SpycerBox

The perfect hub for your media

SpycerBox is DVS's flexible and modular storage solution. Improve workflow speed and efficiency by integrating SpycerBox into your post production network as an ultra fast and reliable storage system. Increase the performance of file-based workflows, and gain flexibility with SpycerBox, used as a NAS solution or a SAN configuration or a combination of both. The Spycer® data management software complements dependable DVS hardware, making SpycerBox the perfect solution for your data management workflow. 

NAS solution

Looking for an effective, reliable and reasonably priced NAS solution? Meet SpycerBox, which offers up to 72TB of storage in a single unit. Integrate SpycerBox as a versatile and scalable NAS solution into any network and benefit from its large capacity and RAID-5 protection. SpycerBox is equipped with enough bandwidth to fulfill even the most demanding tasks: Store uncompressed image material at film resolution, provide high-resolution clips to editing suites, and supply compressed proxy clips from transcoding engines. Benefit from the wide variety of connectivity options and utilize the SpycerBox as a dependable NAS bridge to your existing SAN.

SAN solution

Looking for a cost-effective and straight forward SAN solution? The SpycerBox "SAN in a box" is a comprehensive SAN solution with extremely fast block level access to the SAN volumes. User data storage, metadata server and file server are seamlessly incorporated into a single 5U chassis. Choose between Fibre Channel and Ethernet options. Use SpycerBox to copy data at maximum speeds. The integrated defragmentation tool optimizes image sequences in the DVS-SAN or the local drive for drop-free play-out. 

SpycerBox and VENICE team up

Do you digitize lots of HD-SDI or SDI signals directly into data to provide content for NLE systems? Now, VENICE is capable of partnering SpycerBox as a directly connected module. The VENICE module enables capture or play-out of video content in compressed or uncompressed formats over 2 HD-SDI/SDI channels. Video can be captured into XDCAM®, DVCPRO®, DNxHD®, AVC-Ultra or other typically used compressed formats. Offering ingest, play-out and transcoding modes, the VENICE module can also be controlled from applications via RS-422, VDCP or SOAP. This state-of-the-art collaboration yields a two-channel video server with up to 72 TB of storage.

SpycerBox as tiered storage solution

Looking for a storage solution that easily grows with your needs? Design a completely new, highly customized workflow with the SpycerBox as a SAN solution. The cluster – consisting of at least two SpycerBox systems – is readily scalable with additional cluster nodes. Two or more SpycerBox systems connected Fibre Channel network provide ultra-fast file transfer. The SAS model provides high bandwidth to enable real-time applications, while the SATA model offers high capacity. Combine the two models to confidently satisfy all your VFX, editing and versioning needs.