#Sonnet rack mac mini pro#

'As an added benefit, ToolsOnAir has built the system using off-the-shelf hardware components, which radically reduces downtime and makes the exchange of defective parts a simple task in case of a hardware failure.' The system offers many advantages from both practical and technological perspectives by leveraging the Mac mini's small footprint and lower cost to provide support for 12 HD channels in only 6U of rack space,' said Greg LaPorte, vice president of sales and marketing, Sonnet Technologies. 'ToolsOnAir's new implementation is exactly the leading-edge live production ingest and playout solution for which our xMac mini Server was designed. The system enables automated export of camera angles into a multiclip XML sequence that is readable by Apple Final Cut Pro® X and Adobe® Premiere® Pro, with automatic launch of the selected nonlinear editor upon export. The Mac mini's internal Ethernet interface provides a 10Gb connection to an external Mac, where the operator can access the just:in and live:cut graphical user interfaces for remote control of the application. The content is then stored in the flow:rage NAS system via the Gigabit Ethernet connection provided by the Sonnet Presto card. Each of the six Mac minis ingests up to two HD channels via the Blackmagic DeckLink card. The new ToolsOnAir 'TV Station in a Mac' is able to capture up to 24 SD or 12 HD channels in ProRes HQ within only 6U of rack space. We highly recommend the xMac mini Server product line, and Sonnet's solutions will be our first choice for deployment in current and future projects.' 'When we tested the xMac mini Server, we knew it would provide the ideal solution in terms of reliability, ease of deployment, and suitability for a 24/7/365 operation. But thanks to the compact 1U form factor of the xMac mini Server enclosure, we've been able to quintuple the workload within the same space,' said Manuel Grund, product manager of ToolsOnAir´s just:in ingest solution.

#Sonnet rack mac mini pro#

'In the previous generation of this solution, we needed a 5U rackable Mac Pro - and even then, the system only provided four HD ingest channels.