{"id":79610,"date":"2022-01-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=79610"},"modified":"2022-01-12T15:10:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T21:10:39","slug":"12-days-of-backups-day-12-workgroup-collaboration-with-jellyfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/79610-12-days-of-backups-day-12-workgroup-collaboration-with-jellyfish\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Days of Backups: Day 12 – Workgroup Collaboration with Jellyfish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the twelfth day of backups, my OWC gave to me… Jellyfish<\/a><\/strong>. No, we’re not talking about the soft-bodied aquatic invertebrate. Instead, we’re referring to the high-speed and scalable network-attached storage (NAS) product from OWC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who uses Jellyfish?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jellyfish isn’t a backup solution for a home or small office. It’s for collaborative video editing teams with a need for lots of fast, shared storage. Utilizing RAID storage ensures that data stored on the Jellyfish is safe from corruption or loss even if drives fail on the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This NAS solution is optimized for nonlinear editing (NLE) apps. These apps include Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Avid Media Composer and Pro Tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than just one jelly in this swarm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There’s more than just one product in this line. This NAS solution is available in four different configurations that fit all team sizes from small video teams on the go to large video workgroups in Fortune 500 companies. Let’s look at the family tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jellyfish Mobile<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Jellyfish Mobile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you’re a small video team of four to six persons editing 4K footage, this is your solution. A single unit supplies up to 70TB (terabytes) of working space. Add up to two expansion units to bring the portable total to 210TB. The Jellyfish Mobile<\/a><\/strong> server is usable in an office or in the field without a network switch. Up to 14 users can connect directly into a 1GbE (gigabit\/second Ethernet) or 10GbE port. Add a network switch, and there’s no limit to the number of simultaneous users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you know that your video team is going to grow, this is a great solution. Your Jellyfish Mobile solution is expandable, and performance actually improves as you expand. With no expansions, Jellyfish Mobile features video content throughput of 3200MB\/s read and 2300MB\/s write. Add two expansion chassis, and that climbs to 5200MB\/s read, 4300MB\/s write. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How mobile is Jellyfish Mobile? It has a handle and weighs about 35 lbs. However, if you’re truly going mobile, we recommend using a Pelican case to protect the unit, removing the drives, and configuring it as RAID 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jellyfish Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Jellyfish Tower<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The next solution is Jellyfish Tower<\/a><\/strong>, a shared storage server for growing video teams. Up to 22 users can connect directly into the tower with 1GbE or 10GbE Ethernet connections. Capacity begins at 53TB of working space up to 159TB for a single unit. Add up to four expansions to increase capacity up to a whopping 795TB of working space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tower is ready for 4K and 8K editing, and the huge bandwidth capability means that the playback of hi-res and Multicam video is buttery smooth. The tower makes it possible to ingest new raw footage while others are editing. Bandwidth begins at 4600 MB\/s read and 4100 MB\/s write with no expansions, increasing to 8000MB\/s read and write with four expansions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For teams that don’t have a server room or IT support, Jellyfish Tower is easy to set up and use. From unboxing to fully operational takes less than 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jellyfish Rack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We made a point of noting that the tower is great for teams without a server room or IT staff. For those groups that have the luxury of placing their storage in a server room and have dedicated server administrators, Jellyfish Rack<\/a><\/strong> fits the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each 4U rack-mounted unit has the same capacity and bandwidth as a Jellyfish Tower, and having a fast network switch in the server room lets an unlimited number of users connect simultaneously. Your server administrator or a designated team member enjoys the easy and intuitive Jellyfish Manager<\/a><\/strong> app for monitoring the Jellyfish, managing file permissions, and customizing network settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have a server room? Jellyfish Rack is the answer for your video teams.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

BFJ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If a fully expanded Jellyfish Tower or Rack won’t fit your needs, the BFJ (Bigger, Faster, Jellyfish)<\/a><\/strong> will. It’s massively expandable, configurable to over a petabyte (one petabyte = 1,000 terabytes = 1,000,000 gigabytes) of fast storage. This monster offers 900TB and 1440TB (1.44PB) configurations with integrated 32TB or 64TB flash pools acting as an integrated media cache for Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to talk about bandwidth? How about supporting up to 100 GbE and Ethernet over Fiber! For large video teams in Fortune 500 companies, A-list agencies, top universities, and new media firms, BFJ is the answer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BYOJ – Build Your Own Jellyfish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The thought of configuring a storage powerhouse like this can be daunting, but it’s made easy with the Jellyfish Builder<\/a><\/strong>. Select the base model (Mobile, Tower, or Rack) you’d like to start with, choose how much storage you need, then input your team size and the number and speed of Ethernet ports required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add a performance boost with additional RAM if required, consider an expansion chassis for future storage and speed, and consider remote access for work-at-home team members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pricing and ROI information are supplied by Jellyfish Builder.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Jellyfish Builder gives you a price for the NAS you’re buying, and there’s a return on investment (ROI) calculator that shows exactly how quickly you’ll break even on your purchase (see screenshot above). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remote Access for teams <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While building your Jellyfish, LumaForge offers an option for purchasing Remote Access. In these pandemic days, being able to work from home has not only become an option but a necessity. Jellyfish Remote Access turns the storage device into a private cloud. Your team can access media and project files remotely, download and upload content directly from Finder, and collaborate in real-time on video projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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