Solution Brief — NCAA Athletics On-Premise Infrastructure
Dell Isilon
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Strada.tech
Campus-Grade Power.
Zero Compromise.
Your data. Your network. Your rules. Dell Isilon’s enterprise NAS paired with Strada.tech’s remote access layer gives NCAA athletics programs hyperscaler-class performance without the cloud bill — or the IT headaches.
100+ Gb/s
Sustained NAS throughput
<1 ms
On-campus storage latency
$0
Egress fees. Ever.
EB-scale
Single Isilon namespace
Network Architecture — On-Prem Topology
Why On-Premise for Athletics
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No Internet Bottleneck
On-campus editors hit full 10/25 GbE storage bandwidth. Remote editors
stream from Isilon via Strada — performance gated by your WAN, not a hyperscaler’s egress
throttle. No proxy workflows, no download queues.
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Total Data Sovereignty
Footage, coaches film, and athlete content never leave campus infrastructure.
FERPA compliance is structural, not policy-dependent. Active Directory integration means access
control stays with your IT department.
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CapEx Predictability
One infrastructure investment replaces years of unpredictable cloud bills.
Isilon scales in-place as storage needs grow. No egress fees, no “storage tier” surprises,
no licensing-per-editor seat for object storage.
What Each Layer Delivers
Dell Isilon
Scale-Out Enterprise NAS
- OneFS unified namespace — a single volume that grows from terabytes to exabytes without migration
- Multi-protocol access: SMB for Windows NLEs, NFS for Linux/Mac, S3 for MAM and automation tools
- 100+ GB/s aggregate throughput — simultaneous ingest and multi-editor playback without contention
- CloudPools tiering — transparently migrate cold archive to object storage while keeping OneFS namespace intact
- Active-active node clusters with no single point of failure — uptime that matches game-day urgency
- Integrates directly with iconik MAM via S3 — metadata-rich, searchable active archive on day one
Strada.tech
Remote Production Platform
- Native NAS integration — editors mount Isilon shares remotely with campus-local performance feel
- NLE-agnostic: DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, and Avid run against live Isilon media, no proxy layer
- Secure, encrypted remote sessions without exposing NAS ports to the public internet
- Collaborative review and approval — AD-authenticated stakeholder access for ADs, SIDs, and coaches
- Session management dashboard — track active editors, bandwidth consumption, and storage IOPS in real time
- Works within university firewall policies — no inbound port requirements, no VPN mandate
Built for Athletics Production
On-Premise First
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Game-Day Highlights
Ingest at 10 GbE campus speeds. Editors pull raw clips from Isilon the second ingest completes — no upload window.
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Coaches Film
Practice and game footage stays on-campus. Coaches access via Strada from hotels, airports, or recruiting visits — never a cloud link.
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Multi-Facility Access
Strada bridges main campus Isilon to a satellite practice facility or shared-services production office across town.
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Warm Archive
Isilon CloudPools tiers older seasons to on-prem object storage or campus S3. Namespace stays unified — no researcher or producer notices the difference.