George Blood LP Scales Preservation to New Heights with EditShare NVMe Storage
When you walk into George Blood LP’s facility in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, it feels like stepping into both a high-tech lab and a living museum. Walls lined with equipment spanning decades of media history tell the story of a company that says “yes” to any preservation challenge. From rare audio formats to 4K film, George Blood LP has built a reputation for solving problems others can’t.
That relentless approach has fueled rapid growth. What started as an audio preservation shop has expanded into large-scale film and video digitization, serving clients as varied as national broadcasters, universities, cultural foundations, and the Library of Congress. Over the last decade, workloads have multiplied several times over, pushing the company’s infrastructure to its limits.
At a glance
Customer: George Blood LP (Fort Washington, PA)
Industry: Media preservation and digitization (audio, video, film, data)
Challenge: Legacy SAN could not sustain increasing throughput demands, leading to dropped frames, daily bottlenecks, and end-of-life hardware.
Solution: Deployment of EditShare Ultimate NVMe storage nodes
Results:
Daily ingest capacity increased to 30–50 TB, including 2K and 4K film scans
16 GB/s sustained writes achieved in stress testing
No bottlenecks across ingest, rendering, or delivery workflows
Enabled growth without sacrificing high-fidelity restoration quality
Hitting the Wall with Legacy Storage
For years, George Blood LP relied on a 300TB spinning disk SAN connected via a mix of fiber and SMB protocols. As demand grew, throughput requirements ballooned from 8–10 terabytes a day to as much as 50. Multiple film scanners, video ingest rooms, rendering, QC, and delivery workflows all competed for bandwidth. The result: dropped frames, bottlenecks, and engineers fighting the system instead of focusing on the work.
“Our existing storage just couldn’t sustain what we were asking of it,” recalled Jared Gibson, Video Team Lead at George Blood LP. “We needed speed, stability, and capacity to keep growing.”
A Partner-Led Search for a New Backbone
Working with Key Code Media, a nationwide systems integrator which has supported George Blood for many years. George Blood LP evaluated multiple storage vendors. Sustained high-speed ingest, heavy simultaneous reads/writes, and reliability across dozens of connected clients were non-negotiable.
Key Code Media recommended EditShare, and testing quickly proved it was the right fit. Verified by LaserGraphics as the only storage capable of handling its scanners’ performance requirements, EditShare provided the reliability and throughput George Blood LP needed.
Performance That Changed Everything
From the moment the EditShare Ultimate NVMe nodes went live, the results were clear. “We pushed the system as hard as we could, and we couldn’t break it,” said Gibson. “In stress tests we sustained 16 gigabytes per second in writes, well above our expectations. With our previous SAN, we were constantly dropping frames and struggling to keep up. With EditShare, the bottlenecks are gone.”
The system now supports massive daily ingest across multiple 2K and 4K film scanners, high-volume video rooms, rendering, QC, and delivery processes, all without faltering. Stress tests with more than 80 clients confirmed stability far beyond normal workloads, providing headroom for years of continued growth.
Enabling Growth Without Compromise
The performance leap has unlocked a new level of capability. George Blood LP can now sustain high-volume digitization while maintaining the precision restoration quality that made their name. “I’m just so enamored by the performance of the storage,” said Jared Gibson. “It’s brought so much relief to the team, our growth and our hardware are now in sync and that changes everything.”
George Blood’s unique market position combines the ability to handle bulk digitization with the high fidelity expected of specialist restoration houses. “We can take on a semi-truck of media and still deliver at the highest quality,” said George Blood, President of George Blood LP. “We’re proud to combine scale with the care these collections deserve, and EditShare has given us the infrastructure we needed to meet the demand.”
About George Blood LP
George Blood LP is a leading provider of preservation and digitization services, specializing in audio, video, film, and data. With clients worldwide, the company is trusted by major broadcasters, universities, government agencies, and cultural institutions to safeguard irreplaceable media. Learn more atwww.georgeblood.com.gh a Storage DNA MAM, that sits on top of our whole environment, and bring those assets back down again and deep archive on LTO on completion of a project. Editshare offers us better workflows with less human time and more automation.”
“We can take on a semi-truck of media and still deliver at the highest quality.”
George Blood with Julia Crowe, EditShare Regional Sales Manager with some of their historical recording equipment
New storage backbone drives major throughput gains for large-scale digitization.
Boston, MA, 16 December 2025: George Blood LP, a leading provider of audio and video preservation services, has deployed EditShare’s high-performance Ultimate NVMe storage nodes to power its rapidly expanding digitization and restoration workflows.
EditShare Ultimate NVMe
The investment in EditShare’s NVMe solution enables George Blood LP to meet the surging demand for film and video preservation without sacrificing quality. The company, which handles projects for broadcasters, universities, government agencies, and cultural institutions worldwide, is now digitizing up to 50 terabytes of content daily, including 2K and 4K film scans alongside high-volume audio transfers.
“We pushed the system as hard as we could, and we couldn’t break it,” said Jared Gibson, Video Team Lead at George Blood LP. “In stress tests we sustained 16 gigabytes per second in writes, well above our expectations, with total stability. With our previous SAN, we were constantly dropping frames and struggling to keep up. With EditShare, the bottlenecks are gone.”
“George Blood LP is one of the most unique customers we’ve worked with,” said Julia Crowe, Regional Sales Manager, EditShare. “Their workflows are highly customized, and the fact that our storage slotted in and delivered the performance they needed shows how adaptable and powerful the system really is.”
LaserGraphics film scanner
Key Code Media, a nationwide systems integrator and long-time EditShare partner, led the installation with its New York team and continues to provide ongoing service through its Key Code Total Care program. The system was validated within George Blood’s advanced infrastructure, including LaserGraphics and MWA film scanners, where EditShare consistently delivers the speed and reliability required for demanding film digitization workflows. EditShare is the only storage vendor verified by LaserGraphics to handle the performance demands of its scanners.
George Blood’s unique market position combines the ability to handle bulk digitization with the high fidelity expected of specialist restoration houses. “We can take on a semi-truck of media and still deliver at the highest quality,” said George Blood, President of George Blood LP. “We’re proud to combine scale with the care these collections deserve, and EditShare has given us the infrastructure to keep growing.”
George Blood with Julia Crowe, EditShare Regional Sales Manager with some of their historical recording equipment
About EditShare
EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader, supporting storytellers through collaborative media workflows across on-premise, cloud and hybrid architectures. It offers scalable storage and collaboration for media businesses and at every stage of the video production process from storyboarding to screening.
The software is inherently open, encouraging workflow collaboration, third-party integrations and content sharing across the entire production chain. Where required, the software is backed by high performance, high availability designed specifically for the demands of media storage, management and delivery. The comprehensive offering covers multi-level content storage for production and post, along with innovative asset and workflow management software, plus specialized and highly valued tools for content review and distribution, the creation of customized and branded pitch reels, and secure preview of high-value pre-release content.
About George Blood LP George Blood LP is a leading preservation and digitization company specializing in audio, video, film, and data. Serving clients worldwide, including libraries, broadcasters, universities, and archives, George Blood LP combines technical expertise with a deep commitment to cultural preservation.
For more information about George Blood LP’s preservation services, visit www.georgeblood.com.
Press Contact Katharine Guy katharine.guy@editshare.com
Enhanced performance and expanded capacity support the school’s growing project load and evolving production training.
Boston, MA, 4 December 2025: EditShare, the technology leader in intelligent shared storage and media management, today announced that The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has completed a major refresh of its EditShare environment, expanding the school’s tiered storage, boosting performance for high-end editorial work and introducing MediaSilo for secure review and approvals. The project was delivered in partnership with Jigsaw24 Media.
The new deployment strengthens one of the busiest film and tv production environments in Europe. NFTS runs a continuous slate of real productions across fiction, documentary, entertainment, animation and commercial content. The facility continues to grow its student intake and is adding new on-campus accommodation designed to support students with additional accessibility needs, as part of a wider development programme backed by government, student fees and industry contributions.
NFTS first standardized on EditShare five years ago. The existing platform has supported heavy, multi-department production workloads without issue, so continuing with EditShare was the natural choice as the school expanded. The latest investment introduces a tiered architecture combining high-capacity nearline storage, a refreshed high-availability (HA) layer and a new NVMe performance tier designed for 4K, 8K and VFX-heavy workflows that demand high-bandwidth, multi-stream editorial performance.
“EditShare sits at the heart of how we teach production at NFTS,” said Doug Shannon, Head of Systems and IT at the National Film and Television School. “The new tiered storage and NVMe layer give our students the bandwidth they need to work the way modern productions do, while FLOW and MediaSilo help us keep projects organized, secure and accessible across multiple courses. It means we can support more concurrent projects and higher resolutions without adding unnecessary overhead for the IT team.”
“EditShare has been a core part of how the school runs day-to-day production training,” said Sean Bradley, Regional Sales Director at EditShare. “The refresh gives them faster bandwidth, more resilience and room to grow as they continue to push student projects into higher resolutions and more complex workflows.”
With MediaSilo now part of the system, students and tutors gain an efficient way to collect notes, share cuts securely and maintain version control across multiple editorial teams.
The infrastructure refresh supports the school’s broader development plans, including new teaching spaces and the addition of on-site accessible accommodation. These updates are part of a long-term strategy to broaden access to the creative industries and improve support for students from a wide range of backgrounds.
Bradley added, “The school’s requirements are growing year after year. Reliability and performance were key drivers for them, and the new system sets them up well for the next stage of their growth.”
EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader, supporting storytellers through collaborative media workflows across on-premise, cloud and hybrid architectures. It offers scalable storage and collaboration for media businesses and at every stage of the video production process from storyboarding to screening.
The software is inherently open, encouraging workflow collaboration, third-party integrations and content sharing across the entire production chain. Where required, the software is backed by high performance, high availability designed specifically for the demands of media storage, management and delivery. The comprehensive offering covers multi-level content storage for production and post, along with innovative asset and workflow management software, plus specialized and highly valued tools for content review and distribution, the creation of customized and branded pitch reels, and secure preview of high-value pre-release content.
About Jigsaw24 Media
Jigsaw24 Media is a specialist division of Jigsaw24 and provides services and technology solutions to the media and entertainment, education and corporate sectors. It’s the only UK-based company of its kind that has in-house system integration capabilities. Jigsaw24 Media’s team of industry-recognised experts design, deliver, integrate and support end-to-end solutions for some of the nation’s biggest broadcasters and facilities, underpinned by partnerships with over 30 leading technology vendors including Avid, Adobe, AWS, Nutanix and EditShare. With headquarters in Nottingham, an office and demo space at the heart of London’s post-production community, and a nationwide support team, Jigsaw24 Media provides local services on a national scale. For more information visit https://media.jigsaw24.com/
Press Contact Katharine Guy katharine.guy@editshare.com
Bristol-based post house streamlines project setup by connecting scheduling with EditShare’s intelligent media platform
Boston, MA, 9 October 2025: EditShare, the technology leader in intelligent shared storage and media management, today announced that UK post-production facility Films at 59 has used the EditShare Open API platform to connect its scheduling system directly into EditShare’s media environment. The result is a fully automated, metadata-driven workflow that eliminates manual setup and accelerates production start-up.
API-Driven Integration for Instant Project Setup
Films at 59’s technical team led the integration work, developing a direct connection between Farmers Wife, a widely used scheduling, project management, and resource planning platform, and EditShare’s EFS shared storage and FLOW media management. The project was also supported by EditShare channel partner Digital Garage.
With the API integration in place, scheduling a job in Farmers Wife now automatically:
Creates a dedicated media space in EFS
Provisions and assigns team members based on their roles
Applies storage quotas to match the project’s scope
Links project metadata in FLOW, ensuring assets are organized and accessible from day one
By building this API-driven connection, Films at 59 has ensured a seamless transition from booking to production-ready, without manual configuration or IT overhead. “We had it up and running really quickly,” said Jamie Lawrence, Head of Technical Operations at Films at 59. “Now, every time a job is booked in Farmers Wife, the media space is built, the team is connected, and everything is ready to go.” The integration has significantly reduced setup time, minimized human error, and guaranteed every project begins within a consistent, structured media environment.
“EditShare’s Open API framework made this integration straightforward and highly effective,” said Sean Bradley, Regional Sales Director, Northern Europe at EditShare. “The Films at 59 team took the initiative to connect their scheduling and media systems, and now they move from scheduling to editing without touching a single admin panel. It’s a powerful example of how our open architecture empowers customers to design workflows that fit their needs.”
EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader, supporting storytellers through collaborative media workflows across on-premise, cloud and hybrid architectures. It offers scalable storage and collaboration for media businesses and at every stage of the video production process from storyboarding to screening.
The software is inherently open, encouraging workflow collaboration, third-party integrations and content sharing across the entire production chain. Where required, the software is backed by high performance, high availability designed specifically for the demands of media storage, management and delivery. The comprehensive offering covers multi-level content storage for production and post, along with innovative asset and workflow management software, plus specialized and highly valued tools for content review and distribution, the creation of customized and branded pitch reels, and secure preview of high-value pre-release content.
Press Contact Katharine Guy katharine.guy@editshare.com
Amsterdam, 12 Septemver 2025 – EditShare, the technology leader that enables storytellers to create and manage media, is unveiling major product advancements at IBC 2025. From new NVMe storage options to powerful automation features in FLOW, the announcements underscore EditShare’s commitment to delivering high-performance, collaborative solutions for modern production and post.
FLOW Automation: Smarter Remote Collaboration with “Send to Site”
EditShare is introducing FLOW Automation’s new “Send to Site” task, designed to make moving media and metadata between locations faster, secure and more reliable. Built on EditShare’s Multisite architecture and Warp accelerated transfer services, Send to Site enables direct transfer of high-resolution media, proxies, and metadata between EditShare systems.
This removes the need for manual sidecar files or redundant proxy generation, saving time and reducing errors. Integrated with EditShare One, teams can schedule entire media space transfers, trigger automated workflows, or simply right-click and send assets between locations.
The feature has been hardened in demanding real-world deployments and is available now in FLOW 2025.2.0.
Ultimate EFS Field: More Capacity, More Power On the Go
First launched at IBC 2024, the Ultimate EFS Field portable NVMe-powered storage has been dramatically expanded for 2025. Now offering up to 122 TB of ultra-fast NVMe storage, EFS Field is built for capturing dailies, editing in the field, and keeping productions moving no matter where the shoot takes place.
The system’s airline-friendly design and rugged build make it ideal for mobile crews, while full integration with the EditShare multisite ecosystem ensures footage can be securely transferred back to base with SwiftSync.
EFS Ultimate NVMe: New Options for Every Workflow
EditShare is strengthening its NVMe lineup with three complementary options:
Ultimate 24 NVMe NodeNow shipping. This flagship NVMe solution delivers extreme bandwidth for uncompressed, file-per-frame workflows including 8K finishing. With over 24GB/s aggregate performance, it enables real-time DPX capture and playback previously limited to costly SANs.
Ultimate EFS NVMe Lite, debuting at IBC 2025. NVMe Lite offers a more accessible entry point to NVMe performance. Featuring 8 NVMe drives in a 2RU form factor, it delivers up to 14GB/s read throughput per node, making XOR-protected NVMe groups achievable at lower cost and scale.
Ultimate Hybrid NVMe/HDD Node. Also new for IBC 2025, this hybrid system combines NVMe performance with high-capacity HDDs in a single chassis. Users can define separate storage tiers, moving projects between HDD and NVMe as needed without downtime. The hybrid node is ideal for facilities balancing everyday 4K offline workflows with occasional ultra-high-bitrate finishing projects.
“Today’s creative teams need storage and workflow tools that are as flexible as they are powerful,” said Tara Montford, EVP Sales and Co- founder EditShare . “From high-capacity field systems to cost-optimized NVMe nodes and intelligent cross-site workflows, we’re giving customers more options to accelerate production while keeping collaboration front and center.”
Press Contact Katharine Guy katharine.guy@editshare.com
Boston, MA, and Prague, Czech Republic, Aug 21, 2025: EditShare, a leader in collaborative media storage and intelligent workflow solutions, and Octopus Newsroom, a global provider of newsroom computer systems (NRCS), today announced a fully integrated, end-to-end newsroom solution to be showcased at IBC 2025 in Amsterdam (September 12–15).
The partnership combines Octopus’ story-centric newsroom platform with EditShare’s high-performance media infrastructure, enabling news teams to plan, produce, and deliver stories with greater speed, scalability, and collaborative efficiency. The joint solution empowers broadcasters to meet the demands of today’s fast-paced, multi-platform news landscape.
A Unified Ecosystem for Modern Newsrooms
Octopus NRCS is built for story-first production, supporting everything from single-channel broadcasters to global networks. With more than 100 third-party integrations via MOS protocol and APIs, Octopus enables real-time script editing, rundown management, and publishing to broadcast, digital, and social channels. Its open approach ensures compatibility with studio automation, playout, graphics, and AI-driven tools, giving journalists the flexibility to focus on storytelling.
EditShare complements this with robust media infrastructure, including:
EFS Shared Storage is a media-engineered file system delivering more than 20GB/s throughput and scaling beyond 20PB. High-availability configurations and native drivers for Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve ensure uninterrupted collaboration for editing teams.
FLOW Media Asset Management automates ingest, proxy creation, versioning, and AI-driven metadata tagging. Integrated with Octopus, FLOW accelerates content search and retrieval, giving journalists immediate access to assets during breaking news.
Multi-Channel Ingest captures satellite, field, and agency feeds for instant use in scripting, editing, and playout.
Vbox Rundown Integration connects directly with Octopus via MOS, allowing producers and directors to manage rundowns, preview assets, and adapt live output in real time.
Together, the two systems create a connected newsroom environment that allows teams to gather, edit, and deliver content faster, with confidence and flexibility at every stage.
Why It Matters for Newsrooms
The joint solution addresses key challenges facing today’s news operations:
Speed: Multi-channel ingest, NVMe-powered storage, and FLOW automation provide instant access to high-resolution assets, cutting prep time for editing and publishing.
Collaboration: Journalists, editors, producers, and directors can work in parallel across locations, supported by native integrations between Octopus and FLOW, enabling instant asset access and synchronized rundowns.
Scalability: From 32TB to more than 20PB, EditShare infrastructure grows with newsroom demand, from local stations to 24/7 global networks.
Open Ecosystem: Over 100 MOS and API integrations, including AI transcription, graphics, and playout, ensure future-ready workflows.
“Octopus NRCS is built to meet the demands of modern journalism, where speed and collaboration are critical,” said Gabriel Janko, COO of Octopus Newsroom. “Our partnership with EditShare at IBC 2025 showcases how our open ecosystem, combined with EditShare’s high-performance storage and asset management, delivers a unified platform that lets newsrooms focus on storytelling, not technology. This integration enables journalists to break news faster while maintaining creative control across all channels.”
“EditShare’s mission is to provide media teams with tools that accelerate workflows and foster collaboration,” said Tara Montford, EVP Sales and Co-Founder of EditShare. “At IBC 2025, our integration with Octopus NRCS demonstrates a true end-to-end solution for newsrooms. By combining EFS’s high-availability storage, FLOW’s intelligent media management, and Vbox’s MOS-driven rundown capabilities, we’re enabling broadcasters to deliver high-quality news with agility and confidence, no matter the scale.”
Experience It at IBC 2025
Visit Octopus Newsroom at Stand 6.C12 and EditShare at Stand 7.A35 to see the solution in action. Live demos will showcase the full workflow, from ingest and planning to scripting, rundown management, and playout, highlighting how the two companies are empowering news teams to deliver compelling stories faster across every platform
To book time with us at the show, please click here
About EditShare
EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader, supporting storytellers through collaborative media workflows across on-premise, cloud and hybrid architectures. It offers scalable storage and collaboration for media businesses and at every stage of the video production process from storyboarding to screening.
The software is inherently open, encouraging workflow collaboration, third-party integrations and content sharing across the entire production chain. Where required, the software is backed by high performance, high availability designed specifically for the demands of media storage, management and delivery. The comprehensive offering covers multi-level content storage for production and post, along with innovative asset and workflow management software, plus specialized and highly valued tools for content review and distribution, the creation of customized and branded pitch reels, and secure preview of high-value pre-release content.
About Octopus Newsroom Octopus Newsroom is a global leader in newsroom computer systems, offering Octopus 12 NRCS and iReporter User-generated content platform for modern news production. With over 400 customers worldwide, Octopus supports flexible, story-centric workflows and integrates with over 100 broadcast technologies, empowering newsrooms to create and publish efficiently.
New technology boosts performance for high-resolution post-production and flexible workflows
Boston, MA, 4 August 2025: EGG Post Production & VFX, one of Ireland’s leading post-production facilities, has expanded its capabilities with a significant storage upgrade from EditShare. This investment supports EGG’s growing demand for high-performance workflows, including 4K and beyond colour grading, while improving remote collaboration and workflow flexibility.
The project was delivered in collaboration with Tyrell, EditShare’s long-time channel partner in Ireland, who worked closely with EGG and EditShare to scope, install, and support the new system.
Founded in 2004 by editors Gary Shortall and Gareth Young, EGG has built a strong reputation for its award-winning editing, finishing, sound, and VFX services. The company delivers content for major Irish, UK, and US broadcasters, as well as audiences worldwide, making reliability and efficiency in their storage infrastructure critical to their operations.
To meet these demands, EGG has integrated EditShare’s 96TB NVMe and EFS300 256TB storage solutions, replacing an older system that could no longer support the increasing technical requirements of high-resolution workflows. The upgrade consolidates all offline, online, grading, and VFX under a single vendor, improving overall efficiency and project management.
One of the most valuable additions to EGG’s workflow is EditShare’s Swift Link technology, which allows creative teams to access media and work on projects from any location. As productions increasingly demand flexible, hybrid workflows, Swift Link ensures that EGG’s editors, colorists, and VFX artists maintain seamless productivity, whether on-site or remote. The ability to securely stream high-resolution content without performance compromise has been transformative for EGG’s post-production pipeline.
Gareth Young, CEO and Co-Founder of EGG, emphasized the continued value of the partnership with EditShare: “We’ve trusted EditShare for over eight years, and this latest upgrade reinforces why we continue to rely on them. The combination of high-performance storage, local European support, and the flexibility provided by Swift Link made this the right choice for our team.”
Since going live last summer, the upgraded system has enabled EGG to serve as a reference site for high-end grading workflows. The team has praised the simplicity and speed of Swift Link for remote collaboration, without sacrificing the performance needed for complex post-production tasks.
Tara Montford, EVP of Sales and Co-Founder of EditShare, added: “EGG represents the kind of forward-thinking post facility that pushes the boundaries of creative and technical excellence. We’re proud to support their next chapter with a solution that combines performance, flexibility, and security, delivering everything they need to meet the demands of high-resolution workflows, both in-studio and remotely.”
EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader, supporting storytellers through collaborative media workflows across on-premise, cloud and hybrid architectures. It offers scalable storage and collaboration for media businesses and at every stage of the video production process from storyboarding to screening.
The software is inherently open, encouraging workflow collaboration, third-party integrations and content sharing across the entire production chain. Where required, the software is backed by high performance, high availability designed specifically for the demands of media storage, management and delivery. The comprehensive offering covers multi-level content storage for production and post, along with innovative asset and workflow management software, plus specialized and highly valued tools for content review and distribution, the creation of customized and branded pitch reels, and secure preview of high-value pre-release content.
About Tyrell
For 25 years Tyrell has been providing video, audio, graphics and storage solutions to the Irish and UK broadcast, post, production, corporate and education markets. In this time, we have become the leading provider of technology and service solutions both on-premise and in the cloud. Tyrell has an excellent understanding of the fast pace and unique pressures facing the media and entertainment industry; developing solutions for complex workflows. Allowing our clients to concentrate on the creative process and business development. From our two locations we offer a comprehensive range of professional services from consultancy to system design and integration, technical support and maintenance.
Press Contact Katharine Guy katharine.guy@editshare.com
Boston, MA, 1 August 2025 – At IBC 2025, EditShare debuts the next evolution of its platform, built for media teams that demand real-time collaboration, AI-driven post, lightning-fast media-aware storage, and easy-to-use hybrid workflows. From post and sports to news and archiving, EditShare blends technical muscle with creative flexibility. Visit Booth 7.A35 to see how we’re pushing performance and energy efficiency, without sacrificing adaptability
What You’ll See at IBC
What’s New at IBC 2025
Expanded EFS Storage Solutions EditShare will premiere the latest Ultimate EFS Nodes, optimized for high-performance media workflows at any scale. Preview all-NVMe systems tailored for demanding 8K, VFX, and DI tasks. The newest EFS Field, portable, rugged, and now offering greater capacity, live ingest, and secure, verified media transfer, will also be featured. Additional updates to the Ultimate EFS lineup will be announced exclusively at the show, offering a hands-on look at the future of production workflows.
Next-Generation Collaborative Workflows Discover EditShare’s advances in collaborative workflows: MediaSilo’s integration with Louper enables real-time, frame-accurate review sessions without lag, downloads, or version confusion, allowing global teams to comment and approve instantly. A live Atomos Camera to Cloud demonstration will show proxy uploads directly into MediaSilo for immediate access, accelerating fast-turnaround projects.
Integrated Specialist Workflows On-booth demos showcase powerful integrations: Lasergraphics 5K 16-bit DPX film scanning with EFS, frame-accurate NDI ISO ingest with multi-channel recording, and comprehensive newsroom collaboration with Octopus.
“From green performance at scale to workflow flexibility across post, production, and archive, we deliver innovation shaped by customer insight,” said Tara Montford, EVP of Sales and Co-Founder of EditShare. “Whether you’re scaling up, streamlining reviews, or refining remote workflows, our solutions help teams move faster, collaborate better, and reduce friction. We look forward to showcasing these advances in Amsterdam.”
To book time with us at the show, please click here
About EditShare
EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader, supporting storytellers through collaborative media workflows across on-premise, cloud and hybrid architectures. It offers scalable storage and collaboration for media businesses and at every stage of the video production process from storyboarding to screening.
The software is inherently open, encouraging workflow collaboration, third-party integrations and content sharing across the entire production chain. Where required, the software is backed by high performance, high availability designed specifically for the demands of media storage, management and delivery. The comprehensive offering covers multi-level content storage for production and post, along with innovative asset and workflow management software, plus specialized and highly valued tools for content review and distribution, the creation of customized and branded pitch reels, and secure preview of high-value pre-release content.
Press Contact Katharine Guy katharine.guy@editshare.com
For media teams managing massive files, tight deadlines, and fast-paced collaborative workflows, generic file servers just don’t cut it. What you need is shared video storage designed specifically for video production and post workflows.
In this article, we’ll explore how media-optimized storage differs from standard IT storage, and why making the switch can be a game-changer for creative teams.
The Key Differences Between Generic and Media-Optimized Storage
1. Bandwidth Over IOPS: Why Consistent Throughput Matters
Generic Storage: IT systems like databases and email servers are built for high IOPS (Input Output Operations Per Second). That’s fine for tiny, frequent operations like processing emails or database requests, but it fails under the sustained demands of high-bitrate video playback.
Media Storage:Shared video storage is optimized for high-bandwidth, low-latency transfers. It ensures reliable performance even during multi-stream 4K or 8K editing, no frame drops, no playback freezes, just uncomplicated real-time editing. This is essential for collaborative editing for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve workflows.
Why it matters: Scrubbing through 8K RAW footage during a live client session? You need throughput, not IOPS. Media storage delivers performance you can count on.
2. File Management Tools That Actually Work for Video
Generic Storage: File services like Google Drive or Dropbox lack the intelligence to handle media workflows. Version control is clunky. Metadata is manual. Integrations with creative tools? Limited or nonexistent.
Media Storage: Media storage platforms include production asset management tools that allow smart versioning, automated metadata tagging, and seamless integration with NLEs like Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid, and DaVinci Resolve.
Why it matters: With advanced video review and approval software built into the workflow, your team stops wasting time searching for files and starts focusing on creativity.
3. Scaling Without Downtime or Drama
Generic IT Storage: Scaling often means downtime, migrations, and complex reconfigurations, aka production nightmares.
Media Storage: Media storage for remote post production teams scales. Add new nodes, expand bandwidth, or enable remote collaboration all without interrupting ongoing projects.
Picture this: You’re in post on a global ad campaign. An editor scrubs through 8K timelines smoothly. Your colorist joins remotely to adjust the grade. The client reviews and approves clips in real time using your video review and approval software. Meanwhile, a new storage node is added overnight without downtime. That’s what the best shared storage for video editing teams enables.
Delays in post-production workflows can cost thousands per day in idle talent, missed deadlines, and rework. Investing in shared video storage prevents bottlenecks, protects your schedule, and supports real-time collaboration for every team member no matter where they are.
Why Media Teams Deserve Better
Media professionals shouldn’t have to wrestle with tech built for spreadsheets and PDFs. You need:
Shared video storage tailored to high-res workflows
EditShare’s EFS, FLOW and Mediasilo solutions combine high-performance shared storage with powerful workflow tools, purpose built for post production.
Tape isn’t dead! While everyone’s out there singing the praises of cloud storage and trying not to choke on their monthly invoices, tape just keeps doing its thing: Reliable, Affordable, and Built for the long haul. Now we’ve got LTO 10, which is a huge upgrade.
Roadmap: 36 TB Raw Capacity
The roadmap states that LTO 10 will double the raw capacity of LTO 9. If you’re dealing with 4K or 8K RAW footage or just have a mountain of footage that needs to be stored safely and long-term, that’s a big advancement. Fewer cartridges to manage. Less rack space and less shuffling around in the archive room. You will often see larger capacities being discussed, but that’s compressed, which is fine for CRMs or transactional data, but we can’t compress media. So we always work on the raw capacity. You will notice in the image below how it shows two sizes for LTO 10: compressed and raw. We are hearing that the LTO may be capped at 30TB at 400MB/s transfer speed. It’s early days, but we shall see how it pans out.
EditShare ARK and LTO 10 A Perfect Match
Here’s the good news: EditShare ARK will support LTO 10. There’s no need to change how your team works. Everything just runs like it always has, except now your shelves fill up a whole lot slower. That means you’re ready for whatever next-gen content you’re producing, whether that’s episodic 8K delivery, remastering old content in HDR or just trying not to get buried in files.
Now, if you have an existing LTO legacy deployment, let’s say LTO 4, you will need to migrate those tapes back to EFS, deploy a new LTO 10 tape device, and then re-archive them. But you get more than 10 tapes now condensed into one!
Compatibility
Let’s talk about the one weird anomaly. IBM’s datasheet for LTO 10 only says, “IBM LTO 10-tape drive can read and write to LTO Ultrium 10 cartridges.” They don’t mention backward compatibility at all. There is no promise that LTO 10 drives will read LTO 9 or anything older. That’s a break from how LTO has worked for years, where each new gen could usually read two generations back. If you’ve got a mountain of older tapes, you’ll either need to keep older drives around or run a migration strategy. But honestly, that’s just part of managing any archive.
LTO Still Makes Sense for Media Teams
Storage needs in media and entertainment are not shrinking. 8K VFX dailies, every project is bigger than the last. So when you get a format that gives you 36 TB per tape and runs for decades without a subscription attached, that’s worth paying attention to. Tape is a cost-effective long-term archival medium, complemented by our large. Adding EditShare ARK, which compliments FLOW asset management, means every asset that gets archived and FLOW knows its location. It keeps a proxy of that archived file always online, meaning you get a representation of that high-resolution file immediately. Its streamlined initiative and most important, fast.
Final Word
Is LTO 10 perfect? Not quite. The missing backward compatibility might be a pain. But if you’re starting fresh, building new archives, or just want to stop adding shelves every quarter, LTO 10 is the biggest leap we’ve had in years.
