Search Petabytes of Media in Seconds.

Zero AI Tokens. Zero Cloud Egress.

Edge AI meets unified inter-storage management. Search your dark media in natural language and drop straight into your timeline.

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Interactive Demo: Test Sub-Second Frame Discovery

"Find drone b-roll of city skyline at golden hour with lens flare"

On-Prem Edge GPU · 0 Tokens

Search Latency:⚡ 0.24s

Vector Match:99.4%

Target Storage:Tier-1 NVMe SAN

Cloud Egress:$0.00 (Zero Tolls)

Apace DataManager AI Workspace - Search and Media Management

✓Discovered Frame In 0.24s

TC 00:14:22:18

0:24

LA_dusk_4k_019.mov

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Core Platform Capabilities

Edge AI Meets Unified Inter-Storage Management

From sub-second speech and visual search to native NLE integration, Apace provides creative teams with full edge AI orchestration across existing storage—with strict privacy and zero cloud fees.

Edge Semantic Search

Search faces, objects, scenes, dialogue, and on-screen text (OCR) in real time.

Agentic AI Discovery

AI agents analyze scripts and rough cuts to autonomously find and assemble footage.

Adobe Premiere & Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Panels

Find, preview, and drop clips directly into your timeline without leaving your NLE.

Inter-Storage Management

Unify, search, and access SAN, NAS, cloud, tape, and air-gapped archives directly from your browser.

Strict Data Privacy

Media and metadata never leave your facility—zero cloud leaks and zero model training.

"All-You-Can-Eat" AI Compute

Fixed-cost, unlimited on-premises compute with zero per-minute fees, token charges, or egress tolls.

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24+

Storage Innovation

Powering enterprise media since 2002

10x

GPU Direct Bandwidth

Eliminates CPU storage bottlenecks

Cloud Token & API Taxes

100% on-prem inference · Fixed perpetual or subscription

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Frame-Accurate Discovery

Natural language search across full archive

System Architecture Blueprint

How DataManager AI Unifies Storage Silos

DataManager AI directly mounts your existing SAN, NAS, and cloud storage for inter-storage management—unifying distributed media archives into a single, intuitive interface with zero data migration or project downtime.

Tier 01 • Ingest & Storage Fabric

In-Place Storage Fabric

DataManager AI Non-Destructively Mounts Existing Storage Infrastructure

▸Apace vStor/eStor

▸TrueNAS, Quantum StorNext, Dell Isilon, QNAP, and Synology

▸Wasabi, AWS S3 & Backblaze Cloud Buckets

Data Duplication:0.0%

Tier 02 • Edge Intelligence Core

Edge AI & Vector Engine

On-Premises GPU Inference & Automated Proxies

▸Automatic Speech and Facial Recognition

▸Multi-Modal Visual Embeddings

▸Automated Lightweight Proxy Pipeline

Cloud API Fees:$0.00

Tier 03 • Creative Collaboration

Creative NLE & Timeline Sync

Sub-Second Import into Adobe Premiere and Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve

▸1-Click 'Drop Frame to Sequence'

▸Instant Proxy-to-High-Res Auto Relinking

▸In-Panel Natural Language Search

Search-to-Timeline:1.2s

Active Blueprint Inspection

Edge AI & Vector Engine

Runs state-of-the-art vision models and speech-to-text directly on local hardware. Embeds millions of frames into an on-prem vector database with zero per-minute cloud API taxes.

✓Security: Air-gapped compatible with 0 external telemetry.

✓Deployment: Integrated directly into Apace appliances or deploys on standard PCIe GPU servers.

Supported Enterprise Protocols

Local CUDA / TensorRTOn-Prem Elasticsearch Vector DBHardware ProRes/H.264 EncodergRPC / WebSocket API

Core Engine Modules

▪Automatic Speech and Facial Recognition

▪Multi-Modal Visual Embeddings

▪Automated Lightweight Proxy Pipeline

▪Facial & Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Verified Production Metrics

$0.00

Cloud API Fees

100% on-prem edge compute

< 250ms

Vector Search Latency

Across millions of frames

$0.00

Egress Bandwidth Tax

Zero cloud egress penalties

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Our systems architects assess your current SAN, NAS, and LTO tape setup with zero disruption.

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Hardware Muscle × Software Intelligence

DataManager AI & gStor: The Perfect Pair

Storage without intelligence is just cold iron. AI software without high-bandwidth hardware chokes on CPU limits. When gStor's GPU-accelerated storage pairs with DataManager AI, enterprise media teams unlock 10x faster ingest, zero cloud taxes, and sub-second creative velocity.

The Hardware Engine120+ GB/s Flash

gStor

GPU-Accelerated Storage Appliance

Engineered with direct-to-GPU pathways and dedicated hardware transcoding. Bypasses host CPU bottlenecks to process massive parallel 4K/8K video streams at raw line speed.

⚡Direct-to-GPU Memory: Bypasses OS kernel & CPU bottlenecks

⚡10x Proxy Transcoding: Onboard GPU hardware encodes ProRes/H.264

⚡PCIe Gen5 NVMe Tier: 4 Million IOPS per node for uncompressed streams

Hardware Metric

10x Faster Ingest

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The Neural Brain$0 Cloud Fees

DataManager AI

Semantic Search & Asset Intelligence MAM

Translates raw video pixels and spoken audio into high-dimensional vector embeddings. Allows editors to find precise footage with plain English and drop frame-accurate clips into NLE timelines.

✓Natural Language Search: Whisper dialogue + CLIP visual semantics

✓Native NLE Integration: In-panel plugins for Adobe Premiere & Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve

✓On-Premises Vector DB: Instant queries across petabytes with zero cloud cost

Intelligence Metric

< 250ms Vector Search

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Workflow Comparison Benchmark

Comparing traditional CPU NAS + Cloud MAM versus the unified gStor + DataManager AI stack.

Proxy Transcode Speed

10x GPU Speed

Instant on-ingest generation

Annual AI & Egress Cost

$0.00 / Year

Zero per-token meter fees

Vector Search Latency

< 250ms

Local NVMe vector index

Data Privacy

100% Air-Gapped

Studio security compliant

Financial Predictability

Calculate Your Annual Cloud Egress & Token Savings

Interactive simulation comparing variable cloud MAM usage fees against Apace's fixed on-premises edge intelligence.

⚡ Quick Facility Profiles:Select a profile to load typical storage & ingest volumes

Active Media Archive

Online SAN, NAS & Nearline Buckets

150 TB

25 TB500 TB1,000 TB (1 PB)

Monthly Video Ingest

Footage Indexed & Transcribed

200 hrs/mo

50 hrs/mo750 hrs/mo1,500 hrs/mo

⚡ The Hidden Cloud MAM Meter:

Public cloud MAMs charge ~$0.07/GB every time editors pull camera originals or proxies from S3, plus ~$6.00/hour for speech transcription and vector embedding APIs.

Cloud MAM Variable Annual Tolls:Metered OpEx Bleed

$27,000 / year

Egress: $12,600/yr•AI Indexing: $14,400/yr

Apace On-Premises Meter Fees:100% Fixed Cost

$0.00 / year in usage fees

Zero per-token taxes, zero per-minute speech fees & zero cloud egress penalties.

Estimated 3-Year Net Savings

$81,000

100% Retained ROI

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*Based on standard enterprise cloud egress ($0.07/GB assuming 10% monthly archive retrieval) and cloud AI multimodal indexing ($6.00/hr for speech transcription + computer vision scene embeddings).

Engineered for Media Teams

Built for Every Role in the Media Pipeline

From creative edit suites to IT server rooms and executive offices, Apace eliminates workflow friction, preserves existing storage investments, and halts cloud egress bleed.

🎬 For Editors & Creative Leads

Zero Context-Switching

Search spoken dialogue and scene visuals directly inside native Adobe Premiere and Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve panels. Drag frame-accurate clips straight onto your sequence timeline in one click.

⚡ 1.2s Search-to-Timeline Insertion

🛡️ For IT & Systems Architects

Non-Destructive Storage Overlay

Mounts directly over your existing TrueNAS, Isilon, Quantum, and S3 archives. No drive reformatting, zero data migration, and 100% air-gapped on-premises security.

✓ 0 Hours Downtime • 0 Duplicate Copies

💼 For Studio Heads & CFOs

Eliminate Cloud API & Egress Taxes

Stop bleeding $15,000 to $50,000+ per year in recurring per-minute video indexing fees and egress penalties. Predictable, fixed-cost edge AI intelligence with guaranteed 4x ROI.

💰 $0.00 Token Taxes • 4x Measurable ROI

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Proven Enterprise Impact

Delivering Real Measurable ROI for High-Volume Media

See how leading broadcasters, healthcare institutions, and academic facilities transform turnaround times and lower storage TCO with Apace.

4x Faster

Cross-Hospital Video Ingest

Novant Health

★ Verified Production Impact

4x Faster Cross-Hospital Video Ingest

“Apace unified our distributed healthcare media teams across multiple medical centers with automated MAM and remote proxy editing.”

Multi-facility healthcare system deployed Apace MAM and automated storage tiering to unify video communications, medical training, and remote post-production.

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100%

Offline Dark Media Cataloged

Daytona State College

★ Verified Production Impact

100% Offline Dark Media Cataloged

“All our broadcast production, online training, and archive workflows are unified via automated MAM storage and Adobe Creative Cloud.”

Unified broadcast, student media, and academic archives into an automated MAM storage platform with zero-power offline drive tracking.

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24/7

Continuous Broadcast Uptime

Home Shopping Network

★ Verified Production Impact

24/7 Continuous Broadcast Uptime

“Turnkey workflow and MAM automation enhanced the daily turnaround efficiency of HSN multi-room media workgroups.”

Turnkey workflow automation and high-concurrency storage powering multi-channel live retail broadcast production.

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Technical FAQs

Frequently Asked Technical Questions

Everything systems engineers, IT directors, and post-production heads need to know about deploying Apace.

Yes, 100%. DataManager AI is built as a non-destructive intelligence overlay that can run on a server in your facility or on our gStor hardware. You do not need to format drives, migrate volumes, or duplicate petabytes of media. DataManager AI connects via standard NFS, SMB, and S3 APIs, indexing and generating proxies in-place while keeping your active folder structures, user permissions, and volume names completely intact.

✓Zero forklift migrations • Zero data duplication • Active projects stay live

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Direct Technical Consultation

Stop Paying Cloud Egress Taxes on Your Own Archives.

Deploy private, zero-token Edge AI directly across your existing SAN, NAS, and object tiers in under 2 hours. Schedule a technical architecture deep-dive with an Apace systems architect.

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📋 What to Expect on Your 30-Minute Architecture Session:

Storage Topology Assessment

Review active SAN, NAS, object buckets, and concurrent NLE editing suites.

Live Tailored Ingest Demo

Test natural language search and instant timeline insertion on sample media.

TCO & Egress Cost Model

Calculate exact annual hardware, software, and egress savings vs cloud MAMs.

🔒 100% technical session with a systems architect (no sales pressure)•⚡ 15-minute pipeline & cloud egress review•🛡️ Zero disruption to existing storage

News & Events

Latest Announcements & Exhibitions

Stay connected with the latest product developments and meet our engineering team at global media exhibitions.

Upcoming Events

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September 11-14, 2026

IBC

RAI Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands · TBD

November 16-19, 2026

Media Tech Summit

Pasadena Convention Center, CA USA · TBD

April 4-7, 2027

NAB Show

Las Vegas Convention Center, NV USA · TBD

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Press Releases

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TechnologySeptember 6, 2026

Engineered on the premise that "you can't AI without data," Apace combines unified multi-tier data integration, edge-based semantic search, and agentic AI recommendations without AI token overruns while maintaining complete user privacy.

Product ReleasesSeptember 6, 2026

Powered by the on-premise gStor AI turnkey solution, the native UXP integration delivers secure semantic search, zero token costs, and instant timeline assembly across petabyte-scale archives.

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