Facilis Management Console – Version 8.3 now available!
The Facilis Management Console gives you total control over your shared storage environment. Create, change and permission project-based storage volumes, and deploy them to the desktops of the facility workstations with the push of a button. Monitor real-time bandwidth usage by workstation and volume and apply the optimal server and client connections dynamically. Do all this with no added complexity and no IT training required.
Log in securely to manage the workgroup from any browser, on any device that can access the server IP address. Set up user and group look-up with your active directory server for a single point of user account administration, or apply permissions based on desktop user account and/or secure user/password. This is just one of the many features that come with our video storage servers. Get a detailed demonstration today!
Smart Access Rules for File System Integrity
Access Control Lists (ACLs) are difficult to manage and deploy in a post environment. Some useful rules will halt productivity because of compatibility issues with certain applications. Many facilities choose to exclude production files from ACLs for this reason, which leaves you open to accidental deletion and workflow catastrophe. Smart Access Rules works with your applications, and is qualified to maintain file integrity even when applications are accessing and changing data.
Encryption for WAN and LAN Clients
Secure mount and control modes for both wide-area and local-area networks with encryption and authentication. Client workstations are given unique IDs that can’t be replicated, and every workstation must be authorized to use the server prior to gaining any access to the storage volumes. Encryption and security are enabled through AES, XTS, SHA2, RSA and PBKDFv2 protocols. In short, you don’t have to worry about anyone getting into your server that shouldn’t be there.
Per-volume RAID6 with up to 4-drive Failure
Multiple drive failure is rare, but restoring projects from backup can really cause a setback in schedules. Facilis HUB drive set is virtualized at the block level through software. This enables the creation of project-based volumes on the fly as the workflow requires. Each virtual volume can be customized with a different RAID level for drive failure. When using the highest level of RAID6-4, up to 4 drives can fail in a drive group without any loss of data.
Bandwidth Priority for Critical Workflows
Facilis servers are top performers, but when a screening or ingest is critical, you want to insure that the operator has the speed they need for the high-bitrate formats they’re using. Every client workstation has full access to their connection speed, until a bottleneck is detected in the network. Bandwidth Priority will keep important jobs running at full speed while throttling lower priority clients if necessary.
Browser-based Administration
Admin Console is an application that is opened on the server, and can be accessed on any client workstation with Client console installed and the proper admin credentials. Also access all administrative functions as well as access control using standard browsers on any OS or mobile device using touch-screen enabled features.
Automatic Connectivity Failover
When the server is available over multiple network paths, the Client Console software will find the secondary path to the storage if the first is interrupted, without any manual configuration or user intervention. Even clients connected through Fibre Channel can failover to Ethernet with no intervention from the workstation user.
Remote “Push/Pull” volume mounting
From the Admin Console interface, the administrator can manage volumes on the desktops of the client workstations, adding or removing volumes as needed. This method of direct client management enables the administrator to assume the client’s identity to perform simple tasks and enable/disable settings.
Connectivity Settings per Volume
When multiple connections to the server are available, the administrator or end user can determine the preferred network path on a per volume or per workstation basis. This can be used to increase or throttle access to certain volumes. Even when setting a volume path, connectivity will still failover if that path is unavailable.
Direct-Attached Mount Appearance
Even when connected through Ethernet, mount volumes as Local Multi-user Write, appearing as a hard drive icon in Finder or Explorer. This ensures application compatibility, removes network drive restrictions, and enables indexing through Windows or Mac Spotlight for easy OS-level searching.
Remote Client Software Deployment
Remove the task of manual install per-client during upgrades with remote software deployment. Select any clients and upgrade software with a push of a button.
Accurate Bandwidth Monitoring
Explore current and past performance of your storage on a per-volume, per-user and system-wide basis with weeks of historical data at your fingertips. Help the team determine the overall load and where changes can be made.
AD/LDAP integration
User and group accounts through AD/LDAP directory services can be used to permission Facilis virtual volumes, through OS login or password protected console access.