Vbrick go 2.0 for 9000 Series, Moves to Ultra-High Densities

Vbrick announced today that it is launching Release 2.0 of its high-density 9000 series encoder and decoder product line. 这一消息是在大选前一天宣布的政府影像博览 -- being held tomorrow and Thursday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. -- where the company will showcase the features of the 2.0版本的硬件编码.

对于Vbrick, Release 2.0 announcement is about reminding customers that Vbrick is moving beyond high-densities to ultra-high densities.

"When we introduced the 9000 Series last January we put a stake in the ground that we would be the clear technology leader in enterprise-class encoding,格雷格·茨威格说, 他是Vbrick公司的营销总监. "Nearly a year later our competitors are only starting to announce future multi-channel encoding appliances while we are announcing Release 2.0."

Zweig's comments seem squarely aimed at a few key industry players that engage in high-density appliances and chassis blade encoders, 包括 “严重愚蠢的密度” recently announced at another trade show by a competitor.

Zweig points out that the densities in the 9000 series appliance can be up to four encodes.

"Users can continue to choose quad HD encoding, or, with the introduction of R2.0, a mix of encode and decode services in the same form factor," said Zweig. “在我们的市场上，没有人能提供类似的报价."

The ability to mix and match encoding and decoding in a single appliance is intriguing. A press release by Vbrick announces that the 2.0 release includes "a new single channel decoder and new dual channel encoder models that offer 1080p60 SDI inputs as well as composite video, HDMI, 组件视频."

Vbrick claims the company's 9000 chassis can perform 44 simultaneous encodes, 或11解码在一个8机架单元(RU)机箱. While another recent product we've discussed claim 12 encodes in a 1 RU unit, Vbrick注意到9000 R.2.0 products are already shipping and installed.

"We already have installations in the field," said Zweig. "The chassis is shallow enough that you can mount two back-to-back -- if your rack design allows for that -- effectively doubling capacity with a two 8RU, 11槽位机箱配置.

Vbrick says there are nine 9000 blade variants depending on configuration and physical termination, and each blade can be configured for up to four HD encodes or one decode. Zweig notes that "Users can mix and match 9000 叶片 as required for their deployment needs."

Vbrick claims it has also been able to maintain sub-100 millisecond latency across all the cards, a critical factor in bi-directional streams (aka, 视频会议) used in surveillance and command-and-control scenarios. With several streaming companies offering sub-100ms latencies, the market for C&C和监控正在重塑. That appears to be one of the major selling points to attendees of this week's 政府影像博览.

"Adding decoder capabilities into the 9000 Series increases deployment choices for our customers while extending our technology and value lead over competing video capture elements,道格·霍华德说, VBrick首席执行官. "With our standards-based and end-to-end portfolio of IP video solutions, we better enable our customers to deliver mission-critical applications such as surveillance, 远程医疗, 视频回传."

Pricing details are based on a per-configuration basis, which makes it difficult to perform a per-port analysis of Vbrick's pricing densities compared to other companies. Having consulted on a number of high-density solutions in telecom television, 视频会议, 早期的流媒体产品, one factor I recommend potential buyers assess is the total cost of chassis, 叶片, and maintenance fees when comparing solutions for their unique use case scenarios. A single additional input can sometimes be the difference between maxing out a chassis or requiring a whole separate chassis.

流媒体 will look at this and other high-density products in our 2013 原始资料, 将于两个月后上映.