Product Overview
Pelican is available in two form factors: the Pelican XS, a fixed configuration unit with
single PSU and single, built-in VLSI transcode engine, and Pelican, a user-expandable, datacentre-grade
unit with dual redundant power supplies, and user-upgradable slots for up to eight VLSI transcode engines.
Unprecedented Power Efficency
Traditionally, transcode "farms" use large number of high-end commercial servers fitted with dual multi-core CPUs and multiple graphics cards. Aside from being very expensive, having hundreds or thousands of these servers in a room consume vast quantities of energy while spewing large amounts of heat.
Pelican, however, is built around innovative CodeDensity™ VLSI hardware accelerator modules meaning a single 1RU Pelican can provide transcoding (decode-encode) of up to 256 streams while using only 3 Watts per stream! Compared to the server approach, this represents a 95% saving in ongoing OPEX costs.
For example, transcoding 1,000 OTT streams requires 100 servers across nearly three racks of equipment. Pelican does this in only 12RU.
Simple Web GUI
Setup and configuration is a snap with the on board Web GUI. Just connect with any standard web browser and you are up in minutes. No complicated jargon to memorize and no command line to struggle with.
Key Features
- Live or File Transcode, Content Contribution, Distribution & Surveillance
- Product available in a compact chassis and data centre grade slot-based model
- Plug-in accelerator modules provide flexible provisioning and configuration of encoders
- Each model features unique elastic configuration from 8 full HD to 32 low-res encoders, offering up to 256 encoders per Pelican
- Supports resolutions up to 4K
- Easily integrates with existing workflows
Rest API
These days no system in complete isolation. That's why we design-in and publish a complete REST API for all of our products so they can be quickly and easily integrated to play well with other systems.
Utilizing industry-standard, web-based protocols commonly used in virtually every global internet application makes it easy to find engineering resourcess needed to integrate Pelican into any workflow.