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BQ Series Video Archive Systems

  • Overview
  • Features & Benefits
  • BQ Series Models
  • Specifications

High Performance Video Archiving

Qualstar’s BQ Series Video Archive Systems (VAS) offer high performance video archiving at an economical price. With capacities from over 1400 hours to over 98,000 hours of DV25 video content, BQ Series systems scale to match your archive requirements.

WHITE PAPERS

pdfCost Comparison of Tape vs. Disk Digital Video Archives. The difference is much greater than most realize.

pdfGuide to Investing in a Digital Video Archive. Learn why digital video archives can save you time while improving workflow.

pdfCost Savings in Digital Video Archive Systems. Systems can pay back in first year.

Each BQ Series VAS is a complete solution: high performance video archive servers configured for popular archive software packages, large disk cache for fast access to current content and a Simply Reliable robotic tape library. These systems combine the advantages of hard disk storage and automated tape library technology for fast access to near line video content and low cost deep archive storage.

Everything is designed, configured and tested to operate as a complete system, taking the guesswork and frustration out of trying to piece together a solution. All you need to supply is a network connection and you are up and running.

Designed For:
  • Broadcast Facilities
  • Television Stations
  • Post Production Houses
  • Special Effects Houses
  • Non Linear Editing (NLE) Suites
  • Corporate Production Departments

BQ Series Video Archive Systems Advantages:
  • Combines disk and tape to optimize performance
  • Scalable capacity and throughput as your needs grow
  • Configurable to meet your workflow
 
  • Cost effective entry points
  • Certified with leading software vendors
  • Proven hardware for reliablity
  • Technology growth path

Qualstar BQ Series are integrated video archive systems
  • Video is available within 2 minutes from tape
  • Fast data transfers
    • DV25 at 30 x real time
    • 1 hour DV25 program restored in under 4 minutes
    • Fast access to content from disk
    • Low resolution proxies on disk
  • Commercials, bumpers, short clips on disk
  • High resolution content on tape
  • Long programming on tape
Designed for near-line and off-line archive
  • Systems designed to make video available within 2 minutes from tape
Gateway systems for off-line archive
  • Lower capacity libraries minimize cost
  • Very high density off-line storage
  • Exported magazines protect tape cartridges

Qualstar BQ Series Leverage Strengths of Disk and Tape
  • Fast network transfer to disk then archive to tape
  • Eliminates disk-only failure modes
  • Optimized use of media according to workflow
  • Maximizes performance while minimizing cost
  • Improves tape drive performance
    • Tape drives kept on stream when moving clips to/from disk
    • Simple multi copy generation for off-site security
  • Lowest cost deep archive
    • 30 year life on the shelf
    • Extremely compact media
    • Easy to track off-site material

Why Qualstar Systems?
  • Lowest cost to archive video
  • Optimize storage medium for content
    • Fast access to content from disk
    • Low resolution proxies on disk
  • Commercials, bumpers, short clips on disk
  • High resolution content on tape
  • Long programming on tape


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BQ 20

1,440 to 3,168 hours of DV25 video
The BQ 20 is a rack mounted system that combines a 20 slot LTO 4 cartridge robotic tape library with a high performance server containing 2 TB of built in hard disk storage that is configurable as JBOD or RAID levels 0, 1 or 5. The BQ 20 is configured with a single LTO 4 tape drive. The BQ 20 can be easily expanded to 44 slots, more than doubling capacity to 3,168 hours, and a second tape drive can be added for concurrent reading and writing.

pdfBQ20 Data Sheet

BQ 44

3,168 hours of DV25 video
The BQ 44 is a rack mounted system that combines a 44 slot LTO 4 cartridge robotic tape library with a high performance server containing 2 TB of built in hard disk storage that is configurable as JBOD or RAID levels 0, 1 or 5. The BQ 44 is configured with dual LTO 4 tape drives.

pdfBQ44 Data Sheet

BQ 132

9,504 to 19,008 hours of DV25 video
The BQ 132 systems combine a 132 slot LTO 4 cartridge robotic tape library with a high performance server containing 2 TB of built in hard disk storage that is configurable as JBOD or RAID levels 0, 1 or 5. The BQ 132 is shipped with three LTO 4 Fibre Channel tape drives. It can be easily expanded to 264 slots, and up to five more LTO 4 drives can be added in the field.

pdfBQ132 Data Sheet

BQ XLS

21,240 to 98,000 hours of DV25 video
The BQ XLS models are large systems that hold 295 data cartridges. Each system has 2 TB of built in hard disk storage that is configurable as JBOD or RAID levels 0, 1 or 5. The library can be expanded to 1,365 slots by adding one or two side pods containing 120 additional slots or one or two MEMs, Memory Expansion Modules, to the library. The system comes with four LTO 4 Fibre Channel tape drives for fast access. The BQ XLS library uses the latest technology featuring low power consumption, color touch screen control panel and remote diagnostic and management interface.

pdfBQXLS Data Sheet

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