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By Jennifer P 0 Comment September 11, 2024

Facilis FASTCache

Workflow Acceleration for Remote Edit and Low-Bitrate Connections

Facilis Technology has developed a unique feature called FASTCache. This new feature opens a world of remote workflow possibilities. The Facilis HUB Shared Storage for video editing, is a system dedicated to improving post-production and content creation workflows. Included with every server is the Facilis Shared File System which easily accommodates multi-platform environments and enables collaboration among different applications and image formats.

FASTCache leverages Facilis’ custom shared file system to cache any accessed data to local storage, and/or system memory on the client workstation, no need for proxy workflows, high resolution media, is cached securely to the remote system, allowing user to get the same performance they would if working on premises.  

Client workstations connected to the Facilis servers through any method can use FASTCache, although the lower-link speed connections like VPN and WANLink will benefit the most from this feature. Any data that is read from the shared storage volumes through the normal connection will be written locally to an encrypted data set. This data set is only available to be used when connected to the server and mounting the matching storage volume. This ensures that administrative permissions will be upheld even for cached data.

Because the local storage or RAM copy of the data is likely faster than the server connection, playback of video files will succeed even if the server connection may not support real time streaming. The editing application will continue to use the mounted volume through the low bitrate connection as the source of the video files, but when reading any data that has previously been read, the cached version will automatically be used instead. If any files change on the server, they are re-read and thereby re-cached, and the previous data is flushed. There is no need to synchronize or update the cache in any way besides simply reading the new file as a part of the editing workflow.

Click Here to tune in our Liquid Lunch Webinar on Thursday, September 26th at 1pm EST

We will be joined by guest Jim McKenna from Facilis Technology to discuss FASTCache

Remember SUMMER PROMO Available thru 9/30/24

ModelDescriptionCurrent ListPromo Price
FTI-FAC8-128Facilis HUB 8 – 128TB System with
Unlimited Seats of FastTracker, Smart Access Rules
and WANLink Remote Client
$32,990$25,990
FTI-FAC8-96Facilis HUB 8 – 96TB System with
Unlimited Seats of FastTracker, Smart Access Rules
and WANLink Remote Client
$25,990$18,990
FTI-FAC8-64Facilis HUB 8 – 64TB System with
Unlimited Seats of FastTracker, Smart Access Rules
and WANLink Remote Client
$18,990$16,990