You could, in theory, have two drives plugged in and you’d be able to saturate the network by hitting both at the same time, but that’s not a use case that’s practical or useful in any meaningful way. This also means you will never saturate the 10GbE network port. In a puzzling decision that I never got a clear answer on why, the USB-C ports are limited to 5Gbps each, meaning even if you have an SSD shuttle capable of 10Gbps speeds, you’ll get half at best. The idea being you plug your USB-C drives into these ports, and it gets automatically added to your network for anyone to access.
It also has two USB-C ports on the rear, which is the primary purpose of this device. The Cloud Pod has just the 10GbE network port, which is fine and will work on a 1GbE network as well. The USB-C port on the front of the device is currently only for firmware updates and management, but I’m told adding a backup target via this port is coming in the future. This is just the beginning of the things that made me scratch my head during the review process. For nearly $3,000 all you get is the device and some paperwork. I do hope you have an extra IEC cable lying around because it doesn’t come with one. It also accepts a standard IEC cable if you don’t have an extra DC power adapter lying around. The 1GbE is mostly for management, as you’d really be kneecapping the NVMe drives inside. The Cloud Store Mini has an additional 1GbE port if you don’t have a 10GbE network, and a built-in Ethernet to USB-C adapter, which is nice, though it is limited to 1GbE as well. The Cloud Pod is even smaller, in a sleek matte black with gloss black accents, making it very “deskable” for easy access. They’re both fairly compact devices, with the Cloud Store Mini being 1U in height (1.74 inches) and half-rack in width (8.3-inches) making sticking two side by side on a rack shelf an option. Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini and Cloud Pod Specificationsīoth the Cloud Store Mini and Cloud Pod come equipped with 10GbE network ports, 12V DC power options, USB-C ports, and an HDMI port for monitoring the devices. Blackmagic is asking $2,995 for the 8TB Cloud Store Mini and $395 for the Cloud Pod.
This may seem extremely niche (it is), but we will discuss this in more detail a bit later. The Cloud Store Mini is a small form factor box with 8TB of NVMe storage configured in RAID0, and the Cloud Pod is designed to easily and quickly add USB-C storage to a 10GbE network.Īccording to Blackmagic, these are designed primarily for use in Film and Television applications and for small teams who have outgrown RAID on a computer, but are not quite at the budget or requirements for a more bespoke NAS solution, whether that be an off-the-shelf option from the Synologys or QNAPs of the world or something more turn-key like LumaForge’s Jellyfish line of products. The Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini and Cloud Pod are Blackmagic Design’s latest network-based storage solutions.
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