Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Cloud Pod

Blackmagic Design Cloud Pod

Blackmagic Cloud Pod lets you share your media files globally, eliminating the high cost of collaborating with talented editors and colourists around the world. The Blackmagic Cloud Pod syncs and shares media from any USB-C disk with Dropbox and Google Drive.

It even understands proxy workflows, so a whole timeline and its media can be shared in minutes. It features a high speed 10G Ethernet connection for extremely fast file access, even with multiple users connected. File access is very low latency, so responsiveness is fast. That’s why it's the perfect solution for sharing media files between editors, colourists, audio engineers and VFX artists.

Designed for Film and TV, Broadcast

Blackmagic Cloud Pod has the power to fully transform your editing workflow and take it one step further towards the Cloud. It's perfect for film and television because you can record onto USB-C flash disks and then use the Blackmagic Cloud Pod to make the disk available on the network for multiple editors and colourists to use. Depending on the brand of USB-C flash disk used, it even handles massive 12K Blackmagic RAW digital cinema files.

USB-C flash disks are amazing because they are affordable, have zero seek times and you can buy them in any office supply store. Dropbox and Google Drive sync allows you to place pods in different locations so everyone can have a fast local copy of their files. Then each location gets the fastest editing experience possible.

Portable and Quiet Design

The Blackmagic Cloud Pod features an extremely small and thin design because it doesn't have any internal storage. It's also very quiet and very portable. It features 2 x USB Type-C ports so it can host two separate USB disks on your network at the same time.

The 10G Ethernet port means you get extremely high performance. There is also an HDMI monitoring output so you can watch a live graphic view of the storage operating on a TV or monitor. Along the front there is a status light that shows disk activity, so you know when the USB Type-C disk is being accessed. There's also a DC power connection so you can use the included power supply, or run it from a battery when it's used on location.

High Performance 10G Ethernet

The Blackmagic Cloud Pod has a high-speed 10G Ethernet port, which is typically found on expensive workstation computers. With 10G Ethernet, you get 10 times the speed of regular Ethernet, plus most computers can be upgraded to add 10G Ethernet.

The Blackmagic Cloud Pod is so fast that it will run the 10G Ethernet port to its maximum capacity, even when connected to an Ethernet switch with dozens of users accessing files at the same time. The Ethernet port also features very low latency for fast access times. That's similar performance to expensive business SANs but in a low-cost design that you can install yourself.

No Subscription Costs

One of the big advantages of the Blackmagic Cloud Pod is that it's private storage that you fully control. There are no subscriptions to sign up for. There are no monthly license fees. There is no tracking of your usage or data. You don't even need to log into a web page to maintain the storage settings because the Blackmagic Cloud Pod uses a free software utility that runs on Mac and Windows.

This feature means you can run a private network, totally disconnected from the internet. This is critical for many security standards where computer networks cannot be connected to the external internet. With Blackmagic Cloud Pod, you can customize your network storage solution with total freedom.

Features

• Use USB Type-C Disks as Network Storage
• Connects 2 x USB Type-C Disks
• 2 x 5 Gb/s USB Type-C Ports
• 1 x 10Gb/s Ethernet Port
• 1 x HDMI Monitoring Output for Status
• Supports up to 50 Simultaneous Users
• Automatic Dropbox Sync Support
• Software Utility for Windows and Mac