Scale Logic, Inc. and Levels Beyond create converged media platform workflow solutions

Both Levels Beyond and Scale Logic understand that media centric workflows are more demanding then ever. Video professionals need to manage challenges as varied as ingest formats, distribution, and long term preservation on a daily basis. To work with these challenges, video professionals need access to a robust and efficient file-based workflow with a tight integration of software and hardware; a solution tested and backed up by workflow support specialists. The global relationship between Scale Logic and Levels Beyond presents customers with exactly that—a central hub for Media Management with a scalable and robust storage ecosystem.

“The powerful combination of Scale Logic’s SAN and Scale-Out NAS with Reach Engine offers media companies greater flexibility and control than ever before,” said Christy King, COO of Levels Beyond. “The Reach Engine Platform gives you access to any content you want, wherever you want it, at any point in production. This level of access demands not only a reliable storage infrastructure, but one that has the ability to adapt to the requirements of a workflow. Reach Engine works with Scale Logic‘s HyperFS file system and Scale-Out NAS Gateway to give our clients just that.”

“The unique ability of HyperFS/SONG (Scale-Out NAS Gateway) to offer both Block- and File-level access to storage allows high-performance and network clients to share the same Scale-Out storage pool,” commented Bob Herzan, CEO of Scale Logic “This eliminates the islands of storage so often found in content creation and distribution workflows. HyperFS and SONG not only simplify the infrastructure required to support Reach Engine customers, but can also eliminate up to 50% of the storage needed in a collaborative workflow. We’re very pleased to continue our partnership with Levels Beyond to deliver a solution that gives our joint customers a more open architecture approach with the ability to grow seamlessly with their facilities’ requirements.”

Reach Engine, Levels Beyond’s media inventory platform, serves a number of content creation and distribution businesses, including advertising, sports, media and entertainment, and publishing. Their diverse client list includes Kroger Foods, The New York Times, The Mill UK, Sundance Institute, Craftsy, and the Philadelphia Eagles. Scale Logic supports some of the largest studios and media companies in the world, with customers including the Walmart, RAI TV, STARZ Entertainment, Televisa, and Turner Broadcast, while also supporting content providers of all sizes.