Media Pack and System Drives
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System Directors, workgroup servers, and clients must all be synchronized with a common time of
day. For information on setting the Network Time Protocol (NTP), see
Media Pack and System Drives
A Media Pack is a set of 10 drives, all of which are the same capacity and type. The following table
lists the Media Pack drives supported in Avid NEXIS Engines.
When replacing a failed drive in a Media Pack, make sure to use a drive of the same capacity as, or
larger than, the others in the Media Pack. For more information, see
“Replacing a Drive” on page 51
and the
Avid NEXIS Administration Guide
.
Avid NEXIS Engines and the System Director Appliance also have two SSD system drives, of the
following
minimum
partition size (SSD capacity):
n
If a system drive fails, Avid reserves the right to send a replacement of a size that meets or exceeds
the minimum partition requirements.
c
Avid NEXIS SSD system drives cannot be removed from one system and used as a replacement
in another system. The system drives are initialized as a mirrored pair during the
manufacturing process. A new, replacement SSD from Avid has not been initialized in an
Engine and is the only safe replacement for a failed system drive.
Drive Type
Capacity
Supported Engines
HDD
2TB (20TB Media Pack)
Avid NEXIS | E2, Avid NEXIS | E4, Avid NEXIS | E5, Avid
NEXIS | PRO
HDD
4TB (40TB Media Pack)
Avid NEXIS | PRO
HDD
6TB (60TB Media Pack)
Avid NEXIS | E2, Avid NEXIS | E4, Avid NEXIS | E5
HDD
10TB (100TB Media Pack) Avid NEXIS | E2, Avid NEXIS | E4, Avid NEXIS | E5
HDD
12TB (120TB Media Pack) Avid NEXIS | E5 NL
SSD
960GB (9.6TB Media Pack) Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD
SSD
1.92TB (19.2TB Media
Pack)
Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD
SSD
3.84TB (38.4TB Media
Pack)
Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD
Capacity
Where Used
200GB
Avid NEXIS | PRO, Avid NEXIS | E2, Avid NEXIS | E4
400GB
System Director Appliance, Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD
800GB
Avid NEXIS | E5, Avid NEXIS | E5 NL