GB Labs will unveil new CORE.4 and CORE.4 Lite operating systems at NAB 2019

NAB 2019, 6-11 April, Booth SL5324: Leaders in intelligent storage solutions, GB Labs, will launch its latest operating systems, CORE.4 and CORE.4 Lite, at NAB 2019.

The new CORE.4 is a high-performance, custom OS specifically designed to serve media files with an additional intelligence layer that delivers ultimate stability and quality of service for every user. Moreover, its power-saving intelligence means that CORE.4 ensures consistent, reliable performance while using the least amount of disks. Its expanded range of demonstrably useful features, plus an improved user interface, are all engineered to further enhance users’ ability to manage and enhance online workflows.

Included as standard in CORE.4 is GB Labs’ Mosaic asset organisation software, created to improve asset organisation and accessibility for intensive, media-centric workflows.

The Mosaic software can automatically scour all inbuilt metadata and integrate with AI tagging systems that, with Spotlight, provides users with the kind of power they need to find what they are looking for swiftly and economically.

The streamlined but no less powerful CORE.4 Lite software now available for GB Labs’ FastNAS F-16, and FastNAS F-16 Nitro storage systems provides dynamic bandwidth control and equally dynamic expansion capability. CORE.4 Lite also supports user capacity quotas and bandwidth control offering greater user control. It also includes Mosaic software.

GB Labs CEO-CTO Dominic Harland, said, “Building on the success of CORE.3, CORE.4 provides a wide range of advanced, highly intelligent benefits that accelerate, protect, and support the storage and organisation of users’ assets now and into the foreseeable future.”

All users who purchased GB Labs products from the start of Q4/2018 will receive CORE.4 for free, with expected shipment during NAB 2019. Current users of CORE.3 will be able to purchase an upgrade from summer 2019.

GB Labs to launch brand new software and features at NAB 2019

NAB 2019, 6-11 April, Booth SL5324: Leaders in intelligent storage solutions, GB Labs will launch brand new software, features and updates to its FastNAS and SPACE, ECHO and VAULT ranges at NAB 2019.

Created and enhanced to help improve demanding, media-centric workflows with the continued support of saving users time and money, the intelligent new features include Mosaic asset organiser and the latest Analytics Centre to the SPACE, ECHO and VAULT ranges and brand- new "CORE.4" and "CORE.4 Lite" software to the S.E.V. and FastNAS ranges.

"We approach challenges from a different angle. We're not a huge IT company that decided to make NAS as a side project. We are deeply rooted in the media industry, so we applied our in- house expertise and experience to create intelligent storage technology specifically for the media industry, not as an afterthought," confirmed Dominic Harland, CEO-CTO, GB Labs.

Mosaic, which already features on the FastNAS range is to be launched on the SPACE and ECHO products. The software, which users may compare to a MAM, is an asset organiser that can automatically scour all inbuilt metadata and integrate with AI tagging systems to give users the power to find what they're looking for, without having to manually enter any metadata.

Analytics Centre will give users the visibility into their network so that they're able to see how they're using their data, giving them a better understanding of individual or system-wide use, with suggestions on how optimization can be addressed much more quickly and at a lower cost.

The new "CORE.4" software for both ranges builds on GB Labs' current "CORE.3" offering a high-performance custom OS that is specifically used to serve media files; allowing a stable performance for every user, getting the very best from the least amount of disk, which saves power.

GB Labs announce Mach One Design Equipment Ltd. as their latest Authorised Partner

GB Labs announce Mach One Design Equipment Ltd. as their latest Authorised Partner in their drive to provide excellent products and service to demanding workflows across the creative industry.

The partnership of GB Labs' proven track record of delivering best in class storage solutions, combined with Mach One's dedication to ensuring clients have the correct hardware, constantly and efficiently working, results in an offering of a range of solutions that answer the varying needs of customers in the creative industry.

"GB Labs have an excellent range of solutions to fit more budgets and requirements, backed up with excellent service." - Roger Garland, Technical Director, Mach One.

"GB Labs have worked indirectly with Mach One for some time, so to have them on board is fantastic! We're excited to see what we can do jointly in delivering expert, professional and cost- effective solutions for maximising productivity for teams in the creative industry." - Peter Walshe, EMEA Sales Manager, GB Labs.

Aardman invest in even more cracking storage from GB Labs.

Aardman, the award-winning UK studio and owners of a worldwide reputation for animation have once again invested in GB Labs' storage, adding two SPACE EX solutions to their existing SPACE+ unit.

Innovators of intelligent storage and providers of a comprehensive range of online, nearline, backup and archive solutions for Media and Entertainment workflows, GB Labs, have developed a strong, working relationship with Aardman ever since their first purchase of a GB Labs' storage solution back in 2015; so were delighted when they asked for help with expanding their existing solutions for a brand new, year-long project, due to involve a high level of data.

Aardman decided on GB Labs again based on their need for storage that would add to their current pipeline, with minimal infrastructure and configuration changes; it also helped that one of their considerations for purchasing their first SPACE+ unit, was that it could be easily expanded without needing to worry about separate server heads and multiple namespaces.

The overall benefit of the two new SPACE EX units will be an increase in capacity from 150TB to 250TB. The SPACE EX units were advised as it kept the performance high across the RAID arrays; therefore, storage capacity could be increased without a decrease in speed. All proving vital whilst 160 clients work on current Aardman projects, including; DFS, Change 4 Life and their recent Fortnum and Mason's Christmas commercial.

"Our storage system from GB Labs has been a high-performing and reliable part of our production pipeline, concurrently used between our Edit, CGI and Grade teams. The network connectivity options and addition of the HyperSpace acceleration layer gives us an accurate playback performance, whilst enabling up to around 160 clients to be connected." - Paul Reeves, Production Engineer, Aardman.