Omneon Video Networks, the company providing the infrastructure for new media applications, is featuring its Extended File System technology at the upcoming NAB 2001 trade show in Las Vegas in April. The Extended File System (or EFS) will be used extensively throughout Omneon's NAB exhibit (booth L529 in the North Hall) in its Networked Content Server. The EFS allows multiple DIRECTORS (networked content servers) to share a common file system, thereby providing all output channels, or users, to have simultaneous access to all files on the system.

The infrastructure supports a wide range of third-party control and transmission, archive, media management and collaborative production applications. Multiple applications will be supported from a common file system and shared among many users. The scalable, data-type independent, infrastructure enables simultaneous content repurposing for any type of distribution. Omneon's integrated approach to networking and storage, known as a VIDEO AREA NETWORK, enables the ingest, routing, storage, sharing, and distribution of multiple formats of digital video, audio, and related data. The Extended File System is a key point of differentiation for Omneon's system, compared to stand-alone servers, as they exist in television environments today. Unlike other file server systems, the EFS offers customers the ability to play out audio/video clips without having to copy or move files from one server to another within the system. "The EFS eliminates, or reduces, the need to store multiple copies of the content," said Lawrence Kaplan, president and CEO of Omneon. "No unnecessary backups, copies, or mirrored files need to be created because multiple Omneon DIRECTORS can simultaneously share common storage and view the same file system. Each DIRECTOR' s view of the file system is updated within fractions of a second, and the file system is accessible to the applications without disruption." For customers who need to increase the total bandwidth of their system, the EFS supports linear scaling by allowing DIRECTORS and disk storage to be added as needed.

The Omneon Networked Content Server consists of modular components that are networked using both IEEE 1394 and Ethernet. The IEEE 1394 network is primarily used to handle isochronous audio/video channels and Ethernet is used for asynchronous data transfer. The DIRECTOR is the content server and disk controller component that sits between storage and both the IEEE 1394 and Ethernet networks. STORES are storage components that attach to the content server using industry standard Fibre Channel configured as a SAN (storage area network). MEDIAPORTS handle the connection of non-1394 devices to the network.

Omneon Video Networks provides infrastructure for new media. Omneon's Networked Content Server is a highly scalable, data-type independent, shared-storage infrastructure. The solution is a platform that supports third-party software applications for control and transmission, media management, archive, and collaborative production. Omneon systems are used by content producers and distributors for simultaneous program creation and re-purposing for any type of distribution method. Omneon's products consist of server, disk controller, scalable Fiber Channel storage components, and software that together form a content server system. Channel or user scalability is achieved by using both IEEE 1394 and Ethernet networking technologies. This open systems architecture, known as a VIDEO AREA NETWORK, enables facilities to ingest, route, store, share and distribute digital media-comprised of audio, video, and any type of related data. Omneon Video Networks, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., is privately held and funded by prominent venture capital firms. Omneon's web site is www.Omneon.com.

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