Media Pack and System Drives
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The System Director, whether running on an Engine or in the System Director Appliance, uses the
system drives for metadata, startup files, and other system files. The Engine or System Director
Appliance can run with one failed system drive. Avid recommends replacing it as soon as possible.
Typically, the system drives occupy slots 0 and 1 in the System Director Appliance and all Engines
except the Avid NEXIS | E5 and Avid NEXIS | E5 NL, and the Media Pack drives use the remaining
slots. In Avid NEXIS | E5 and Avid NEXIS | E5 NL, the system drives are typically in slots 28 (top
drawer) and 70 (bottom drawer). However, there is no technical requirement for system drives to
occupy any particular slots.
Drives are labeled as follows:
SSDs (used as system drives in all Engines and as Media Pack drives in Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD) are
physically 2.5” but are in a 3.5” carrier, like the HDDs.
Drives in the 2U, 4U Chassis and System Director Appliance
Label
Description
System drive and SSD Media Pack drive labels include the capacity, the letters SS for
solid state, and a manufacturer serial number.
HDD Media Pack drive labels include the capacity, the abbreviation 7K2 indicating
the drive speed (7200 RPM), and a manufacturer serial number.