do best – bringing music into the hearts and minds of young people across America and making a lasting difference in their lives.

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Inside the Bus Recently, the John Lennon Bus stopped in Chicago, and some of our OWC staffers got to see first hand the amazing work they do. OWC Gear On The Bus

Happy Holidays! from OWC and The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus OWC: Record Anywhere Inspiration Hits Utilizing the latest, most cutting edge technologies Other World Computing (OWC) provides storage solutions for the Lennon Bus' unique style of production and content creation. Tour the Bus with OWC Join us for a virtual tour as engineer Bryce Quig–Hartman shows us the the inner workings of the extraordinary John Lennon Educational Tour Bus mobile recording studio. The Importance of OWC SSDs Why OWC SSDs are invaluable to the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Find out where the next stop is.

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