Small Tree's approach to each of its shared storage solutions for Mac OS X is two-fold: use Ethernet connectivity to simplify the storage infrastructure, and provide a shared storage solution that allows real time editing at an affordable price. We call our shared storage solutions GraniteSTOR.
The GrainteSTOR family of shared storage solutions is designed to meet the real-time editing requirements of Final Cut Pro users. Our products are tuned to support multiple clients editing ProRes 422 HQ projects. Our performance criteria is simple: provide enough bandwidth between the storage and the workstations to ensure there are no dropped frames during the editing session.