Envivio Intros Intel-Based Servers

At the NAB show in Las Vegas, Envivio (NASDAQ:ENVI) introduced its G5 family of Intel-based server appliances. Leveraging Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Xeon IvyBridge processors, the new G5 platform is intended to increase compression density, support UltraHD 4K resolution and HEVC (H.265) encoding, and reduce operating expenses for service providers.

Operators deploying Envivio Muse Live encoders on the new G5 platform can deliver up to 100 SD or 20 HD channels in a 2RU configuration. Rack space requirements can be reduced by nearly 40% and power consumption by more than 30% compared to the previous generation of Envivio appliances.

The full suite of Envivio software - Muse Live and On-Demand encoders, Halo network media processors, Guru network management system and 4Balancer load balancer - will run on the upgradeable G5 appliances. Redundancy capabilities are available at the application level, with source and output redundancy, as well as at the system level, with 1+1 or N+M redundancy schemes supported.

Two families of servers will be available, the G5 1000 series (1RU) and G5 2000 series (2RU). The G5 2000 series features a modular hot-swappable multi-node architecture.